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Other objects in the solar system
Chapter 4.4 part 2
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Dwarf Planets We know that dwarf planets are only this way because their pathway is not cleared 5 in our solar system Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris
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Ceres Rocky Body Can be an asteroid or planet Located in Asteroid belt
Spherical due to its gravitational pull
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Pluto All the outer planets are gaseous except for Pluto Small and icy
Orbit is tilted In Kuiper Belt 3 moons
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Haumea Shaped like an oval Orbit is tilted 283 years to orbit
4 hours to rotate Rocky 2 moons Collision Family Formed from an impact
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Makemake Revolves every 310 years
Made of methane, ethane, and nitrogen ices
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Eris Pluto's sister Largest dwarf planet 1 moon
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