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Meanings of dwarf planet in English

Russian
карликовая планета
Portuguese
planeta-anão
Spanish
planeta enano
Catalan
planeta nan
Wikidata

Planetary-mass object.

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карликовая планета
Usage of dwarf planet in English
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In 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf planet.
The Irish Times
2
Its presence would also explain the odd orbit of dwarf planet Sedna.
News.com.au
3
The US space agency's Dawn probe has gone into orbit around dwarf planet Ceres.
BBC
4
The one in magenta is a dwarf planet called Sedna.
The new yorker
5
Dawn is at the icy dwarf planet Ceres, which might have a subsurface ocean.
Wired
6
The Nasa spacecraft New Horizons made history this week by visiting the dwarf planet Pluto.
BBC
7
The orbit of the dwarf planet is extremely tilted in regards to the other planets.
News.com.au
8
Mike Brown planetary astronomer who is responsible for scientifically demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet
Radio NZ
9
The Dawn mission is expected to work at the dwarf planet for at least 14 months.
Radio NZ
10
The body of that name was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet last year.
The Irish Times
11
New Horizons' instruments are mapping and measuring the dwarf planet three billion miles away from Earth.
Wired
12
In an earlier version, the headline referred to Ceres as a planet, not a dwarf planet.
The Guardian
13
Scientists have said that the dwarf planet Pluto is "a little larger than we anticipated".
BBC
14
That put it roughly on a par with the dwarf planet Ceres, orbiting within Sol's Asteroid Belt.
Earth strike: star carrier: book one
15
Indications of liquid water on Mars, new insights into black holes and the dwarf planet Pluto… Audio
Radio NZ
16
In just about a year, the New Horizons spacecraft will begin daily observations of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Wired
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Translations for dwarf planet
Portuguese
planeta-anão
Dwarf planet across language varieties
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