#dwarfplanet — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dwarfplanet, aggregated by home.social.
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#KnowledgeByte: What is a #DwarfPlanet? Why is #Pluto a Dwarf Planet?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-a-Dwarf-Planet-6003e904dab278e02fea256d
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Add another potential dwarf #planet to the list for our solar system - and this one challenges claims relating to the hypothetical existence of a large world known as #PlanetX or #Planet9 ... https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/22/a-cousin-for-pluto-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-found/ #2017OF201 #PlanetNine #Space #DwarfPlanet
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🌌 Wow, another "dwarf planet" discovered!🤔 Scientists gleefully add another speck to their cosmic sticker book while everyone else struggles to care. 🚀🔍 Meanwhile, #Earthlings still struggle with basic math, but hey, at least we found another rock!🌍✨
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25K47.html #dwarfplanet #spaceexploration #astronomy #cosmicdiscovery #sciencehumor #HackerNews #ngated -
New dwarf planet found in our solar system
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25K47.html
#HackerNews #dwarfplanet #solarSystem #spaceDiscovery #astronomy #news
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And last but not least....
Which is your favorite dwarf planet out of the 4 I selected because I only get to make 4 options?
#planets #space #survey #question #solarsystem #ceres #eris #pluto #haumea #dwarfplanet
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The cold chemistry of the icy outer solar system was Mondays YorkUniverse (the @AllanICarswellObservatory radio podcast), #pluto #kuiperbelt and given todays forecast, #Toronto in Feb makes a good step in the #snow direction. We've entered bagbalm (protect) your face #weather... at least our snow is water ice and not carbon dioxide 😆🥶
Our cold,cold nights episode is here: https://sites.libsyn.com/546647
#astronomy #Astrodon #science #weatherwarning #podcast #education #kuiper #dwarfplanet #dwarves
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#KnowledgeByte: What is a #DwarfPlanet? Why is #Pluto a Dwarf Planet?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-a-Dwarf-Planet-6003e904dab278e02fea256d
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Just another journey around the sun.
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Oh how I love this latest song/video from Tom Cardy, Australia’s answer to Weird Al. Somehow the song is about #Pluto being a planet and yet its also a motivational speech? And its a banger. #DwarfPlanet #Astronomy #TomCardy #MusicVideo https://youtu.be/kK0KPuH32mc
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Webb telescope spots hints that Eris, Makemake are geologically active - Enlarge / Artist's conceptions of what the surfaces of two dwarf planet... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004297 #planetaryscience #dwarfplanet #kuiperbelt #astronomy #makemake #science #geology #eris
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#KnowledgeByte: What is a #DwarfPlanet? Why is #Pluto a Dwarf Planet?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-a-Dwarf-Planet-6003e904dab278e02fea256d
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@gutenberg_org
"...Pluto was one of nine planets recognised in our Solar System.
But in 2006, it was relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union..."
"...it was discoveries of Kuiper Belt Objects with masses roughly comparable to Pluto, such as Quaoar (announced in 2002), Sedna (2003) and Eris (2005), that pushed the issue to a tipping point" #Pluto #DwarfPlanet
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#space #alien #ceres #dwarfplanet
Dwarf planet Ceres could be a great place to hunt for alien life. Here's why:
https://www.space.com/dwarf-planet-ceres-organic-molecules-asteroid-impacts
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New Horizons was the first spacecraft to explore dwarf planet Pluto up close, arriving in 2015 after a 9 year journey. You might recall images which revealed that the surface of Pluto resembled a large heart. For #spacetober prompt New Horizons I am sharing my tiny linocut of Pluto. (It’s about the size of a Canadian twonie coin).
#linocut #printmaking #Pluto #sciart #spaceart #spacetoberchallenge #miniPrintTuesday #dwarfPlanet #planetaryScience #MastoArt
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tom cardy dropped a new track ^_^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuRjmzz6qL0
Space space wanna go to space yes please space. Space space. Go to space.
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Happy Pluto Demotion Day!
August 24, 2023
Pluto became a dwarf planet on today’s date (in 2006)
https://earthsky.org/human-world/pluto-dwarf-planet-august-24-2006/
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Ceres is the only dwarf planet within the orbit of Neptune, and the nearest dwarf planet to Earth.
10 things you didn't know about Ceres:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-7-ceres-dwarf-planet.html
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Science Magazine astronomy covers appreciation post
Dawn explores Ceres (2016) - Featuring Ahuna Mons, a 4-kilometer-high cryovolcano formed by an eruption of ice from beneath the surface and an unnamed 17-kilometer-diameter crater.
https://science.org/toc/science/353/6303
#universe #ceres #dwarfplanet #dawn #spacecraft #dawnspacecraft #nasa #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #sciencecovers #cover #covers #research #planets #planet #solarsystem #cryovolcanism #crater #craters
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#KnowledgeByte: What is a planet?
How do we define #DwarfPlanet?
Why is #Pluto no longer a planet? This article provides answers to some of these questions.
