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Plutoid facts for kids

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A plutoid or ice dwarf is a dwarf planet that orbits the sun farther than Neptune. Four objects are now classified as plutoids:

  1. Pluto
  2. Haumea
  3. Makemake
  4. Eris

Others might be included in the same class someday:

  1. Sedna
  2. Quaoar
  3. 2007 OR10

Images for kids

  • Pluto-Charon-v2-10-1-15

    Pluto and its moon Charon

  • PIA19562-Ceres-DwarfPlanet-Dawn-RC3-image19-20150506

    The dwarf planet Ceres, as imaged by NASA's Dawn spacecraft

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Plutoide para niños

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