dwarf planet

noun

: a celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit

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The dwarf planet of destruction and reinvention spent 14 years in Capricorn before beginning to tiptoe back and forth across the border to Aquarius last year. —

Jennifer Culp, Them, 1 Nov. 2024 Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet along with Eris, is just one of the largest among the scores of icy bodies that exist there — and doesn’t dominate its own orbit and clear the orbit of other objects. —

Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Their distribution on the planet was mapped out in greater detail when New Horizons skimmed past the dwarf planet. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 Starting in September, the dwarf planet that rules long cycles of permanent change gives you a break for three months. —

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