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Dwarf' planets

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rJ" I Dwarf planets are

sinall worlds orbiting the
Sun that are not big
enough to be classed as
.t. These are the first five dwa,-f r,Janets to
planets. There are five be oftlclally recognized. More discoveries are
cet-ta1n to follow.
'official' dwarf planets, but

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found and may soon join •·-ie years h •urther
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the dwarf planet club. tal<eS S 1
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., .., Pluto was a planet for
16 years. When Pluto was discovered
in 1930, it became the Solar System's
ninth planet. But when astronomers
started finding more smaller worlds like
Pluto, they decided to call them dwarf
planets. So in 2006, Pluto became a
, dwarf planet. Pluto's orbit is oval-
shaped, sometimes
" crossing inside
Neptune's orbit.

Dwal'i r,lanet
Pluto has five
moons. The biggest
is called Chal'On. A even though it
sr,acecraft called New is so far away,
Horizon, will arrive at Makemake reflects
Pluto in 1-015 to stucly Just enough sunlight
the clwal'i r,lanet ancl its to be seen by large
moons for the first time. telescor,es on earth.