Eris (minor-planet designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. [22] It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the scattered disk and …

Smaller trans-Neptunian objects have been called dwarf planets if they appear to be solid bodies, which is a prerequisite for hydrostatic equilibrium: planetologists generally include at least …

The prototypical dwarf planet is Pluto, which for decades was regarded as a planet before the "dwarf" concept was adopted in 2006. Dwarf planets are capable of being geologically active, …

Mar 29, 2024 · Pluto is the largest dwarf planet in our solar system, just slightly larger than Eris, at number two. Pluto has an equatorial diameter of about 1,477 miles (2,377 kilometers). Pluto is …

Jan 22, 2025 · Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it’s the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. Like Pluto, Ceres also was once …

Jan 22, 2025 · Eris is one of largest the dwarf planets in our solar system. It’s about the same size as Pluto, but it’s three times farther from the Sun.

Jan 22, 2025 · At about 2.77 astronomical units (AU; about 414 million km [257 million miles]) from the Sun, it is by far the nearest of the dwarf planets. Haumea NASA, ESA, and A. Feild …

Eris is one of the largest known dwarf planets in our solar system. It's about the same size as Pluto but is three times farther from the Sun. At first, Eris appeared to be larger than Pluto.

Largest Dwarf Planet (Pluto) Pluto is the largest dwarf planet in our solar system with a diameter of approximately 2380 km. It used to be a planet but in 2006 IAU decided to re-classify it into …

Aug 10, 2024 · Pluto is the largest dwarf planet with a diameter of approximately 2,374 kilometers. Eris is the farthest dwarf planet from the Sun, orbiting at an average distance of 96 …