Dwarf Planet

9 bodies

Pluto

Dwarf PlanetSolar System248 years

Reclassified from planet to dwarf planet in 2006 by the IAU. Has a heart-shaped nitrogen g...

Ceres

Dwarf PlanetAsteroid Belt4.6 years

The largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The only dwarf planet in...

Eris

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt559 years

Slightly smaller than Pluto but 27 percent more massive. Its discovery in 2005 triggered t...

Haumea

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt285 years

Has an elongated ellipsoid shape, like a stretched egg. Spins incredibly fast, completing ...

Makemake

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt306 years

The second brightest Kuiper Belt object after Pluto. Discovered in 2005. Has one known moo...

Orcus

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt247 years

A plutino locked in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune, orbiting opposite Pluto in the cycle, wh...

Quaoar

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt289 years

A classical Kuiper Belt object with a surprising ring system announced in 2023. The ring o...

Gonggong

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt554 years

One of the largest trans-Neptunian objects, traveling on a stretched orbit through the sca...

Salacia

Dwarf PlanetKuiper Belt272 years

A large trans-Neptunian object considered a strong dwarf planet candidate. Has a substanti...