• Question: Is Pluto the only dwarf planet?

    Asked by cduffy759 to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall on 20 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      No, there are quite a lot, including one in the asteroid belt beyond Mars, called Ceres.

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      Yep as Niall said, there is more than one. Some are even a bit larger than pluto, check out this pic of the relative sizes of some in our solar system:|

    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      Yep, there are lots of dwarf planets, some others are – Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

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