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The gas planets are the largest planets in the solar system. The dwarf planets are smaller than even the smallest planets.
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Is Pluto a terrestrial planet or a gas giant planet?
Pluto is no longer a planet but is classified as a dwarf planet, So Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet. Neither terrestrial or gas planet.
What is what are three characteristics of the outer planets?
they are gas planets and Pluto is now a dwarf planet and separating the smaller planets from the bigger gas planets is a giant Astro belt
Is Makemake a gas rocky or terrestrial planet?
Makemake isn't a planet, it is a dwarf planet.
Can a dwarf planet be a gas giant?
Under the current definition of a planet, yes it can! If a gas giant were to share its orbit with other objects of significant mass (other than moons, comets or asteroids), it would definitely qualify as a dwarf planet. In order to be a planet, it would have to "clear the neighborhood" until it was the dominate influence in its orbit.
Is Haumea a gas giant or a rocky terrestrial planet?
Haumea is a rocky, terrestrial dwarf planet.
Is Ceres a gas dwarf planet?
Ceres is a dwarf planet. There is no such thing as a gas dwarf planet - Yet!
Why are the outter planets bigger than the inner planets?
Because the outer planets are gas giants except for Pluto. Pluto is an outer planet because it is the object (planet) that kept interfering with Neptune's orbit. Pluto is one on hundreds of thousands of meteoroids that a around the size of our moon.
How is Pluto different from the other gas planets?
Pluto is smaller than Earth's moon, it is not a gas giant planet, it is a dwarf planet.
Is Pluto a dwarf planet or Gas Giant?
Although it is right next to a lot of gas giants it is a dwarf planet.
Is Saturn a planet or dwarf planet?
---- Saturn is a planet, the only dwarf planet is pluto. ---- It's a gas giant!
Is Pluto a terrestrial planet or a gas giant planet?
Pluto is no longer a planet but is classified as a dwarf planet, So Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet. Neither terrestrial or gas planet.
Can Neptune become a dwarf planet?
No. Neptune is a gas giant planet. There is no way it could be reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Why is Pluto the Dwarf Planet so special?
It is small and made of rock when the rest of the outer planets are large and made of gas. Its moon is also bigger than itself, it is so small.
What planet in your solar system was recently named the dwarf planet?
The planet Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in august 2006. Uranus, in comparison, is a gas giant, the opposite of a dwarf. It's big.pluto was a planet but now is a dwarf planet
The outer planet that is not a gas giant?
No planet - There are dwarf planets
What is what are three characteristics of the outer planets?
they are gas planets and Pluto is now a dwarf planet and separating the smaller planets from the bigger gas planets is a giant Astro belt
What kind of planet is earth gas or dwarf?
It is neither. It is a rocky planet.
