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In our Solar System there are only 8 planets but there are also Dwarf Planets. Dwarf Planets are not planets because they are too small. Any planet smaller then Mercury is a Dwarf Planet. Dwarf Planets are usually found in the Kuiper Belt or farther away. The first discovered Dwarf Planet was Pluto. Pluto usually has no atmosphere. Pluto is bigger then the other Dwarf Planet Ceres. Pluto use to be called the 9th planet now a Dwarf Planet. Pluto has 3 of its own moons. Charon is about half the size of Pluto. It is Pluto's largest moon and is thought to have broke off Pluto millions of years ago. The other 2 moons are very small. These are Nix and Hydra. They are so small they aren't round! Pluto was named after the Roman god of the underworld. Charon is named after a man who took people to the underworld. Ceres is a large asteroid in the Asteroid Belt. Ceres is also a Dwarf Planet itself. Ceres was named after the Roman goddess of the harvest. Then farther away then Pluto is Eris. Eris is a Dwarf Planet farther away from the sun. It is slightly bigger then Pluto. It has one moon named Dysnomia. It is very small compared to Eris. Eris was named after the Roman god of Spite who caused the Trojan War. There's your answer.

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