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Pluto ... which I think was the first member of the newly-defined
"dwarf planet" category ... has two known moons.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 8y agoYes. Pluto, Eris, and Haumea have moons.
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Is there any planets after Plato?
Plato is not a planet but a philosopher.If you mean Pluto: it is no longer considered a planet, but a "dwarf planet"; something like a large planetoid. A planetoid larger than Pluto has already been discovered - look up information about Eris. It seems reasonable to expect that more such "dwarf planets" will be found in the future.
What are the release dates for Bill Nye the Science Guy - 1993 Planets and Moons 3-1?
Bill Nye the Science Guy - 1993 Planets and Moons 3-1 was released on: USA: 14 January 1995
What are small rocky objects that revolve around the Sun called?
Objects smaller than planets and dwarf planets, which are not moons, are called asteroids.The smallest are called meteoroids, especially when they encounter a larger body, and micrometeoroids if they are as small as grains of sand or dust, or even smaller.(because of their low mass, micrometeors can survive atmospheric deceleration to reach the surface)
Which scientist explained why planets orbit the sun and moons orbit the planets?
ANSWER Sir Isak Newton was the first person to realise that the force of gravity was universal. It is Kepler motion that describes the elliptically orbits of the planets.
Are there more than one billion stars in our solar system?
NO! A solar system is a star or star pair with things like planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and dwarf planets orbiting around that star or star pair. In OUR solar system we have only one star, "The Sun".
Do any planets have less then 10 moons?
Yes. Many Planets and dwarf planets have less than 10 moons. Planets: Mercury- 0 moons Venus- 0 moons Earth- 1 moon Mars- 2 moon Neptune- 8 moons Dwarf planets: Pluto- 3 moons and many other dwarf planets that i don't know how many moons they have.
Does mercury have any dwarf planets?
You mean moons? No.
Why the dwarf planets have moons?
planets have moons for day and night
Do all dwarf planets have moons?
No. Of the five objects currently recognized as dwarf planets, two do not have moons. Those objects are Ceres and Makemake.
How many moons does cere have?
Ceres does not have any moons or natural satellites. As far as we know at present, Ceres does not have any moons. Ceres, the smallest dwarf planet, has no known moons. However there are other dwarf planets with moons that we know of such as Pluto and its moon Charon.
What makes a planet be classified as a dwarf planet instead of a moon?
Moons orbit planets. Planets (and dwarf planets) orbit stars.
What are moons natural satellites of?
Planets and anything like them. Moons orbiting stars are usually dubbed as dwarf planets.
How is a planet differant from a dwarf planet?
Well, dwarf planets are much much smaller than planets and some people may confuse some of Jupiter's largest moons as dwarf planets but because some people may look at the moons and confuse them with dwarf planets (i know someone who dose) !!
Which planets in our solar system have no moons?
Mercury and Venus are the only two major planets in our solar system without moons. They are the two planets closer to the Sun than Earth.Two of the five dwarf planets have no known moons : the asteroid Ceres and the Kuiper Belt object Makemake.Neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons.
Are dwarf planets actually moons?
No, they are planets because they orbit the Sun, but they are not big enough to be proper planets.
Can dwarf planets have moons?
Yes, and they do. Not all of them have confirmed moons but some do. Pluto, for example, has four known moons.
Do most planets have moons that orbit around them?
Yes, most planets do have moons that orbit around them. In our own solar system, six out of eight planets have moons, and the dwarf planet Pluto also has moons. Only the two innermost planets, Mercury and Venus, do not have moons.
