Generally not, as asteroids generally are not massive enough to make themselves round with their own gravity. The only possible exception is the dwarf planet Ceres, which was classified as an asteroid for much of the time that people knew of it.
no. Earth is a planet.
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A Dwarf planet is a term that was adopted in 2006 to resolve the issue with Pluto/Charon and several other Kuiper Belt objects. This came about because of the discovery of Eris, another Kuiper Belt object that is larger than Pluto. Astronomers did not want to call it the 10th planet. So they debated about this for years. Niel deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, fired the first salvo and demoted Pluto to a Kuiper Belt object (see Pluto Files). Eventually the International Astronomical Union created a new class of object that 1) Revolves around the sun, not another planet 2)is large enough to be round due to gravitational attraction (larger than about 300 to 400 km in diameter depending on its make-up) but has not cleared it's neighborhood. This means that there are other objects in the same area as the dwarf's orbit.
There are 6 dwarf planets recognized by the IAU right now. The list will eventually grow to thousands as the definition is tweaked.
Pluto/Charon (Charon is Pluto's moon, but Charon is about half the size of pluto. It's a binary planet)
Eris
Ceres (an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter)
Haumea (shaped like a cigar, but larger than Pluto - First non-round dwarf planet recognized) This is a Kuiper Belt Object.
Makemake (Kuiper Belt Object)
Sedna (an Ort Cloud object - beyond the Kuiper Belt) is not yet classified as a dwarf planet by the IAU, but it meets the definition.
The definition of a dwarf planet is not based on size. The dwarf planets of the solar system are larger than most of the moons in the solar system, but still smaller than the largest of them. Pluto, the largest known dwarf planet is smaller than our moon.
There is none. The dwarf planet Eris was once thought to be somewhat larger than Pluto. More accurate measurements show it is slightly smaller, but has more mass.
no dwarf planets are smaller the Earth and the other planets.
A black dwarf would range in size from slightly smaller than Earth to about twice Earth's diameter. Currently the universe is not old enough for a white dwarf to have cooled to a black dwarf.
Eris is thought to be the largest of the five dwarf planets, with an estimated diameter of around 2600 km. Pluto's diameter is estimated to be around 2300 km.
yes, but sometimes dwarf planets can be smaller but most of the times they are larger
Pluto is the dwarf planet that is smaller than the Earth's moon.
What makes a moon a moon is the fact that it is smaller than the object it is orbiting, and is orbiting the object (the planet) constantly.The definition of a moon is "a natural satellite revolving around a planet". Since a satellite is an object that orbits a bigger object, usually a planet, and is not a planet due to its small size, it is considered a moon and not another planet.
no it's a dwarf planet I would think that it is a dwarf planet, but its moon, Sharon, is nearly as big as it, so some MAY argue that Sharon is a dwarf planet and Pluto is the moon, but considering Pluto is slightly bigger than Sharon, I would think that Sharon would orbit Pluto rather than Pluto orbiting Sharon.
The Dwarf Planet Pluto.
The gas planets are the largest planets in the solar system. The dwarf planets are smaller than even the smallest planets.
A planet is bigger than a dwarf planet and the Moon. A planet revolves around the Sun directly in its own orbit, but so does a dwarf planet. However, the planet is the dominant object in its orbital region. A dwarf planet is not the dominant object. That's the important difference.
Pluto is the dwarf planet that is smaller than the Earth's moon.
What makes a moon a moon is the fact that it is smaller than the object it is orbiting, and is orbiting the object (the planet) constantly.The definition of a moon is "a natural satellite revolving around a planet". Since a satellite is an object that orbits a bigger object, usually a planet, and is not a planet due to its small size, it is considered a moon and not another planet.
no it's a dwarf planet I would think that it is a dwarf planet, but its moon, Sharon, is nearly as big as it, so some MAY argue that Sharon is a dwarf planet and Pluto is the moon, but considering Pluto is slightly bigger than Sharon, I would think that Sharon would orbit Pluto rather than Pluto orbiting Sharon.
Pluto is the dwarf planet that is smaller than the Earth's moon.
The Dwarf Planet Pluto.
None
No, a dwarf planet is smaller than a planet but bigger than an asteroid, and dwarf planets tend to be a long way out, like Pluto and Eris.
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.
The gas planets are the largest planets in the solar system. The dwarf planets are smaller than even the smallest planets.
Planet x does not exist.
According to NASA, there are approximately 7 dwarfs per square acre on each dwarf planet.