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what are Dwarf or minor planets and how did they form?

what are Dwarf or minor planets and how did they form?. BY:Jacob Moneda and Caleb Castro. What is a dwarf planet?. orbits around the sun nearly spherical in shape has NOT cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. Examples of Dwarf Planets. Haumea Sedna Eris Makemake Ceres Pluto.

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what are Dwarf or minor planets and how did they form?

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  1. what are Dwarf or minor planets and how did they form? BY:JacobMoneda and Caleb Castro

  2. What is a dwarf planet? • orbits around the sun • nearly spherical in shape • has NOT cleared the neighborhood around its orbit

  3. Examples of Dwarf Planets • Haumea • Sedna • Eris • Makemake • Ceres • Pluto

  4. Mike Brown • Discovered some dwarf planets • Astronomer

  5. Guizeppe Piazzi • Discovered Ceres • Italian

  6. PLUTO • ice and rock • Considered dwarf planet in 2006 • Small • It is dim in the sky • Identified by Clyde Tombaugh • Moves very slow

  7. CERES • Asteroid and dwarf planet • Largest asteroid in the asteroid belt • Considered dwarf planet in 2006 • Guiseppe Piazzi Discovered • Largest body in the asteroid belt • Turns in its axis every 9 hours

  8. MAKEMAKE • Discovered in 2005 • Became a dwarf planet in 2008 • Smaller than pluto and Eris • Mike Brown • Icy world that orbits far from the Sun

  9. ERIS • Large sphere of ice and rock • Spotted in 2005 • Edge of the solar system • SolarSystem’s tenth planet

  10. HAUMEA • The fifth dwarf planet • Classified a dwarf planet in 2008 • Icy world that orbits far from the sun on the frozen fringes • Takes 285 yrs. To orbit the Sun • Odd shape • Spins fast

  11. VIDEO TIME! Our World: Pluto - Our First Dwarf Planet By SciTech .Flix (Youtube)

  12. REFERENCES Wikipedia SciTech .Flix www.windows2universe.org http://www.windows2universe.org

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