dwarf planet
A planetary body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical…A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.
» Haumea is an oddly-shaped dwarf planet.
Haumea ist ein seltsam geformter Zwergplanet.
Гаумеа — карликова планета химерної форми.
Meaning
1 sensesA planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.
Zwergplanet
ка́рликовая плане́таkárlikovaja planéta
ка́рликова плане́таkárlykova planéta
Examples
22 sentencesHaumea is an oddly-shaped dwarf planet.
Гаумеа — карликова планета химерної форми. — deniko
deHaumea ist ein seltsam geformter Zwergplanet. — eik_dahms
Pluto is considered a dwarf planet.
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Haumea is an oval shaped dwarf planet.
Haumea is a dwarf planet shaped like an egg.
Translations
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Origin
Coined by analogy with dwarf star, as part of a tripartite classification of planets: clasCoined by analogy with dwarf star, as part of a tripartite classification of planets: classical planets (the big 8 in the Sol system), satellite planets (planetary-mass moons) and dwarf planets. Redefined by the IAU in 2006 to be a category of sub-planetary objects.
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Forms
plural: dwarf planets| Singular | dwarf planet |
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