Eris is the largest dwarf planet in the Solar System, and the ninth largest body orbiting our Sun.Sometimes referred to as the “tenth planet,” its discovery is responsible for upsetting the ...

Another dwarf planet at the edge of the Solar System has been found to have a small companion moon. The world, named 2007 OR10, is the third largest dwarf planet that we know about — around 955 ...

Pluto is still not a planet, but it may have regained some of its former glory—new pictures suggest the demoted world is in fact the biggest dwarf planet of them all.. While Pluto had always ...

The world, 2007 OR10, is much larger than astronomers previously thought, making it the third largest dwarf planet on a list of half a dozen worlds. Scientists believe there may be thousands of ...

The planet is about 690 miles wide, making it the seventh largest trans-Neptunian object, while former solar system planets Pluto and Eris are the biggest in the region.

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. In 2015, it became the first dwarf planet to be visited by a ...

Dwarf Planets; Biggest Mysteries of the Dwarf Planet Ceres. News. By Elizabeth Howell published 30 June 2016 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

An illustration lines up the solar system’s four largest dwarf planets, with 2007 OR10 in the middle of the pack. (Credit: Andras Pal / Konkoly Observatory, Ivan Eder / Hungarian Astronomical ...

Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, are seen from the surface of one of the dwarf planet's smaller moons. Illustration courtesy G. Bacon, STScI/ESA/NASA New Finds Drive Debate ...

Astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet, 2007 OR10, in the frigid outskirts of our solar system called the Kuiper Belt.

A majority of dwarf planets lie tucked away in the depths of our solar system. A handful have been identified in the last decade thanks to new technology, but many remain a mystery, undiscovered ...

The combined data reveals that Snow White has a diameter of around 1,535 kilometres: far larger than its previously presumed diameter of 1,280 kilometres, making it the third largest dwarf planet ...