dwarf planet

dwarf planet (plural dwarf planets)

1. (astronomy) 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.

   Synonyms: planetoid, quasi-planet, sub-planet

   Hypernyms: minor planet, planet, planetary-mass object

   Hyponyms: ice dwarf, plutoid

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Bres:

     A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere.

• double dwarf planet
• (Inner Solar System): Ceres
• (Outer Solar System): Eris, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Sedna, possibly also Orcus, Salacia

• dwarf planetary
• major planet
• planetary object
• satellite planet

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• protoplanet

• dwarf planet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia