dwarf planet
Noun
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Noun
dwarf planet (plural dwarf planets)
- (astronomy) Any astronomical body which has achieved hydrostatic equilibrium (which is the shape a body of water would take, as opposed to a small Solar System body), orbits the Sun (as opposed to a moon), and has not “cleared its neighbourhood” of competing bodies (as opposed to a planet).
- Synonyms: planetoid, quasi-planet, sub-planet
- Hypernyms: minor planet, planet, planetary-mass object
- hypo en
- French: planète naine
- German: Zwergplanet
- Italian: pianeta nano
- Portuguese: planeta anão
- Russian: ка́рликовая плане́та
- Spanish: planeta enano
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