Dwarf Planets

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  1. 3. most commonly known dwarf planet, used to be a planet
  2. 6. dwarf planets contain small amounts of
  3. 7. dwarf planets lack this separating them from other space objects
  4. 9. the shape of a dwarf planet
  5. 13. the type of telescope used to help discover dwarf planets
  6. 14. the place where all existing matter in space
  7. 15. must be this type of body to be considered a dwarf planet
  8. 16. resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
  9. 17. belt where all dwarf planets are found
  10. 18. _____is one of the largest known dwarf planets in our solar system. It's about the same size as Pluto but is three times farther from the Sun.
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  1. 1. dwarf planet and the second-largest of what are known as the classical population of Kuiper belt
  2. 2. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  3. 4. description of the dwarf planets relatively great size
  4. 5. where all planets, stars and other objects in our galaxy are found
  5. 8. makes distant objects appear nearer,
  6. 9. placed in orbit around dwarf planets to gather data
  7. 10. dwarf planet that is a member of a group of objects that orbit in a disc-like zone
  8. 11. largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it's the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system.
  9. 12. the movement of dwarf planets around the sun