Dwarf Planet

• New dwarf planet discovered beyond orbit of Neptune

  Astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have discovered a new dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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  Jul 12, 2016
  
• Hubble discovers moon around dwarf planet Makemake

  Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found a moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake, far beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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  Apr 26, 2016
  
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• WATCH: NASA lets us explore dwarf planet Ceres

  Since we can' take flight over far-off worlds, NASA's doing it for us.

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  Jan 29, 2016
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• NASA spacecraft gets close-up look of mysterious bright spots on Ceres

  NASA's Dawn spacecraft has photographed a bright spot on the dwarf planet in greater detail than ever before, but it still hasn't definitively determined what it is.

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  May 12, 2015
• NASA’s Dawn spacecraft to reach dwarf planet Friday

  Scientists are eagerly anticipating the arrival of a spacecraft around the largest object in our asteroid belt, Ceres, which will shed light onto the early formation of our solar system.

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  Mar 2, 2015
• Second bright spot seen on dwarf planet Ceres

  As NASA's Dawn spacecraft nears its target -- the dwarf planet Ceres -- the images are already giving scientists a lot to mull over.

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  Feb 26, 2015
• NASA’s spacecraft nears dwarf planet Ceres

  NASA'S Dawn spacecraft is on final approach to a world that humans have never seen in detail. And on Monday, NASA released a series of images as a taste of things to come.

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  Jan 20, 2015
• NASA spacecraft readies for rendezvous with dwarf planet

  NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on approach to the dwarf planet Ceres, the second target in its mission exploring our asteroid belt.

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  Dec 30, 2014