Dwarf Planets trivia
Dwarf Planets Mini Quiz
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Dwarf planets are distinguished from major planets by their failure to clear what from their orbital path?
A major planet must be gravitationally dominant to clear its path. Dwarf planets like Pluto and Ceres lack the mass to eject or consume the debris along their orbits.
Located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, what is the only dwarf planet found in the inner solar system?
Ceres accounts for about one-third of the asteroid belt's total mass. It was discovered in 1801 and was originally classified as a planet for 50 years.
Discovered near Easter Sunday and named after a Rapa Nui creator god, which dwarf planet is located in the distant Kuiper Belt?
Makemake was nicknamed Easterbunny before its official naming and is the second-brightest Kuiper Belt object, appearing reddish due to frozen methane on its surface.
Once considered the 9th planet of the solar system, which dwarf planet features a large, heart-shaped glacier on its surface?
Pluto's heart-shaped region is named Tombaugh Regio, and its western lobe is a massive nitrogen-ice glacier called Sputnik Planitia.
Distinguished by its rapid rotation and egg-like shape, which dwarf planet is named after a Hawaiian goddess?
Named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, Haumea has two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka. They are thought to be icy fragments of the dwarf planet itself.