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| − | [[Image:Eris.jpg|thumb|Dwarf planet '''[[136199 Eris]]'''. [[Sol]] can be seen in the lower-right corner of this image.]]There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ plutoids] ([[Pluto]], [ | + | [[Image:Eris.jpg|thumb|Dwarf planet '''[[136199 Eris]]'''. [[Sol]] can be seen in the lower-right corner of this image.]]There are many objects usually found beyond Neptune; the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ plutoids] ([[Pluto]], [[136108 Haumea|Haumea]], [[136472 Makemake|Makemake]], and [[136199 Eris|Eris]]) and the smaller Kuiper Belt dwarf planets (including [[90482 Orcus|Orcus]], [[28978 Ixion|Ixion]], [[38628 Huya|Huya]], [[20000 Varuna|Varuna]], [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]], and [[90377 Sedna|Sedna]]) are the best-known objects, but this is also the birthplace of the comets. |
== Dwarf Planets == | == Dwarf Planets == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:45, 1 May 2016
Dwarf Planets
There are dozens of dwarf planets in the Sol system, and all but one of them are usually found beyond Neptune's orbit. Those with names easily understood by average humans include:
- 20000 Varuna
- 28978 Ixion
- 38628 Huya
- 50000 Quaoar
- 90377 Sedna
- 90482 Orcus
- 134340 Pluto
- 136108 Haumea
- 136199 Eris
- 136472 Makemake
Dwarf planet 50000 Quaoar.
Comet mining stations in the Kupier Belt
Water is a valuable commodity everywhere but Earth, and some people get upset when pieces of the gas giants' rings go missing. A brave, hardy, and intelligent person can make a small fortune mining ice, or pushing cometary nucleii to the Inner System.
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