dwarf plan|et

dwarf plan|et
dwarf plan|et «dwrf PLAN iht»,
a round body that orbits a star, but which does not have enough gravitational pull to clear other objects from its orbit. The asteroid Ceres is also classified as a dwarf planet.

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