dwarf planet

noun

: a celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit

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Bright deposits on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, contain sodium carbonate. —

Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2025 The largest object in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres, is an icy body that measures 592 miles across. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025 The Nature study points out that the dwarf planet Ceres and Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus have also shown evidence of sodium carbonate brines in recent years. —

Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025 As such, scientists have also previously found evidence for ammonia in salt form on the dwarf planet Ceres, which sits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and within the plumes of Saturn's famously icy moon Enceladus. —

Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dwarf planet