Assertion: asteroid belt's object | /r/HasProperty | dwarf planets
Facets:
value: under the iau definition
type: OTHER
value: as of 2008
type: TEMPORAL
value: notably
type: DEGREE
value: according to observations
type: OTHER
value: almost certainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Another six objects are almost certainly dwarf planets, but are waiting for official classification, and there may be as many as 10,000 dwarf planets in the solar system.
text: The object DeeDee could also be a dwarf planet, according to observations made in 2017.
text: In 2012 Dawn left Vesta and went into orbit around the largest object in the asteroid belt, dwarf planet Ceres.
text: At the same time, it defined a new distinct class of objects called dwarf planets, for which Pluto qualified.
text: The largest object within the belt is a dwarf planet - Ceres - which has a mass of 9.47x1020kg and a diameter of 476.2km.
text: These objects are the dwarf planet Ceres, and three other asteroids called Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea.
text: As of 2008, only five objects in the Solar System (Ceres, Eris, and the KBOs Pluto, Makemake and Haumea) are listed as dwarf planets by the IAU.
text: There is also a list of objects that are being considered as dwarf planets but have not been fully designated as such.
text: Since Ixion's discovery, numerous large trans-Neptunian objects, notably the dwarf planets Haumea, Eris, and Makemake, have been discovered.
text: To be a dwarf planet under the IAU definition, the object must meet the first two conditions described above; in addition, it must not have cleared its neighbourhood, and it must not be a moon of another body.