Assertion: dwarf planet | /r/CapableOf | orbit the sun
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text: planets and satellites Planets, dwarf planets and plutoids orbit the Sun, satellites orbit the planets.
text: A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but which has not cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals and is not a satellite.
text: While a dwarf planet also orbits the Sun, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape, but has not cleared its orbit of other debris.
text: While a dwarf planet also orbits the Sun, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape, but has not cleared its orbit of other debris.
text: Now, astronomers have discovered another dwarf planet — dubbed 2012 VP113 and just 279.6 miles wide — orbiting the Sun.
text: While it’s certainly interesting to discover a new dwarf planet orbiting the Sun — especially one that extends the known boundary of the Solar System — the potential super-Earth that would be effectively messing up VP113’s orbit is the real gem of the discovery.
text: A dwarf planet is also a spherical body orbiting the sun; however, to be a dwarf planet, it must be smaller than 3031 miles in diameter, but heavy enough to bear a resemblance to a planet.