There are five known dwarf planets in our solar system. One of them is named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of corn, agriculture, and harvests. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun.

For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far ... The largest object is the asteroid belt is the dwarf planet Ceres, which is 950km in ...

It is only half as wide as the USA and is smaller than our moon. The solar system contains hundreds of dwarf planets, including Ceres, which can be found in the asteroid belt. Asteroids are made ...

Best known for driving demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet, astronomer Mike Brown discusses the next horizons in our solar system, including the hunt for the elusive Planet 9. This article was ...