Dwarf planet orbits. Diagram of the Solar System,showing the orbits of the four outer planets (Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune,green),three dwarf planets (yellow) and ten candidate dwarf planets (brown). A dwarf planet is an object that fails to dominate its orbit around the Sun (unlike a true planet),but which still has an independent orbit (unlike moons),and is large enough to be spherical due to gravity. The three dwarf planets are: Ceres (in the asteroid belt),and Pluto and Eris (both in the Kuiper Belt). The candidate dwarf planets (all in the Kuiper Belt) are: 2003 EL61,Orcus,Sedna,2005 FY9,Quaoar,Ixion,2002 TX300,Varuna,2002 TC302 and 2002 UX25. For an unlabelled version of this diagram,see R300/293 |