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1 With radii above 900km  




2 With radii between 500 and 900km  




3 With radii between 400 and 500 km  













List of possible dwarf planets






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Main article: Dwarf planet

Currently there are 3 dwarf planets officially recognized by IAU: Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. Hereby is an incomplete list of planets that are believed might become recognized as dwarf planets since they exibit a radius of at least 400km.

With radii above 900km

Possible dwarf planets
Name Category Diameter (km) Mass
(* 10-20kg)		 Average
orbit
radius (AU)[1]
by[1] by[2] others
2003 EL61 ("Santa") Cubewano 2000 1380 ~42 43.31
Sedna Scattered-Extended object 1800 1500 17-61 486.0
2005 FY9 ("Easterbunny") Cubewano 1600 1503 ~40 45.66
Quaoar Cubewano 1290 1260 755-1050 [3] 10-26 43.58
Orcus Plutino 1100 909 875-1020 [3]; 6.2 - 7.0 39.34
Ixion Plutino 980 570 430-710 [3]; 900-1230 [4] ~5.8 39.65
2002 AW197 Cubewano 940 793 625-850[3]; 770-1010 [4] ~5.2 47.30

With radii between 500 and 900km

Name Category Diameter (km) Mass (* 10-20kg) Average distance
from the Sun (AU)[1]
by[1] by[2] others
2002 UX25 Cubewano 810 649 570-795 [3] ~7.9 42.53
2005 QU182 SDO? 801
2002 TX300 Cubewano 800 709 1.6 - 3.7 43.11
Varuna Cubewano 780 874 755-1025 [5]; 480-800 [3] ~5.9 42.90
2003 MW12 Cubewano 740 838 45.94
2002 MS4 other TNO 740 726 600-850 [3] 41.90
2005 RN43 other TNO 740 730 41.53
2002 TC302 Scattered disc object 710 1200 920-1480[3] ~.78 55.02
2003 AZ84 plutino 710 686 590-785 km[3] 39.45
(90568) 2004 GV9 Cubewano 680 677 610-750 [3] 42.23
(145453) 2005 RR43 Cubewano? 697
2003 OP32 Cubewano 650 666 43.24
(42301) 2001 UR163 Scattered-Extended object 620 636 51.40
1996 TL66 Scattered disk object 632
(84922) 2003 VS2 Plutino 610 725 540-925 [3] 39.27
(119951) 2002 KX14 plutino? 560 560 380-780 [3] 39.01
(19308) 1996 TO66 Cubewano 540 900 43.19
2004 SB60 other TNO 560 580 41.97
2003 QW90 other TNO 560 580 43.65
2005 RM43 SDO 560 580 89.73
2004 XR190 SDO 540 554 57.36
2004 TY364 other TNO 540 554 38.72
2004 PR107 cubewano? 520 529 45.75
2002 KW14 other TNO 510 529 47.08

With radii between 400 and 500 km

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Brown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  • ^ a b Robert Johnston. "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Barucci, M.A. (2007). "Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from Spitzer Space Telescope" (PDF). Kuiper Belt. Retrieved 2008-01-20. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • ^ a b David Jewitt. "Kluipert Belt". Retrieved 2008-01-22.
  • ^ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/varuna.html

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