by Tyler woods and Jordan ogle 5/15/14 grade 5 glenndening

table of contents

• what are dwarf planets
• what are the dwarf planets names
• who were the dwarf planets named after
• why are they called dwarf planets
• fun facts                6. sources

what are dwarf planets

• a dwarf planet is a planet that hasn't 
• cleared its orbit
•  smaller than mercury

what are the dwarf planets names

• pluto
• ceres
• makemake
• eris
• haumer                  #2

who were the dwarf planets named after

• roman gods and godesess
•                      #3

why are they called dwarf planets

• a dwarf is a character in a fairy tale who is small
• so a dwarf planet is a small planet

fun facts

• there are 389 objects that could be dwarf planets  
• pluto was named after the roman god of the under world
• in 2015 space missions New Horizon 

sources

• solar system.nasa.gov//multimedia/display.cfm?CM_ID=10723
• space-facts.com/dwarf-planets/
• universe today.com
• worldbook