• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    it blew my tiny mind when i found out that there are multiple dwarf planets in long solar orbits in our system

    they might be small and enjoy solitude but why are we forgetting about them???

    and now apparently there’s also a dwarf planet in the inner solar system that nobody talks about??? rude

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      there’s also a dwarf planet in the inner solar system

      It’s arguable about whether it’s in the “Inner Solar System”. Ceres is inside the asteroid belt, and the asteroid belt is the separator between the inner and outer system. It’s like floating in the middle of The Rhine and debating whether you’re in Germany or France

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      1 day ago

      Exactly! It’s right there past Mars! It’s not like it’s some weird thing off in the cold dark past Pluto.