As the debate rages on whether Pluto, currently a dwarf planet, should be given back its planet status, it may soon be joined by an asteroid that could wind up being the smallest dwarf planet in the ...

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(CNN) --A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet -- which could make it the smallest in the solar system -- after new research revealed it's shape, astronomers said on Monday. Nestled ...

Among the rocky bodies in the asteroid belt located somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, Hygiea never really fit in. Although it was classified as the fourth largest asteroid in the solar system, ...

The asteroid belt object known as Hygiea may be the new baby of the dwarf planet family. Hygiea, currently classified as an asteroid, already met three of four requirements for dwarf planet status: It ...

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