A Dwarf Planet

question 29

Multiple Choice

A dwarf planet

• A)must not have any satellites.
• B)need not be massive enough to have cleared other objects from the neighborhood of its orbit.
• C)must have an orbit outside that of Neptune.
• D)must have an atmosphere.

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