Our solar system contains a central star with eight planets, dwarf planets, moons, comets and asteroids.

Planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and comets are being carefully examined and explored by means of highly sophisticated remote sensing and innovative in-situ missions to answer three ...

Other dwarf planets in the region have been discovered in the years since Pluto’s reclassification, including Eris, Haumea and Makemake, all of which have their own moons, according to NASA.

Read on for a cursory course on these primary asteroids. Named for the Roman goddess of the maternal, fertile and agricultural, Ceres is technically a dwarf planet but is regarded by astrologers ...

But, Hygiea is missing a large impact crater normally found on asteroids ... as a dwarf planet is new. It orbits the Sun, and not another planet, so that rules it out from being a Moon.