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.

but asteroids are much smaller than planets so are also known as 'minor planets'. As well as planets and moons, the solar system also contains dwarf planets, which are too small to be considered ...

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.