Topic > In a category all their own: Dwarf Planets - 1889

Since ancient times, the universe has captivated people's imaginations and curiosity. With the limitations of technology, early sky watchers were only able to classify the objects they observed as stars or planets. Over the course of the twentieth century, as telescopes advanced to see farther into space with more accurate detail, scientists were able to find numerous stars and planet-like objects within the solar system. Scientists have had no problem classifying objects like Uranus and Neptune as planets. However, the real problem came when they discovered a planetary object called Ceres. Objects like Ceres and Pluto behaved similarly to normal planets. Due to the limitations of the technology of the time, it was very difficult to observe the precise details of these objects. As a result, they had a difficult problem whether to classify it as a planet. During the 1990s, scientists discovered other Pluto-like objects in the Kuiper Belt. In the last decade, with new, larger and more powerful telescopes, scientists have had more evidence to reclassify planets into a separate category. Dwarf planets had the potential to become planets like the eight planets we know today, however, due to unfortunate events that occurred during the initial formation of the solar system, objects such as Pluto and Ceres were moved into a new category called dwarf planets. a planetary object that was neither a planet nor a satellite as defined by the International Astronomical Union or the IAU. Most of the known dwarf planets in the solar system are located beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt region, with the exception of Ceres. The first five recognized were Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. The International Astronomical Union......in the center of the paper......r objects around it that made it a dwarf. The limited technology of early human history never allowed astronomers to get a good look at our Solar System. This results in a misleading observation causing misclassification of bodies in the sky. This has happened to many bodies in our ancient history. Two well-known examples were Pluto and Ceres. The misclassification went unnoticed only until technology began to advance and astronomers discovered more and more such planets. Just over seven years earlier, we finally gave them a new name and a new category called dwarf planets and a way to define planets. As new technologies are created, astronomers will be able to find new objects farther into the Kuiper Belt region with better detail and results. Eventually astronomers will find new dwarf planets to add to the current list.