Ceres is the closest one to the Earth (and the Sun). It was discovered 200 years ago. Its name comes from the Roman goddess of seasons, a sister of Neptune.
A recently discovered dwarf planet Haumea is a bit more unconventional. It also carries a name of a goddess, but from Hawaii. It has two moons, a weird shape and it spins so fast that one day there lasts less than 4 hours!
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| Haumea - Moon - Earth |
It lives far away in the Kuiper Belt, where the other three dwarf planets live, too. Do you know what their names are?
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