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What dwarf planets has NASA sent probes to?

Answer 1

Levi Anderson

I remember only one the new horizon to Pluto.

A fresh perspective on Pluto.

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Answer 2

Alexander Acosta

NASA has sent probes to the dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto.

A body that satisfies two of the three requirements for being a planet—it must be nearly spherical and orbit the sun—is referred to as a dwarf planet. The third requirement is that the planet must have cleared its orbit of all other bodies, with the exception of moons.

Within the asteroid belt, Ceres was designated as a dwarf planet after the NASA Dawn space probe arrived there in March 2015.

In July 2015, the NASA New Horizons space probe made a visit to Pluto, a trans Neptunian object that had been downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet due to a change in regulations.

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Answer 3

Christopher Ales

NASA has sent probes to Pluto and Ceres, two dwarf planets.

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