Artist's impression of a dwarf planet.

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Artist's impression of a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit of the Sun, smaller than any of the eight classical planets but still a world in its own right. The prototypical dwarf planet is Pluto.

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Size: 6000px × 4500px
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Photo credit: © Pablo Carlos Budassi/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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