pushing a old yap frm neospring onto here.. oomfs from ns might remember this

according to scientists, there is now only 8 planets in the solar system excluding dwarf planets. The most known dwarf planet is Pluto but there is much more dwarfs than just one. For example, one of the other most known is Ceres. Ceres is in the middle main orbit in between Mars and Jupiter (In a asteroid belt, i believe.). It was first discovered to be a asteroid in Janurary on new years day in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi.

Another dwarf planet is MakeMake, which is sometimes known as the red dwarf planet. It is the second brightest object in the Kuiper Belt which is orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. It's named after a creator god in the Rapanui mythology of Easter Island. Makemake is also only slightly smaller than Pluto and has one moon known as MK2.

One of the more interesting ones is Haumea, also in the kuiper belt. It has a egg shape and has a unusual, rapid rotation. It is one of the fastest among large objects in our solar system. It has two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka and is believed to be made up of rock and ice according to NASA. It was discovered in 2004 (which is very recent) by a team which was headed by Mike Brown of Caltech at the Palomar Observatory

onto another yap, much to what most people think, neptune is not TECHNICALLY made out of ice. it is rich in water, ammonia and methane. which could be considered 'icy' despite it being hot and dense supercritical fluid. the core of neptune is approximated to be 5100 °C (9300 °F) which is slightly less than earth's own which is 5100 to 6000 °C (9392 to 10832 °F). this, however, is not uncommon for planet cores to be so hot. in fact, its normal! but i guess it can be ironic since its supposed to be one of the coldest planets. it is not common knowledge, but, Neptune has very young rings, making it the third ringed planet alongside Saturn and Uranus. Neptune's tilted on a rotational axis at 47° which is almost twice the earth's own!