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dwarf planetary

dwarf planetary adjective: of or relating to dwarf planets.

Adjective

dwarf planetary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to dwarf planets.
    • […] because NASA supports “planetary” astronomy but has no division for “dwarf planetary” astronomy.2009, Laurence A. Marschall, Stephen P. Maran, Pluto Confidential: An Insider Account of the Ongoing Battles over the Status of Pluto, Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 186
    • One planet in a system, third one out from the orbit-star. While its planetary brethren (and dwarf planetary brethren, baby siblings in an increasingly strained metaphor) develop Novelties like rings or Great Red Sports, this world develops the strangest novelty of all. / Life.2010, Marcus D’Ambrose, Douglas Palermo, Noel Rogers, Heroes and Hierophants, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 275

Examples of dwarf planetary in a sentence

  • Scientists studying Pluto refer to themselves as planetary scientists (not dwarf planetary scientists).2016, Lisa Messeri, Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN:
  • Consider the overwhelmingly negative reaction of many members of the public when Pluto was demoted to dwarf planetary status.2021, Gale M. Sinatra, Barbara K. Hofer, Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press...
  • The scale of the planetary and dwarf planetary regions of the solar system.2023, Martin Beech, Mind the Gap: The Labyrinthine Story of Planetary Orbits, Mathematics, and the Titius-Bode Rule, World Scientific...

Forms of dwarf planetary

alternative formdwarf-planetary

Origin of dwarf planetary

Blend of dwarf planet + planetary. By surface analysis, dwarf planet + -ary.

Questions about dwarf planetary

What does dwarf planetary mean?
Dwarf planetary means of or relating to dwarf planets.
How do you use dwarf planetary in a sentence?
Scientists studying Pluto refer to themselves as planetary scientists (not dwarf planetary scientists).
What part of speech is dwarf planetary?
Dwarf planetary is an adjective.

Words near dwarf planetary in the dictionary

  1. dwarf nettle
  2. dwarf nova
  3. dwarf olive
  4. dwarf olives
  5. dwarf planet
  6. dwarf planetary
  7. dwarf planets
  8. dwarf poppy
  9. dwarf rabbit
  10. dwarf rabbits
  11. dwarf raven

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