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SCIENCE - 6TH GRADE (Celestial Bodies): Dwarf Planets

This guide will introduce research methods for the celestial bodies.

Database Research Links

Britannica School data on dwarf planets.

 

Exploring Our Solar System: The dwarf planet Pluto

NASA Video on Pluto - Our First Dwarf Planet.

Space Sciences data on dwarf planets.

GALE Encyclopedia of Science data on Pluto.

Image Gallery of Dwarf Planets

Images

Dwarf planets and candidates.

Dwarf planets and candidate dwarf planets. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1298541/1/132_1298541/cite. Accessed 18 Sep 2020.

Dwarf Planets Eris, Pluto and Ceres next to the Earth.

Dwarf planets. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1296246/1/132_1296246/cite. Accessed 18 Sep 2020.

Hubble Space Telescope's view of the dwarf planet Pluto.

"Hubble Space Telescope's view of the dwarf planet Pluto." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., Gale, 2014. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC4205138891/GPS?u=vero31952&sid=GPS&xid=75ac3395. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.

Eris (Dwarf Planet) and Dysnomia (Satellite)

"Eris (Dwarf Planet) and Dysnomia (Satellite)." Gale Science Online Collection, Gale, 2006. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2645808019/GPS?u=vero31952&sid=GPS&xid=9caa0e35. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.

Dwarf planets and their orbits.

Dwarf planets and their orbits, artwork. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Mar 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1434214/1/132_1434214/cite. Accessed 18 Sep 2020.