The Solar System is home to eight main planets, but this is far from the full picture. Hidden beyond the orbit of Neptune are dozens of small, icy worlds, known as Dwarf Planets, or Minor Planets! The best example is Pluto, but there are dozens more orbiting within the same band of material at the outer Solar System. Today, we will visit these frozen, far out worlds first hand.

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2006 General Assembly Footage:    • Video  

MUSIC:
- Mist - Odonis Odonis
- Lucid Haze - Amulets
- Shallow Depths - jAde Wii
- At the Foot of the Sphinx - Twin Musicom
- Length of Light - Amulets
- Crystaline - Amulets
- Doll Dancing - Puddle of Infinity
- I Am Running Down the Long Hallway - Chris Zabriskie
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Kevin MacLeod

At the Foot of the Sphinx by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- Minor Planets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_p...
- Ceres: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/...
- The Kuiper Belt: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-sy...
- Pluto: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/...
- Pluto Moons: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/15...
- Eris: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/...
- Haumea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea
- Makemake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake
- Arrokoth: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-sy...

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:52 Minor Planets
5:34 Ceres
9:15 The Kuiper Belt
11:49 Pluto
16:43 Why the IAU Demoted Pluto
17:46 Eris
20:17 Haumea
22:08 Makemake
24:24 Arrokoth