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Many TNOs are often just assumed to have Pluto's density of 2.0 g/cm 3, but it is just as likely that they have a comet-like density of only 0.5 g/cm 3. [ 4 ] For example, if a TNO is incorrectly assumed to have a mass of 3.59 × 10 20 kg based on a radius of 350 km with a density of 2 g/cm 3 but is later discovered to have a radius of only 175 ...
3.4 km (2.1 mi) Norgay Montes, Tombaugh Regio [72] 45 K [73] 35 K [73] Eris: 41 K [74] 30 K [74] Makemake: Haumea: The bodies included in this table are: (1) planemos; (2) major planets, dwarf planets, or moons of major or dwarf planets, or stars; (3) hydrostatically round so as to be able to provide a geodetic datum line.
[39] [40] Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies (remnants from the Solar System's formation) and at least one dwarf planet—Pluto, which may be geologically active. [41] But while the asteroid belt is composed primarily of rock and metal, the Kuiper belt is composed largely of ices, such as methane, ammonia, and water.
The number of dwarf planets in the Solar System is unknown. Estimates have run as high as 200 in the Kuiper belt [1] and over 10,000 in the region beyond. [2] However, consideration of the surprisingly low densities of many large trans-Neptunian objects, as well as spectroscopic analysis of their surfaces, suggests that the number of dwarf planets may be much lower, perhaps only nine among ...
Least dense Kepler-51d: Kepler-51 [41] 0.0381 ± 0.0085 g/cm 3 [42] Next least dense are the hot Jupiter HAT-P-67b with about 0.044 g/cm 3 and the super-Neptune planet WASP-193b with 0.059 ± 0.014 g/cm 3. [43] A predicted highly evaporating planet was proposed to orbit the star FU Orionis north with a density of about 0.0042 g/cm 3. [d]
Uranus's mass is roughly 14.5 times that of Earth, making it the least massive of the giant planets. Its diameter is slightly larger than Neptune's at roughly four times that of Earth. A resulting density of 1.27 g/cm 3 makes Uranus the second least dense planet, after Saturn.
The planet is located some 1,200 light-years away. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. It's the second-lightest exoplanet found so far based on its dimensions and mass, according to the researchers.
Disintegrating planet, radius is just an estimate. [7] PSR B1257+12 b (Draugr) ~0.338: Least massive known exoplanet, at 0.02 Earth masses. Radius estimated from mass-radius relationship. [8] Kepler-1520b: ≲0.36: Disintegrating planets with poorly known radii, all thought to be smaller than Mercury. [9] [10] KOI-2700b: K2-22b: Mercury: 0.3826 ...