SOLAR SYSTEM

MOONS OF THE DWARF PLANETS

Besides Pluto, there are 8 other dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt that have 9 moons between them. Shown are each dwarf planet with it's moon, in order of moon size (largest to smallest). Note that these are all "almost certain" or "highly likely" to be dwarf planets.

Dwarf planet moons A-Z

NAME SIZE* PLANET
Actae 6 Salacia
Dysnomia 1 Eris
Hi'ika 4 Haumea
Illmare 3 Varda
MK2 9 Makemake
Namaka 5 Haumea
Vanth 2 Orcus
Weywot 7 Quaoar
Xiangliu 8 Gonggong


* Size = 1 is the the largest



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