dwarf-planetary

A form of dwarf planetary — Of or relating to dwarf planets.

Meanings

adjectivedwarf-planetary (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of dwarf planetary.

    It's not easy going without a ninth major planet, & Selene is the obvious choice to fill in for the esteemed Pluto/Charon double dwarf-planetary system!

    2007 August 22, Painius, “Jupiter, The Moon, and Me”, in alt.astronomy (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026
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    As the dwarf-planetary sublimation of Mars, Eris is “very strong, volatile, and vicious”; she hates to be left out of anything, especially good old fracases and brouhahas. Acting as psycho as the situation allows, she is the last god to leave the battlefield, as she feeds off the mayhem and madness of destruction while having the best time of all.

    2014, Richard Grossinger, The Night Sky: Soul and Cosmos; The Physics and Metaphysics of the Stars and Planets, updated and expanded edition, Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, →ISBN

    As Valerie waited for the scheduled call—when the Brethren would stop jamming for twenty seconds—the captain and sergeant hurried through a dim dwarf-planetary tunnel, heading for an even lower and more dangerous level…

    2021 January 31, Vaughn Heppner, chapter 7, in The Lost Tech (Lost Starship; 13), →ISBN
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APA

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Chicago

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