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Explain how the name dwarf planet might have come from?

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A celestial body may be called a dwarf planet if all of this is true:

1. Orbits the Sun.

2. Has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces and assume a nearly round shape (in other words, it must be roughly spherical).

3. Has not cleared its orbital neighborhood of other debris (unlike the traditional planets).

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