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What is the main difference between a dwarf planet and a major planet?

Dwarf planets have not cleared other bodies out of their orbital paths.
Dwarf planets do not have enough mass to be a regular planet.
Dwarf planets are much farther from the sun.
Dwarf planets do not have moons.

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The correct answer should be A
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Answer:

A planet is an object that orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape and has cleared its orbit of other debris. While a dwarf planet also orbits the Sun, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape, but has not cleared its orbit of other debris.

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So A .

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