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What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate? How does an object qualify? The Nirks are here to tell you! Join Vincent as he takes you to the outer edge of our solar system to meet some of the most promising newly named dwarf planet candidates. They all hope to be made official dwarf planets soon! In this part 2, you'll meet Máni, DeeDee, Uni, Goibniu, Rumina, Achlys, Chiminigagua, Ritona, Aya, Xewioso, Ammonite and Taowu (or Niku)! Enjoy this fun, exciting, catchy learning song about our solar system.
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What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
Here are several newly named candidates.
Are you ready to meet the new guys!?
It must have enough mass to be round, that’s one
It must have its own orbit around the sun
It can’t be a moon orbiting a planet you see
It can’t have broken free from all the space debris
I’m called Máni, we’ve met before
When I was known as 2002 MS4
Named after the God of the moon in Norse mythology
With a huge mountain, Large crater, I’m Dark and Icy
2014 UZ224
Nicknamed Dee Dee for Distant Dwarf
1150 Years is about how long one orbit takes
A Large TNO in the Scattered Disk far away
UNI a cubewano, 2002 UX25 formerly
Named after the Etruscan goddess of marriage and family
My family is my moon Tinia, that orbits me
Made of mostly Ice, I have a very low density
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
Every one of these newly named candidates
Is Waiting to see if they’re accepted or denied
It must have a near spherical shape
An orbit round the sun that it can’t escape
Not a moon but an independent entity
That hasn’t broken free from all the space debris
Goibniu, I used to be 2004 GV9
I have an eccentric, elliptical orbit that is inclined
Named after the craftsman god from Irish mythology
I rotate fast, almost every 6 hours, I’m really dizzy
Rumina or 2005 RM43
Named after a Goddess in Roman mythology
One highly eccentric orbit takes about 888 years
As far as 149 AU and 35 AU when I’m near
Achlys or 2003 AZ84 , that’s me
Named after the Greek Goddess of sorrow and misery
A Plutino in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune
And I’m not alone, I have 1 moon
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
It’s time to meet the new guys!
Here are several newly named candidates.
What rules do we need to apply?
It must have enough mass to be round, that’s one
It must have its own orbit around the sun
It can’t be a moon orbiting a planet you see
It can’t have broken free from all the space debris
Chiminigagua a bright TNO, that’s me
I was 2013 FY27 previously
With an eccentric inclined Elliptical Orbit that takes 450 years
In the scattered disc, I have one large moon with me here
Call me Ritona instead of 2005 RN43
Named after the Goddess of River Crossings in Celtic Mythology
I’m not eccentric at all, I have a circular orbit
In the Kuiper belt about 41 AU’s away is where I sit
2002 AW197, now Aya, that’s me
Named after the goddess of dawn from Akkadian Mythology
A cubewano, with a wide elliptical inclined orbit
I rotate about every 9 hours which is pretty quick
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
It’s time to meet the new guys!
Here are several newly named candidates
What rules do we need to apply?
It must have a near spherical shape
An orbit round the sun that it can’t escape
Not a moon but, and independent entity
That hasn’t broken free from all the space debris
Xewioso or 2002 XW93
Named after the god of thunder from West African mythology
I’m dark, with an inclined orbit of 14 degrees
My elliptical orbit crosses Neptune’s, making me a centaur technically
2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite
A Sednoid, whose orbit points opposite the other three, that’s right
Perihelion is 66 AU and Aphelion is 438
To complete one orbit, 4000 years is what it takes
A Rebel, an oddball, Taowu, that’s me
Named after one of the Four Perils in Chinese mythology
Nicknamed Niku, which means rebellious in Chinese
Because I orbit in retrograde or backwards you see
My orbit is also inclined by 110 degrees
Making it almost a polar orbit – orbiting vertically
In a 7:9 resonance with planet Neptune you’ll find
For every 7 orbits I have, Neptune has 9
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
There are so many dwarf planet candidates
Waiting to see if they’re accepted or denied
We’re all Dwarf Planet candidates!
We all want to Qualify!
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