What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate? A Space / Astronomy Song by In A World Music Kids & The Nirks®

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What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate? How does an object qualify? Join Vincent as he takes you to the outer edge of our solar system to meet some of the most promising dwarf planet candidates. They all hope to be made official dwarf planets soon! You’ll meet Varuna, Varda, Ixion, Chaos, Sedna, Gonggong, Quaoar, Orcus, Salacia, 2002 MS4, and the mysterious Goblin! Enjoy this fun, catchy song about our solar system.
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What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
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
I’m Varuna from the Kuiper Belt
Beyond Neptune, I’m so cold my ice won’t melt
I rotate fast which changed my silhouette
Into an egg-shape like Haumea the dwarf planet
I’m Ixion, a Trans-Neptunian object
Which means I’m further from the sun than Neptune gets
Like Pluto, for every 2 times I orbit the sun
Neptune orbits 3, I’m called A “Plutino” , everyone
I’m Salacia, A Trans-Neptunian object
I’m really far out, way past Pluto’s orbit
It’s dark and cold out here, but I don’t mind
Because my moon Actaea is with me all the time
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
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
Chaos, a cubewano is what they call me
A Kuiper belt object not moved by Neptune’s gravity
Far enough from Neptune, I have an orbit all my own
Traveling the outer solar system, exploring the unknown
Varda, a cubewano, and I’m not alone
I have one moon Ilmarë to call my own
Both named after characters from the Simarillion
By the Author of Lord of the Rings, Tolkien
I’m Quaoar, a cubewano
Or a classical Kuiper Belt Object you know
I have icy volcanoes that spew water not melted rock
And I have one moon with me named Weywot
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
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
Candidate Orcus and my moon Vanth here
Across the Solar system from Pluto like a mirror
I’m called the “Anti Pluto” because I orbit oppositely
When Pluto is at Perihelion, I’m at Aphelion, you see
I’m called 2002MS4, yep
Discovered long ago, but I still don’t have a name yet
In the Kuiper Belt I’m waiting patiently
To get an official name, What do you think it will be?
I was 2007OR10, but was renamed
You voted and Gonggong is who I became
In the Kuiper belt I have a friend with me
My little moon Xiangliu keeps me company
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
How does an object qualify?
What Makes A Dwarf Planet Candidate?
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
Sedna, I live beyond the Kuiper Belt Disc
In the spherical Oort Cloud is my premises
Mars and I are the reddest objects in the solar system you see
I travel alone, I have no moon with me
I’m the Goblin from the Oort Cloud
The icy region beyond the Kuiper Belt is where I’m found
Much farther from the sun than Pluto, about two and half times
My discovery supports the theory that there could be a Planet 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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