ice dwarf

(astronomy) An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

Japanese Meaning

（天文学）氷で覆われた惑星状小天体。冥王星やセドナ、場合によってはケレスなど、通常の小惑星より氷が多く含まれており、世界規模を感じさせる天体を指す。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

宇宙船の観測機器は遠方の氷の矮惑星に関する驚くべきデータを返し、薄い大気の下に凍ったメタンの層があることを明らかにした。

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(astronomy) An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

Farthest from the dim red dwarf Ondeste, the ice dwarf Maisuth has attracted no interest beyond a cursory flyby by automated probe in 1874. No significant resources were noted.

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(astronomy) A centaur or transneptunian object.

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ice dwarfs

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