Space Fact of the Week



Another week, another month, and another random fact about our universe.

If you're familiar with dwarf plants then you might have come across the name of Haumea. It's the third closet dwarf planet to the sun and features an interesting physical trait: it's elongated shape. This unique design makes it the least spherical of all the dwarf planets.

Poor Pluto may have been demoted but rest assured that dwarf planets have plenty of amazing things to offer on their own.

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