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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not really big. There are multiple Pluto like planetoids. Also there is a hunk of rock in the asteroid belt youcould name a planet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ceres is more than a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. It's at least an order of magnitude bigger than anything else in its orbit. It's hardly a hunk of rock

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

There's also not that much rock, only 73% of the mass. The rest is ice and mud, with half it's volume being water in some form.