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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which dwarf planet has 5 moons?
A
Eris
B
Mars
C
Ceres
D
Pluto
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pluto has 5 moons. The largest, Charon, is so big that Pluto and Charon orbit each other like a double planet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pluto’s entire moon system is believed to have formed by a collision between two the dwarf planet and another Kuiper Belt Object early in the history of the solar system. The smashup flung material that coalesced into the family of satellites observed around Pluto.

Detailed explanation-3: -Five Moons and Saturn | NASA Solar System Exploration.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jupiter’s menagerie of moons includes the largest in the solar system (Ganymede), an ocean moon (Europa) and a volcanic moon (Io). Many of Jupiter’s outer moons have highly elliptical orbits and orbit backwards (opposite to the spin of the planet).

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