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Is Saturn a planet or dwarf planet?

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Saturn is a planet, the only dwarf planet is pluto.

It's a gas giant!

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What decides if a dwarf planet is a dwarf planet?
It needs hydrostatic equilibrium (roughly spherical shape cause of gravity) and hasn't cleared it's orbit of planetoids (other asteroids and dwarf planets). The definition of dwarf planet is...
Why is Saturn not a dwarf planet?
If you can tell Saturn is one of the Gas giants and is not small as Pluto is.
When will Saturn be a dwarf planet?
Saturn is not going to become a dwarf planet.
What planet is the dwarf planet?
well if u think about it logically.....Pluto, classified as a planet since its discovery, was reclassified as a dwarf planet only a few years ago.
How do you determine if a planet is a dwarf planet?
The planet needs to be big as Mercury and the planet's rotation.