An ATM bankcard that allows a merchant to deduct money directly from a consumerâs bank account. Debit cards issued with a VisaÂ® or MasterCardÂ® logo are accepted by any merchant that also accepts Visa or MasterCard credit cards. For debit card rates, PIN#âs must be entered at the time of the transaction.
Ceres, first spotted by astronomers in 1801, was first called a planet and later an asteroid. In 2006 it was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to Earth, orbiting at only 2.8 times Earthâs distance from the sun. Its year takes 4.6 Earth years and its day is 9.1 hours. Ceres has no known moons. Meet the Dwarf Planets of the Solar System (Countdown) Images: Dwarf Planet Eris, Pluto's Cosmic Twin ; Pluto Quiz! How Well Do You Know the Dwarf Planet?
This picture shows the sizes of the original three dwarf planets (Pluto, Ceres, and Eris) as compared to Earth. It also shows Pluto's large moon Charon (and its two small moons Nix and Hydra) and Eris's moon Dysnomia to scale.None of the distances between objects in this image are to scale.here are currently five official dwarf planets. Pluto, formerly the smallest of the nine traditional planets, was demoted to dwarf planet status. Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, was also declared a dwarf planet.