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?
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the image of the red dwarf star CHXR 73 and its companion, thought to be a brown dwarf. CHXR 73 is one-third less massive than the sun. Credit: NASA, ESA and K. Luhman (Penn State University).cientists think that 20 out of the 30 stars nearest to Earth are red dwarfs; however, none of them can be seen with the naked eye. The closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri, is a red dwarf.