If you don’t mind me asking why do we have dwarf planets?

Question: If you don’t mind me asking why do we have dwarf planets?
- Keywords:
  dwarf planet,
  planet,
  solar system,
  space
Asked by nest520sync to Viviene DC, Vicky F, Tom, Sheridan, Martin M, christinaschoettler on 28 Apr 2025.
- Martin McCoustra answered on 28 Apr 2025:
  
  Planets can be a wide range of size… we use relatively simple language to describe the range like dwarf planets, super-Earths, gas giants, Super-Jupiters etc.

Question: If you don’t mind me asking why do we have dwarf planets?