Dwarf planets are celestial bodies that orbit the sun, have sufficient mass to assume a spherical shape, have not cleared their orbit of other objects, and are not satellites. Examples of dwarf planets include Pluto and Ceres. While Pluto was previously considered a planet, in 2006 it was reclassified as a dwarf planet due to its small size and eccentric orbit beyond Neptune's orbit at over 17 million km2. Dwarf planets fall between minor bodies like asteroids and major planets like those in our solar system.