ice dwarf
English
Noun
ice dwarf (plural ice dwarfs)
- (astronomy) An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.
- (astronomy) A centaur or transneptunian object.
- (astronomy) An astronomical object that is larger than the core of a typical comet and icier than a typical asteroid.