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Interesting paper on the methods of figuring out which KBOs are dwarf planets.<br /><br />http://www.sc.eso.org/santiago/science/OPSWorkshop/Contributions/Oral/S2_Tancredi_talk.pdf<br /><br />According to this there are 13 certain dwarf planets and 24 other uncertain candidates. I also found it noteworthy that 2002 UX25 is not ellipsoidal (and thus not a dwarf planet) even with an estimated diamter near 800km.<br /><br />On that note, one question for anyone: would Iapetus be denied dwarf planet status if it was orbiting the Sun? I understand it's not completely spherical but on imagery it still seems to have the ellispoidal shape. <br /><br />Rob