Dwarf Planets of Our Solar System: Multiple Choice

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01This dwarf planet is notable for its extremely elongated shape and rapid rotation, likely caused by a giant impact.
02Of the five officially recognized dwarf planets, which one has the most eccentric orbit, taking it far beyond the Kuiper Belt?
03Which dwarf planet was named after the creator deity of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island?
04Which celestial body was famously reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)?
05Which dwarf planet is located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
06The NASA spacecraft New Horizons performed a historic flyby of which dwarf planet in 2015?
07Who discovered Pluto in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory?
08Which dwarf planet is the most massive known in our solar system and is named after the Greek goddess of discord?
09What is the name of Pluto's largest moon, which is so large that the two bodies are sometimes considered a binary system?
10The Dawn spacecraft, launched by NASA, orbited two protoplanets. One was Vesta, and the other was which dwarf planet?