A dwarf planet is a celestial body orbiting a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, yet it has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. These objects are typically found in the asteroid belt or beyond the orbit of the major planets. Due to their lack of gravitational dominance within their orbital paths, they retain significant amounts of volatile material and often exhibit varied surface compositions. They represent a category of planetary bodies that informs understanding of the formation and evolutionary history of planetary systems, acting as key indicators of the processes that shaped the outer reaches of stellar systems.