冥王星（小行星序号：134340 Pluto）是柯伊伯带中的矮行星。冥王星是第一颗被发现的柯伊伯带天体。冥王星是太阳系内已知体积最大、质量第二大的矮行星。在直接围绕太阳运行的天体中，冥王星体积排名第九，质量排名第十。冥王星是体积最大的海外天体，其质量仅次于位于离散盘中的阋神星。与其他柯伊伯带天体一样，冥王星主要由岩石和冰组成。冥王星相对较小，仅有月球质量的六分之一、月球体积的三分之一。冥王星的轨道离心率及倾角皆较高，近日点为30天文单位（44亿公里），远日点为49天文单位（74亿公里）。冥王星因此周期性进入海王星轨道内侧。海王星与冥王星因相互的轨道共振而不会碰撞。在冥王星距太阳的平均距离上阳光需要5.5小时到达冥王星。

Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered. It is the largest and second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object directly orbiting the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume but is less massive than Eris, a dwarf planet in the scattered disc. Like other Kuiper belt objects, Pluto is primarily made of ice and rock and is relatively small—about one-sixth the mass of Earth's Moon and one-third its volume. It has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit during which it ranges from 30 to 49 astronomical units or AU (4.4–7.4 billion km) from the Sun. This means that Pluto periodically comes closer to the Sun than Neptune, but a stable orbital resonance with Neptune prevents them from colliding. Light from the Sun takes about 5.5 hours to reach Pluto at its average distance (39.5 AU).