How many planets are around the sun?

Answer 1

In our solar system we have 8 planets.

• 4 inner planets
• 4 gas giants (2 of which are sometimes called "ice giants")

• and 5 "dwarf planets" (and counting)

Answer 2

Our solar system has 13 known planets, including dwarf planets:

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Ceres
6. Jupiter
7. Saturn
8. Uranus
9. Neptune
10. Pluto
11. Haumea
12. Makemake
13. Eris

Sol, our star and solar system, has 8 planets, and 5 dwarf planets.

The solar system had nine plants until 2006, when Pluto became re-classified as a dwarf planet. Since then, there are only eight.

Some people are upset with the decision to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet, but with the increasing number of other bodies being discovered, with similar characteristics to Pluto, a decision was made to redefine what we call a planet.

All scientists and astronauts have decided that Pluto is not a major planet. It does not meet certain criteria.

a) It's orbit is highly eliptical

b) It's orbit is inclined high above the solar system plane

c) It is too small-smaller than 4-5 moons (the moon, Titan, Ganymede, Callisto, etc...)

So, Pluto was made a dwarf-planet.

Answer 3

As of 2017, it depends on whether you count major planets only, or all planets.

The 8 major known planets in order from the Sun are:

1. Mercury
   
2. Venus
   
3. Earth
   
4. Mars
   
5. Jupiter
   
6. Saturn
   
7. Uranus
   
8. Neptune
   

If you list ALL 13 known planets in order, including dwarf planets, they are:

1. Mercury
   
2. Venus
   
3. Earth
   
4. Mars
   
5. Ceres
   
6. Jupiter
   
7. Saturn
   
8. Uranus
   
9. Neptune
   
10. Pluto
    
11. Haumea
    
12. Makemake
    
13. Eris
    

Dwarf planets also fall under the category of minor planets, of which there are thousands in our solar system. As of 2017, the orbits of 734,274 minor planets were archived at the Minor Planet Center, 496,815 of which had received permanent numbers. The largest minor planet that is not considered to be a dwarf planet is Sedna.

Answer 4

The are eight major planets in the solar system of the sun. These are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Answer 5

There are 8 Major Planets:- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

and 5 Dwarf Planets :- Pluto, Eris, Ceres, MakeMake and Haumea.

Answer 6

There are 8 planets because Pluto is a dwarf

Answer 7

All the planets have only one Sun which they orbit.

Answer 8

8 planets, 3 dwarf planets, millions of asteroids

Answer 9

Currently we do not have the answer for that question since our galactic exploration is in baby steps.

Answer 10

Our Solar System has 8 major planets.