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It is not known. Scientists are still not sure how many dwarf planets are in the solar system or how many true planets are in the galaxy. If estimates from our solar system apply elsewhere, however, the number is probably in the trillions.
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Is Pluto the smallest planet in the Milky Way galaxy?
No. There are dwarf planets in our own solar system that are smaller than Pluto and there are many undiscovered planets in the Milky Way that would be smaller than it, but are too far away to see.
How many planets are in solar system milky way?
There are trillion trillion planets in our galaxy
How many dwarfs planets does the comet galaxy have?
It isn't even clear how many dwarf planets our own Solar System has (it may be some tens of them, hundreds, or even thousands) - much less how many there are in the entire Milky Way or in other galaxies.
How many Red Dwarf Stars are there in the Milky Way Galaxy that we know of in October of 2011?
The Milky Way has somewhere between 100 and 400 billion stars; most of those are red dwarf stars.
What galaxy is Saturn apart of?
Saturn is in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Answer Saturn is indeed in the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy containing billions of stars and the particular star, the Sun at the centre of the Solar System we inhabit which contains all the planets from Mercury to Neptune and many dwarf planets and plutons like Pluto.
How many dwarf planets are there in the Milky Way?
There are millions, possibly billions, of planets in the Milky Way. An exact number will never be known.
How many planets in the galaxy Milky Way?
Nobody has any idea. Several hundred have been identified. But it's a hugely difficult process, and more keep being discovered all the time. It's beginning to look like most stars have planets, and nobody is even sure of how many STARS there are in the Milky Way Galaxy, because some of THEM are so hard to see..
How many planets are in the Andromeda galaxy?
Astronomer's have not been able to count all the planets in the Andromeda Galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is home to one-trillion stars. The Andromeda Galaxy is expected to collide with the Milky Way in the next 4.5-billion years.
How many solar systems does the Milky Way?
milky way is a galaxy which consists of countless numbers of stars,asteriods,meteors,dust ,rocks ,etc ,.the solar system refers to our system which includes the sun and the nine planets. There are currently 278 stars in the milky way galaxy around which planets have been discovered.
What are all the planets in the Milky Way galaxy atmosphere made of?
Not much is known about other planets, except for the few that are nearby. There isn't even a good estimate on how many planets there might be in the Milky Way; but there are probably several hundred billions of them.
Is the milkyway like earth where people lives at?
The Milky Way is a galaxy, not a planet like Earth. A galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars - each is a Sun, and many of those may have their own planets.The Milky Way is a galaxy, not a planet like Earth. A galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars - each is a Sun, and many of those may have their own planets.The Milky Way is a galaxy, not a planet like Earth. A galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars - each is a Sun, and many of those may have their own planets.The Milky Way is a galaxy, not a planet like Earth. A galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars - each is a Sun, and many of those may have their own planets.
How many planets does the galaxy have?
That is currently unknown. However, based on the planets found so far it seems there are at least as many planets as stars. Current estimates suggest 100 billion to 400 billion planets in our galaxy.
