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Well 8 known planets!! Pluto is not considered a planet now. There is a new "planet" discovered but it is not a "planet" yet!! Itvis called Kepler16B
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What re the planets of the solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Are the 8 planets the only planets?
Technically speaking there are only eight planets in our Solar System, those planets being: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There is however many extrasolar planets (3639) that have been discovered so far. Billions more likely exist in our galaxy alone.
How many planets are around the sun?
In our solar system we have 8 planets.4 inner planets4 gas giants (2 of which are sometimes called "ice giants")and 5 "dwarf planets" (and counting)
Why do planet Pluto is not included anymore in the solar system?
It is part of the Solar System. The Solar System includes planets, moons, comets, asteroids, a star and dwarf planets like Pluto. It's just not a planet. It never was a planet (according to the new definition).A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet."Pluto is no longer considered a planet because it does not fulfill the criteria, but Pluto never stopped being considered a part of the solar system. It still orbits the same star, although it is a very distant orbit.
What object can condense and form a star and possibly planets?
Solar Gasses. When a star explodes as a nova or a super-nova, it puts out large amounts of gasses that can re-condense to form planets and/or another sun(s).
When was Pluto qualifyed a dawrf planet?
Pluto was discovered in 1930 and originally called a planet. In 2006, Pluto was re-classified to be a dwarf planet due to the discovery of a number of similar rocky, icy bodies in the solar system. To avoid increasing the number of planets dramatically, Pluto and similar bodies were re-classified.
What is the tenth planet away from the sun?
There are only 8 major planets in the solar system, since Pluto (the old ninth planet) was re classified as a dwarf planet. If we did count the 5 additional dwarf planets, then Pluto would be the tenth one out, since there is a dwarf planet called Ceres between Mars and Jupiter.
Why was Pluto rejected as a planet?
It wasn't "rejected", it was re-classified. Since Pluto's discovery in the 1930's, there have been many more discoveries of planet-like bodies in the trans-Neptunian region of the solar system. The one thing they all have in common is that they aren't very big. A new classification was identified: "Dwarf Planets". Pluto was reclassified to one of these, and there are a number of other ones.
How many planet is in our solar system?
There are a total of 13 known planets in our solar system:There are 8 major planets in our solar system. Since the recent re-definition of 'planet', Pluto is a dwarf planet (along with 4 others in that classification).The 8 major planets in the solar system:1. Mercury2. Venus3. Earth4. Mars5. Jupiter6. Saturn7. Uranus8. NeptuneThe 5 dwarf planets:1. Ceres (a large asteroid)2. Pluto3. Haumea (Kuiper Belt Object)4. Makemake (Kuiper Belt Object)5. Eris (Kuiper Belt Object)Pluto was designated a dwarf planet when it became obvious that there were several other objects of its size within the outer regions of the solar system. Three of them are now also dwarf planets: Eris, Haumea, and Makemake, and others (Quaoar, Sedna) are candidates to be named dwarf planets.There were 9 planets following the discovery of Pluto in 1930. But with the improvements in telescopes in the 21st century, a surprising number of sizable planetoids found past Neptune, and astronomers realized that there could be dozens of objects being called planets. So in 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union. The asteroid Ceres and 3 other trans-Neptunian objects (Haumea, Makemake and Eris) were also classified as dwarf planets and there are several other pending candidates..There were nine planets in our solar system, but in 2005, the International Astronomical Union finally devised some criteria for determining what astronomical bodies can be called a "planet". (There had never been an official definition for "planet".The planet Pluto was demoted from "planet" to "dwarf planet", because Pluto had not "cleared its orbit" of other objects, which left only eight official planets. Pluto became a "dwarf planet", as did the asteroid Ceres, and three trans-Plutonian objects Makemake, Haumea, and Eris.There were eight... Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter Saturn, Neptune, Uranus & Pluto. However - recently, Pluto has been 'downgraded' to a 'minor planet' - since it's distance from the sun places it closer to the Kuiper belt.
What number planet away from the sun is Pluto?
I do not really understand what you are asking but The Dwarf Planet Pluto is the ninth planet from the sun, it is believed that it is not even a planet anymore. Thank you for using wikianswers.com.
Why are so many people having solar panels installed in their house?
because they want to re duse their money
What did the early egyptians called the sun god?
There were many solar gods and goddesses, the chief of them being Ra/Re.
