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Why are these planets called the outer planets?

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there is an asteroid belt separating Mercury, venus, earth, mars and Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus.

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What are the outer planets sometimes called except Pluto?

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The average sizes of the outer planets are smallest than the average size of the Pluto so that they can called them the dwarf planets.


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