when will we know?

Question

if Ceres,Xena,and Charon will be officially named as planets?Where are they located?(in placement as the other 9 are)

Answer 1

The last day for voting at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) conference will be August 24. The IAU may adopt Xena as the name for UB 313. Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology who discovered the planet nicknamed it Xena after the warrior princess of TV fame. He chose Xena because it would be the 10th planet which is "X" in roman numerals. Gabrielle is the proposed name for the moon of Xena.

The 12 planets in our solar system listed in order of their proximity to the sun would be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon, and Xena (UB313). Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres would be categorized as planets. Pluto would be categorized as both a planet and a pluton. Both Pluto and Charon each are large enough (massive enough) to be spherical. Both bodies independently satisfy the definition of “planet”. The reason they are called a “double planet” is that their common centre of gravity is a point that is located in free space outside the surface of Pluto.

The center of gravity for the Moon's orbit is in the center of the Earth. The Moon truly orbits the Earth.

The new definition of a planet: any round object larger than 800 kilometers (nearly 500 miles) in diameter that orbits the sun and has a mass roughly one-12,000th that of Earth. Moons and asteroids will make the grade if they meet those basic tests.

The growing category of "plutons" - Pluto-like objects that reside in the Kuiper Belt, a mysterious, disc-shaped zone beyond Neptune containing thousands of comets and planetary objects.
Plutons are distinguished from classical planets in that they reside in orbits around the Sun that take longer than 200 years to complete (i.e. they orbit beyond Neptune). Plutons typically have orbits that are highly tilted with respect to the classical planets (technically referred to as a large orbital inclination). Plutons also typically have orbits that are far from being perfectly circular (technically referred to as having a large orbital eccentricity). All of these distinguishing characteristics for plutons are scientifically interesting in that they suggest a different origin from the classical planets.

Answer 2

It's a real can of worms for the officials trying to decide. First, they want to decide whether or not to keep Pluto as a planet. Who knows when they'll come to some unanimous agreement about it, Ceres and Xena. Charon isn't included in the yes or no decision about being a planet because it orbits Pluto, thus it's officially a moon.

Here's some data --

CERES
Currently about 297.4 million km from the sun
XENA
About 10-billion km from the sun. Roughly five times larger than Pluto

Answer 3

The decision is made - if it is round, it is a planet. It was in our newspaper this morning.

Asteroids are not big enough for their gravity to drag them into spherical shape, except for Ceres, which is going to be termed a proto-planet.

Anyway, get ready for a lot more planets.

Answer 4

mercury
venus
earth
mars
ceres
jupiter
saturn
neptune
uranus
pluto
charon
xeno
not sure abt the planet order from jupiter to uranus

Answer 5

these links should answer some of questions.

Answer 6

wait and see