How many planets are there in our Solar System?

Question

I can't remember...

Answer 1

Unfortunately, I can't remember them any more.

My
Very
Efficient
Memory
Just
Stores
Up
Nine
Planets


Not Eight. I can't remember them any more because of those pesky scientists.

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

12 if you listen to the papers.... 9 if you listen to NASA

"That is the conclusion, to be announced today, of an international panel formed to devise a scientific definition of a planet and settle an increasingly intense dispute over whether Pluto qualifies. The panel suggests retaining Pluto and immediately adding three new planets to the nine that are familiar to any schoolchild: Ceres, currently considered a large asteroid; Charon, now considered a moon of Pluto; and Xena, a recently discovered object that is larger than Pluto.'
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/16/nine_no_longer_panel_declares_12_planets/

NASA says Nine
Currently, there are nine well-known planets in our Solar system. But no longer is Pluto a lonely outpost at the edge of an unknown frontier. Continued discoveries reveal that astronomers are only on the verge of discovering vast new worlds beyond - in the Kuiper Belt and possibly the Oort Cloud. At the same time, new moons are also being discovered, both around existing planets and within these mysterious new worlds. Once the existence of a moon is confirmed and its orbit determined, the moon is given a final name by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the organization that assumed this task since 1919.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

Answer 4

8

Answer 5

Nine, no twelve, no thirteen, no several hundred- er - thousand...
we're out of names... Eight!!!! That solves the confusion!!!

And makes most Terran astronomers happy as simply circling the sun as a definition for planets is too BROAD now that 1% of the solar crap floating out there has been mapped.

Although those of us studying your system due miss the planet
located between Mars and Jupiter... some cultural disagreement regarding worship and resources WAS ultimitely resolved...

The 'lucky' few escaped to the third planet and fifth planet and several 'moons'..

Answer 6

9 - mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto.


But!! Some scientists are now approving a new definition of 'planet' which will make our solar system have these 9 planets plus 3 'sub-planets.' I don't know what they are called, and I'm not sure the decision has been finalized either. It was on CNN the other day . . . . .

Answer 7

There was nine with Earth, but now there is only eight planets left. Why ? because Planet Pluto is not considered as a planet anymore. It is called a dwarf.
These are, starting from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune Saturn and Uranus. (Roman names).
You can see some of them in the night sky, they look as bright as stars. Yes, planets shine like stars. Stargazers.

Answer 8

As of today Pluto is no longer a planet so we have 8.

Answer 9

I read in school that they were 9 namely in their order from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn(with a Ring), Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. I hope I'm right

Answer 10

8 as of today... but i swear i saw an article of how they wanted to add more planets to our solar system... wow it makes no sense to me. why take pluto away? .. oh well..

Answer 11

It's good that you don't remember - you have to learn it again. Now there are only 8! Pluto is out