Hmm, according to the International Astronomical Union...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny
Are you outraged, reeling in shock, or crying?
2006-08-24 11:51:06 · 22 answers · asked by Jimmy 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-08-24 11:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by dtstuff9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 18:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by euges116 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
8. There use to be 9. But today the Internation Science Administration declared that because they eliminated Pluto from the solar system. It's now a dwarf.
2006-08-24 18:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by ME 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm ok with 8 planets. Pluto is now the leader of a new classification of "smaller worlds" (dwarf) that we are only recently discovering in the "outer asteroid belt" (Kuiper). As time goes by, we'll find hundreds of them, but Pluto is #1. Not bad.
2006-08-24 22:02:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are really only 9 planets but today NASA stripped Pluto form being a planet so now there are 8 know.but then they made Pluto's moon , the asteroid nickname''Xena'', and a comet Ceres are all becoming planets.so there are 11 planets in our solar system.
2006-08-24 19:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by jorge c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There were 8, but then Pluto was disqualifyed as a Planet. So I don't know :(
2006-08-24 18:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nine planets including earth in our solar system. But some scientists think they have found a tenth planet.
2006-08-24 18:57:02 · answer #7 · answered by ctonzhang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I`m told 8.....that's sad 2 see what was the world thinking in the past...I guess more 2 come stay tune...if your a boy now U might really be a girl...PeAcE
2006-08-24 19:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by michael looooou 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to them there is only 8 planets , but to me there are many more including those in the kuiper belt . It's all in the mind .....
2006-08-24 18:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by robinhoodcb 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are 9. Although there is a new debate on whether they should keep Pluto or not; due to another "planet" they found...
2006-08-24 19:00:52 · answer #10 · answered by NuMaMa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋