what are all the planets in our solar system?

Answer 1

the planets are mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune.

http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf

pluto is not a planet. pluto and charon are considered a binary system, but two small bodies orbit this system. they are called nix and hydra. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

pluto orbits the sun, is round, does not have an isolated orbit (a bunch of other similar bodies have similar orbits.), and is not a satellite so it is a dwarf planet.

this same thing has happened before. beginning in 1800, astronomers found a few bodies orbiting between the orbits of mars and jupiter, and they finally stopped calling them planets after the fourth discovery. astronomers then added numerals to the names, and pluto recently got its numeral. 150 years from now, no one will think of "134340 pluto" as a planet. very few will even know we classified it as a planet. "1 ceres" and "136199 eris" are other dwarf planets.

i have been waiting for this since i was about twelve. i feel somewhat satisfied. i knew that pluto didn't fit the pattern set by the major bodies in the solar system so it was an anomaly. it just felt illogical and "out of place". this was the right thing to do, believe me. i don't understand why so many are having such a problem with this.

i don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary scientists are not satisfied that the definition is rigorous enough.

Answer 2

Now there are 8 planets in our solar system:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune

Pluto is no more a planet but a dwarf planet.

Answer 3

There are now 8 planets in the solar system. From the sun going out:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Pluto used to be classified as the 9th planet but since larger objects have been discovered beyond Pluto in the region known as the Kuiper belt, the potential list of planets in our solar system would have grown, including several smaller bodies such as Pluto, Sedna and the recently discovered Xena. These bodies have now been classified as 'Dwarf Planets' which has demoted Pluto from it's full planet status. The 'Dwarf Planet' classification also now includes such objects as Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

But it must be pointed out that the solar system has eight planets at the present time. Who knows what more powerful telescopes may discover in the future....!

Answer 4

Good question!..We have Mercury..Venus..Earth..Mars..Jupiter ..Saturn..Uranus..Neptune..And now the problems start!..The Pluto Charon system is now reduced to a 'dwarf planet'..Ceres is promoted from an asteroid to a dwarf planet..Zena, is bigger than Pluto as are at least 2 more objects recently discovered and may be promoted to planets, Confused yet?..Oh good!..Because it gets worse!..Planetary astronomers are arguing and bickering like little old ladys at a church social about what defines a planet!..Is a planet an object that has enough gravity to form a roundness or oblateness?..Is a planet defined by having moons and an ecliptic orbit?..Watch tis space!..Its good fun watching them all squawking at each other along factional lines!..Have fun!..

Answer 5

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
this is in order

In a recent scientist's convention in the Czech Republic Pluto is still considered to be a planet but having less priveleges (i.e. being counted as part of thee solar system)

Answer 6

Our planet are, by order of distance from the sun:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Pluto, which was the ninth, is no longer a planet, as the international astronomy council has decided.

Answer 7

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Pluto isn't a planet now, it's only a dwarf planet. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

hm mm...a go back and forth question. enable's see... which planet in our image voltaic gadget revolves fastest around the sunlight? i trust which will be Vulcan. attractive. Given the Newtonian guidelines of physics governs the planet's motions, then Vulcan often is the finished answer. stay lengthy and prosper. playstation - anticipate each and each orbit is round and divide the circumference through the # of days in a '3 hundred and sixty 5 days' (for that planet) and those solutions will supply the fastest planet. probable mercury.

Answer 9

mmm in order:
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto