planets in solar sys

India
April 4, 2008 6:26am CST
can anyone tell me how many planets r there in our solar system. i think pluto was removed.why so?
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
4 Apr 08
they only recognize 8 now.pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet,partially because eris near by was even bigger than it although also called dwarf.
freakym
@freakym (16)
• India
4 Apr 08
but i heard that they have discovered some new planets. is it not so?
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
4 Apr 08
they've found a bunch of "outer planets" that are not directly around our sun. and quite a few new moons for planets that are.