The Planets

There are 8 planets that orbit the sun. A short while ago, Pluto's planet privileges had been revoked. One can only assume he'd been a bad bad boy. Therefore the 8 are as follows:

• Mercury 
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars 
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus 
• Neptune

Pluto would have been next if he wasn't such a bad ass.

In reality, it wasn't Pluto's fault. The IAU (International Astronomical Union ) changed the definition of "planet" and Pluto got demoted to "Dwarf Planet" as a result. 

There are hundreds of websites you can go to for info on the planets (including the Dwarf ones) so I'm not going to get too into them. I will tell you that nineplanets.org has a multimedia tour of our solar system.

Read more about earth by nineplanets.orgThe IAU has changed the definition of "planet" so that Pluto no longer qualifies. There are now officially only eight planets in our solar system. Of course this change in terminology does not affect what's actually out there

Read more about earth by nineplanets.org

The IAU has changed the definition of "planet" so that Pluto no longer qualifies. There are now officially only eight planets in our solar system. Of course this change in terminology does not affect what's actually out there.

Read more about earth by nineplanets.org