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Solar System Planets: Order of The 8 (Or 9) Planets: Controversial Decision

The document summarizes the order of the planets in our solar system. It discusses how Pluto was originally considered the 9th planet but was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006. Astronomers are now searching for a possible 9th planet called Planet Nine, which is estimated to be about 10 times the mass of Earth. The order of the planets from the Sun outward is listed as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the potential Planet Nine. Pluto would be included after Neptune if it was still considered a planet.

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Solar System Planets: Order of The 8 (Or 9) Planets: Controversial Decision

The document summarizes the order of the planets in our solar system. It discusses how Pluto was originally considered the 9th planet but was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006. Astronomers are now searching for a possible 9th planet called Planet Nine, which is estimated to be about 10 times the mass of Earth. The order of the planets from the Sun outward is listed as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the potential Planet Nine. Pluto would be included after Neptune if it was still considered a planet.

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Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9)

Planets
Ever since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning that the solar system
has nine planets. That all changed in the late 1990s, when astronomers started arguing
about whether Pluto was indeed a planet. In a highly controversial decision, the
International Astronomical Union ultimately decided in 2006 to designate Pluto as a
"dwarf planet," reducing the list of the solar system's true planets to just eight. 
Astronomers, however, are still hunting for another possible planet in our solar
system, a true ninth planet, after mathematical evidence of its existence was
revealed on Jan. 20, 2016. The alleged "Planet Nine," also called "Planet X," is believed
to be about 10 times the mass of Earth and 5,000 times the mass of Pluto. 
Related: The Evidence for 'Planet Nine' in Our Solar System (Gallery)
The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working
outward is the
following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and
then the possible Planet Nine.
If you insist on including Pluto, it would come after Neptune on the list. Pluto is truly
way out there, and on a wildly tilted, elliptical orbit (two of the several reasons it was
demoted). 
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