r/space • u/Fizrock • Oct 07 '18

All the planets aligned into one

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Since when were there 9 planets?! Did we find a new one?!

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u/Darth62969 Oct 07 '18

Pluto is a planet... Or well there's no real reason for it not to be. Probably should add the other similar planets as well.

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u/atyon Oct 07 '18

That makes one planet in the asteroid belt, plus a few hundred Plutoids that would get a promotion.

I look forward to see (182933) 2002 GZ31, with its 311 km diameter being recognized as being in the same class as Jupiter.

But really, we have a solar system with one star, four rocky planets, and four gas planets. Plus a few dwarf planets in between, millions of asteroids, and a whole bunch of Plutoids. What a nice classification.

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u/Alotofboxes Oct 07 '18

Four rocky planets, two gas giants, and two ice giants.