New Planets in our Solar system?
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Currently, we have discovered 10 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Sedna), but there are smaller planets called transneptunian objects that are very small and cannot be detected by current technology. Carla is probably a transneptunian object.
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Unknown, of course. But the largest planet in our SOLAR SYSTEM is Jupiter.
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Well, there's nine so far - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.  However, scientists have discovered other planets that orbit our Sun that are even further out than Pluto!  So there's a possibility that we may update our information involving the solar system sometime in the future....
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In our Solar System, there are eight official planets, nine if you count Pluto (whose status is being debated).  \n\nAs for the rest of the universe, it is difficult to say, but it is reasonable to assume that planet formation from leftover stellar material is relatively common.  Astronomers usually detect large gaseous planets (like Jupiter) by the slight wobble of the star's motion due to the gravity of the planet, so currently it is almost impossible to detect small planets.\n\nAs of November 2005, there were 164 confirmed extrasolar planets.
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When I was in school, there was 9.  \n\nMercury\nVenus\nEarth\nMars\nJupiter\nSaturn\nUranus \nNeptune\nPluto\n\nNow, there has been another "planet" found.  I am not sure if they have classified it as a planet in our solar system just yet.
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First of all, it is not galaxy you are talking about, it is solar system. Secondly, a lot of people here are saying why ask such a stupid question. What most of them probably don't know is that while pluto is the smallest of our "officially classified" planets it has come to light in recent months that we may have more planets. \n\nThe debate has been raging on in the space exploration community that recently discovered bodies past pluto may actually be planets in our system as well. They are also saying they may take pluto off the official planet list because it is looking more and more like a captured asteroid compared to these new planets.\n\nFor those who want to read more about these new planets, do a search for the planet Xena (which is the temporary code name for the new planet). \n\nIn short, Pluto is "currently" the right answer but if it is removed from the list, then mercury will be the smallest planet.\n\nHope this helps!
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Our solar system contains a G type star (the Sun), 4 terrestrial (rocky) planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. \n4 Gas Giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.\nSeveral hundred moons\nSeveral thousand asteroids, kuiper belt objects, dwarf planets, and comets.\nLots of gas and dust\nBelow are some good sites for kids to do research.
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well you think\nthere are billions of glaxies and inside those galaxyies there are billions of solar systems and inside those there are planets in each one  i havent even started to count the stars yet and it seems the possibility would be very likily
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Are you talking about a real planet or Nibiru (aka Planet X)?  Note how I differentiate between the two.\n\nIf you're talking about a real planet (which I hope you are) it will probably depend on whether we end up changing how we define "planet" to accommodate new bodies that are being found beyond the orbit of Pluto.  If Pluto loses its planet status or new bodies are found, it would of course change which body is designated the "tenth planet."\n\nRegarding the 12th of December 2012, you'd probably be better off if you stopped paying so much attention to the Mayan calendar.  I doubt very much that anything of particular consequence is going to happen on that day, despite what New Agers are spouting nowadays.
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Yes there is a tenth planet out there but they haven't named it yet, all we know is that its a kuiper belt object, and larger than pluto
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In our Solar System?  Unlikely.  There are a bunch of things orbiting beyond Pluto that are bigger than it that could be considered planets if size were everything... although Pluto is just a large Comet that orbits on the inside of the Oort cloud.  \n\nIf there was anything beyond Neptune of any consequential size, chances are we would have detected it by now.
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The newly discovered planet that rotates our sun is called 2003 UB313, but this question is causing a stir because since theres so many objects that are the size of pluto that rotate our sun scientists are trying to define what the term "planet" exactly means.\nfor more information look at the website below from "NASA"
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There are new planets being discovered all the time, but I assume you mean the new tenth planet in our solar system. \n\nThe discoverer has suggested the name Xena, after the television show. The official name is not due out for some time, and has to be decided by an international committee.
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So far, we can only detect fairly large planets around nearby stars in our own galaxy.  However, the number of planets we are discovering shows us that planets are very common.  There is no reason to think that other galaxies would be any different.\n\nWe don't have sensitive enough tools yet to detect Earth-like planets, but they probably exist. We don't yet know how common life, intelligent or otherwise, is in the universe, but considering how many galaxies there are and how many stars in each one, it seems as though there should be other intelligent beings out there somewhere.
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we already found a 10th planet in our solar system, but it's still unclear if it's considered as planet (some say it is too small).\nThe name of the "10th planet" is Sedna.
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From the planets you just mentioned.
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Come to think of it... we all know that our planet is an insignificant speck circling an ordinary star, far out on a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, which is an ordinary congress of a few HUNDRED BILLION stars among at least a HUNDRED BILLION GALAXIES!!!\nWe are still the only intilligent life we know of anywhere. But now humankind has taken a dramatic leap towards a possible demotion. Planet-hunting scientists and astronomers world wide are refining their technique in detecting other planets in far off stars & galaxies. who knows that one day, we may be able to find a world that is much like ours?\nFor now, humanity can bask in its special status as the only life known to be contemplating such questions. Many scientists predicts that this distinction, too, will crumble. But the search for other worlds is not only a quest for kindred intelligenc. it is also about the destiny of human species. Where are we going to be a hundred million years from now? Where will we go, and how will we get there? And how will it change who we are? _end