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* The Ordered Solar System Warm Up Questions Which planet is bigger, Mercury or Jupiter ? Are the gas giant planets closer to the Sun than the rocky planets (yes/no)? How many planets are in the Solar System? Is the Sun bigger, smaller, or the same size as the Moon? What is the difference between the Solar System and the Milky Way Galaxy (just one sentence) ? Three types of objects orbit our Sun: Planets Dwarf Planets Plutoids Small solar system bodies Why are there only 8 planets now? What is a planet? In August of 2007 the International Astronomical Union redefined what a planet is (no official scientific definition of a planet existed before). A planet: Is a body that orbits the sun (this definition only applies to our Solar System) Is large enough for its own gravity to make it round And has cleared its neighborhood of smaller objects So a new the category of dwarf planet was created, which currently includes Pluto, Eris*, and Ceres**. *Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth largest body known to orbit the Sun. Its distance from the Sun is 97 AU. **Ceres is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and, because it’s the largest asteroid, the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. What is a Dwarf Planet? Celestial body orbiting the Sun Massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity BUT has NOT cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals Is not a satellite A plutoid is a dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune Only 5 Dwarf Planets recognized so far but there may be as many as 200 Pluto, approximate true color Ceres, seen through (Hubble telescope) Haumea, with its 2 moons, Hi‘iaka and Namaka (Artist’s conception) Makemake, (Artist’s conception) Eris, seen through (Hubble telescope) Pacific Island Names for Planetary Objects Haumea is the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility. The the moons Hi?iaka and Namaka” are named after after two of Haumeas daughters. Pacific Island Names for Planetary Ob