Why does the solar system have only 8

planets?
For something to be a planet it has to fit under a certain definition A planet in our Solar System
must: . be in orbit around the Sun . have sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a
nearly round shape) . have "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit, meaning no large pieces
of debris lie in its way Only eight objects in our solar system fit this description. There used to be
nine planets (including Pluto) but since astronomers revised the definition of a planet Pluto does
not meet the last requirement and is no longer a true planet. Instead it is classified as dwarf
planet.

What is the only planet that rotates on its

side?
Uranus is the only planet which rotates on its side, with an axial tilt of 97.86 degrees.

Is the sun the only planet with water?

ANSWER: . The sun is a star and not a planet and contains no water. The Earth is the only planet
where water has been found.

Are there 8 planets and 3 dwarf planets?

Following the August 24, 2006 reclassification of Pluto as a "dwarf planet", there are 8 actual
planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) and (as of January
2009) 5 dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris).. As of January, 2009, the
orbit of another dwarf candidate (Sedna) is still being verified.

Is there only 8 planets now?

Yes. Pluto used to be classed as the ninth planet of our solar system but in 2006 the definition of
what made a planet was changed by international astronomical union and Pluto no longer met
these new definitions. It is now classified as dwarf planet meaning that there are only 8 planets in
our solar system.

Is earth the only planet with an atmosphere?

No. Of the eight planets in the solar system, seven haveatmospheres. The only planet without an
atmosphere is Mercury.

Is earth the only planet with water?

So far, Earth is the only planet with water. NASA has identified several planets with "potential"
to have water.. but they have no solid proof yet.

What planet is the only planet to rotate

clockwise?
Venus and Uranus rotate in the opposite direction to all the other planets. So, in fact, there are
two planets that rotate clockwise. Actually there are two. They are Uranus and Venus.

Is Pluto the only dwarf planet?

No, our solar system has five: Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, andPluto. Other solar systems
might have more!

Is Earth the only planet that has seasons?

no. there are a few others that do have seasons. It just depends on if it has an axis or not

Why is there 8 planets?

In 2006 the international astronomical union changed the definition of what a planet was. This
meant that Pluto no longer met the definition of what a classic planet was and it was demoted to
a dwarf planet status instead.

Why is there only 8 planets?

In our Solar System there are only 8 planets but there are also Dwarf Planets. Dwarf Planets are
not planets because they are too small. Any planet smaller then Mercury is a Dwarf Planet.
Dwarf Planets are usually found in the Kuiper Belt or farther away. The first discovered Dwarf
Planet was Pluto. Pluto usually has no atmosphere. Pluto is bigger then the other Dwarf Planet
Ceres. Pluto use to be called the 9th planet now a Dwarf Planet. Pluto has 3 of its own moons.
Charon is about half the size of Pluto. It is Pluto's largest moon and is thought to have broke off
Pluto millions of years ago. The other 2 moons are very small. These are Nix and Hydra. They
are so small they aren't round! Pluto was named after the Roman god of the underworld. Charon
is named after a man who took people to the underworld. Ceres is a large asteroid in the Asteroid
Belt. Ceres is also a Dwarf Planet itself. Ceres was named after the Roman goddess of the
harvest. Then farther away then Pluto is Eris. Eris is a Dwarf Planet farther away from the sun. It
is slightly bigger then Pluto. It has one moon named Dysnomia. It is very small compared to
Eris. Eris was named after the Roman god of Spite who caused the Trojan War. There's your
answer.

The 8 planet we have?

The 8 planets we have are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Are the 8 planets terrestrial or jovian

planets?
There are 4 terrestrial planets: . Mercury . Venus . Earth . Mars . There are 4 Jovian planets (gas
giants): . Jupiter . Saturn . Uranus . Neptune Furthermore, all 5 dwarf planets are terrestrial: .
Ceres . Pluto . Haumea . Makemake . Eris

Why is our planet the only planet to have

life?
Our planet is the perfect distance from our sun to receive enough light to keep water in a liquid
form, our atmosphere has a well balanced amount of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and
other gases to support life and trap heat within the planet. Our planet also has water, a very
important 'ingredient' for life. It is also a 'rock' planet not a gas planet and has a strong enough
gravitation pull to hold on to our atmosphere, without this gravity the gases in our atmosphere
would drift into space. Which is why Mars's atmosphere contains a very little amount of Oxygen,
it when into space over millions of years. All other planets we have seen in our galaxy do not
have the requirements for life, they are either too hot, too cold, too toxic, etc. And the odds of a
planet meeting these requirements are astronomical.

What planet has 8 moons only?

None. Some sources list Neptune as having 8 moons, but in recentyears more moons have been
discovered. As of the writing of thisanswer, Neptune has 14 known moons.
Why is the planet earth the only planet with
life?
Earth is the only planet "so far" - we've only just begun to explore other planets. Earth is the only
planet with enough oxygen to sustain life. Also, the ozone layer protects us from the harmful
rays that come from the sun.

Why do scientists declare that there are only

8 planets today?
Scientists, by their nature, would rather correct a wrong impression than knowingly assert belief
in a fiction. Though classified as a planet for 76 years, with wildly inaccurate size estimates,
modern instruments have shown a clearer picture of Pluto's nature. The International
Astronomical Union reviewed thirty years of advanced research (and a newly minted definition
of 'planet'), and voted in 2006 to reclassify Pluto as a 'dwarf planet', having determined that it
doesn't meet the definition of 'planet' for a number of reasons: . Although Pluto orbits the sun,
Pluto has an irregular orbit, which is both eccentric (elliptical) and inclined (not orbiting on the
same plane as the other planets, which would be known as an ecliptic orbit.) . It has an irregular
shape (more like an asteroid or other broken chunk of rock, rather than the smoothed rounded
shape of a planet.) . Pluto isn't large enough or have a strong enough gravitational field to have
cleared its path of other debris. After comparison to other objects of similar makeup, shape, and
orbit, Pluto has been determined to rather be the largest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO).

Is there only 8 planets in the solar system?

There are only 8 planets because they scientific community kept finding other small or dwarf
planets further out from Pluto. So rather than add planets to the nine as we find smaller and
smaller planetoids the decision was made to just call the larger 8 planets, planets and everything
else planetoids or something like that.

Which planet is only made of gas?

There are for planets made of gas not one they are Jupiter Neptune Saturn and Venus
Is earth the only planet that has an
atmosphere?
No. Seven of the eight planets in our solar system haveatmospheres. Only Mercury does not.

Is earth the only planet with a atmosphere?

No not really all have a atmosphere of some kind, some not fit to live in.

What planet has only 1 moon?

In our solar system, Earth is the only planet that has one moon. ----------------------------------------
- The above is mainly true BUT Earth has a second moon, of sorts. Cruithne discovered in 1986,
and then re-found in 1997 is a 3-mile-wide (5-km) satellite, which takes 770 years to complete a
horseshoe-shaped orbit around Earth, Also for some extra information, the minor planet Eris also
has one moon as far as we can tell at present.

Is Earth the only planet?

Earth is one of many planets. There are 8 planets in our own solar system and over 400
exoplanets found so far.

Are the 8 planets the only planets?

Technically speaking there are only eight planets in our SolarSystem, those planets being:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There is however many
extrasolar planets (3639) that have beendiscovered so far. Billions more likely exist in our galaxy
alone.

Is earth the only planet with an ocean?

As regards oceans of surface water, the simple answer is "yes", as far as we know. However, the
Universe is such a large, complex place that if you can imagine it, it may be happening
somewhere. Unfortunately, the newly discovered Gliese 581e exoplanet is not a candidate for a
"waterworld" due to its location outside the 'habitable zone' where planets are rocky and should
be able to sustain liquid water. However, astronomers predict that Gliese 581d may have surface
water. "Europa", which is a moon of Jupiter, is a frozen world. However, planetary geologists
believe that under the ice are deep oceans, possibly even containing life. Also, water isn't the
only type of ocean possible. For example Saturn's moon Titan has lakes made out of methane.
There are also known to be huge amounts of frozen water ice, a little like a hidden ocean,
beneath the surface of Mars. Water is found all over our solar system on planets, moons and
comets. Think to yourself, where did our oceans come from? The answer is "space". If it
happened here it should have happened in other places in the Universe. And that is what is so
exciting. Where there is water there may be life.

Do only planets exert gravity?

No. Anything with mass exerts a gravitational pull. The strength ofthat pull is directly
proportional to an object's mass and mostobjects do not have enough mass of their gravity to be
noticeable.It starts to become noticeable with objects on the level of largeasteroids and comets
and small moons. Stars, which are far moremassive than planets, have far stronger gravity. Black
holes havethe strongest gravity in the universe.

Are there only eight planets in the universe?

There are eight planets and several 'dwarfs' in our own solarsystem. Outside of our solar system,
evidence of over 700 planets has beenfound (as of mid 2013), and the conjecture is building that
there may beplanets orbiting MOST stars.

Is the earth they only planet you can live on?

So far as scientists know, Earth is the only habitable planet in at least our solar system. The
universe is far too expansive for them to know in regards to the entire thing.

Which planet has only thin atmosphere?

Mars only has a thin atmosphere, mainly of Carbon Dioxide. This is due to its relatively small
mass, where the gravity is too low to sustain a large atmosphere. In addition, the absence of a
magnetic field around the planet means that the solar wind can more easily strip any gas away
from the planet.

Is Mars the only planet with soil?

No, the other terrestrial planets have soil, Earth, Mercury and Venus. Earths soil is different in
that it contains organic matter.

Is earth the only planet with humans?

Earth is the only planet in our Sun's solar system that has anything living on its surface.
Concerning planets in the systems of other stars, although many hundreds of them have been
discovered, we can't observe any of them closely enough yet to determine whether or not there's
anything alive on any of those. Also, we have no reliable evidence that Earth has ever been
visited by living beings from anywhere else. The only possible, completely-true answer to the
question is: We don't know.

Why is earth only planet with an

atmosphere?
Earth is not the only planet with atmosphere, lets take Jupiter and you might of herd of the red
spot well that's a hurricane and out of the red spot there is a very thick layer of cloud, and all
planets have an atmosphere but not mercury or Pluto if you count it.

Why is there only 8 planets now?

Since the 2006 reclassification of Pluto to a Dwarf Planet, there are now eight planets in our
solar system.

Is earth the only planet to have earthquakes?

There's a somewhat cutesy tendency to change the name when they occur on other planets
("Marsquake") but, as far as I can tell, it's regarded as entirely proper to use the term
"earthquake" to refer to seismic activity on other bodies as well.

What planet has 8 moons only 2 can be seen

by earths telescopes?
I believe that might be Saturn. A lot of people say that Saturn has 64 moons and stuff like that,
but very few are actually moons. I've personally seen 3 moons, but the third might have been a
star. Comment: No, it's not Saturn. Neptune is the probable answer, but it now has more than 8
known moons. The two moons seen from Earth are Triton and Nereid.

Why is Saturn the only planet that can float?

Saturn is a gas giant planet, with a less-dense core than some other planets. The planet's overall
density, is less than the density of water. Hence the quite correct old saying in astronomy" "If
you could find a lake big enough to put it in, Saturn would float".

Why is earth the only planet with people on

it?
For one thing Earth is pretty much the perfect spot in our solar system not to far and not too
close. Another is we have water a key life ingredient and if you look at all the other planets the
atmospheres are too thick or too thin a very important component. Our atmosphere lets sunlight
in without having it burn us up.

Is earth the only planet with a

magnetosphere?
No, Mercury has a weak one, Venus has an even weaker one, Mars only has scattered remnants
of one, Jupiter has one 10 times stronger, Saturn's is slightly weaker than Earth's, Uranus's and
Neptune's are about the same as Earth's but undergo cycles dependent on their interaction with
the solar wind.

Why does the only planet which rotates

clockwise?
Both Venus and Uranus have a retrograde axial spin, they rotate clockwise when viewed from
above their north pole. This most likely came about through huge collisions during the solar
system's and the planets' formation. Another viewpoint: I agree about Uranus, but I think Venus
is a different case. I think the axial tilt of Venus is more to do with how you define the north pole
of a planet. Some sources give the tilt at about 177 degrees, but others give just 3 degrees as the
angle of tilt (177+3= 180 of course). Because there can be confusion over definition of north
poles for planets like Venus and Uranus, I like to use the EARTH'S north pole as a reference
point. So, I say "retrograde" spin means clockwise when viewed from a point high above the
Earth's north pole. (It's a bit pedantic, of course, but I like it.)

which planet as only one ring?

Each of the four outer gas planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have a ring system, but
there are several bands or rings for each of these.

Is the earth the only planet that spins?

No. All planets discovered to date have some sort of rotational motion, and stars as well. It
would be nearly impossible for a moving body in orbit not to have some angular momentum,
albeit very slow such as Venus.

What planet has 8 moons only and why?

because the god made it, we don't know why the planets has 8 moons only

Why is there only 8 planets in space?

Scientist found a lot pf planets just like Pluto. So they can either name them all OR just make
pluto a dwarf planet. So they made Pluto a dwarf planet.

Are the 8 planets major planets?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, in order from least to
greatest in distance from the sun.

Why do scientists declare that there are only

8 planets?
Scientists, by their nature, would rather correct a wrong impression than knowingly assert belief
in a fiction. Though classified as a planet for 76 years, with wildly inaccurate size estimates,
modern instruments have shown a clearer picture of Pluto's nature. The International
Astronomical Union reviewed thirty years of advanced research (and a newly minted definition
of 'planet'), and voted in 2006 to reclassify Pluto as a 'dwarf planet', having determined that it
doesn't meet the definition of 'planet' for a number of reasons: . Although Pluto orbits the sun,
Pluto has an irregular orbit, which is both eccentric (elliptical) and inclined (not orbiting on the
same plane as the other planets, which would be known as an ecliptic orbit.) . It has an irregular
shape (more like an asteroid or other broken chunk of rock, rather than the smoothed rounded
shape of a planet.) . Pluto isn't large enough or have a strong enough gravitational field to have
cleared its path of other debris. After comparison to other objects of similar makeup, shape, and
orbit, Pluto has been determined to rather be the largest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO).

Is planet earth the only planet with storms?

No. Most planets have storms of one sort or another. One of the most famous storms is the Great
Red Spot on Jupiter. It's basically a hurricane that's about three times the size of Earth and has
been going on for at least a few hundred years. Another example is Saturn, whose storms have
the most powerful lightning strikes of any planet in the solar system.