The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

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Alongside, Sedna, Quaoar, and Eris, there was also the discovery ... Still, kids in school now learn that the Solar System is not just the eight planets but also at least five dwarf planets ...