Can you name all 11 Planets? Yes, 11.

This interested me very much- not because some kid came up with a- in my opinion- lame mnemonic device for remembering the planets, but because of the planets they've included.

We all know about Pluto, and how it is a [dwarf] planet, and how Ceres and Eris are either asteroids or dwarf planets as well. I found it interesting that science (be it popular science) has decided to include these in the list.

When I was a kid, there were 9. Then they took Pluto away, and labled it a bastard. Now, they add two more, also labled bastards- but atleast Pluto has someone to relate to now!
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