| Do you know that Pluto has been classified as a Dwarf Planet? |
| There is an outcry in the international community over Pluto being classified as a Dwarf Planet. Many people believe that the definition given to reclassify Pluto as Dwarf Planet is ambiguous. |  |
| Apart from the reclassification of Pluto, there have been other discoveries in Solar system. There was recently a discovery of another large body resembling a planet. This has been named as Xena. Astronomers are also studying similar objects that lie beyond Solar system in an area known as the Kuiper belt. |
| The study of Solar system has become interesting due to the latest discoveries. Let us now study the main components of the Solar system, viz., the Sun and the 8 planets. |
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