God, how many planets did You create for us?

"ok, class, name the 53 planets in the solar system"

haha.. no, not yet... the definition is not out yet. The 53-planets definition is just one of the proposals considered by the IAU (International Astronomical Union).

but I can laugh out loud just by imagining elementary school teacher putting this question in a Gr. 7 Science Test.

Am I crazy or what? I'm actually a bit nervous, hmm or I should say excited, waiting for the result tomorrow =P

For me, I like one of the proposed definitions that would give 12 planets to our solar system.

This proposal would include:

1) the eight sure planets
2) an asteroid, Ceres, in the asteroid belt (believe it or not - it was considered a planet in early 19th century before getting demoted !)
3) Pluto, and Pluto's "satellite" Charon (they will form a pair of "double planet" - isn't it cool?)
4) the recently-discovered-larger-than-Pluto 2003UB313.

That would be cool, eh? Let's see what will be the result tmr.

God, how many planets did You create for us?