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Getting to his feet Professor Roslund pulled out his wand and used it to shut the door as he claimed his favourite spot up front and center. Looking out over the sea of faces he said "Welcome everyone to a new lesson in
Astronomy. Tonight we are going to focus our attention on the Solar system."
"To get a ground to stand on can somebody tell me how many planets there are in the Solar system and what our galaxy is called?"
[occ: Just state the galaxy and how many planets you think there are. Donβt start a discussion just yet about Pluto. We will come to that later. The lesson has now STARTED! Don't RP arriving late]
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Hmm how many planets are there? There has been that never ending controversy since Pluto was downgraded to a "non-planet" but then other worlds were discovered after it that was even smaller. The Ravenclaw pressed his lips together as he pondered a sufficient answer before raising his hand
"Professor, there are 8 major planets in our solar system called the Milky way. The four inner planets are also called terrestrial planets and are compose of Mercury, Venus, our Earth and Mars. The other four planets are generally referred to as the outer planets and are substantially larger than the terrestrial planets. Of the four planets, two of these are called gas giants-- Jupiter and Saturn. The other two, Uranus and Neptune are usually referred to as ice giants." He paused for a moment, there was a part of him that didnt like Pluto's downgrading
"Then there are other planets beyond the eight major planets called the Trans-Neptunian region. Pluto, which was once the 9th planet, belongs to this region. "