"Dwarf Planets" the planets we never heard of!!!!!

The table below lists [b][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System]Solar System[/url] bodies formerly considered to be [b]planets[/b][/b]:

BodiesNotes[table:4504 class="wikitable" cellspacing="0"][tr][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun]Sun[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon]Moon[/url][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"]Classified as planets in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history]antiquity[/url], in accordance with the definition then used.[/td][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29]Io[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29]Europa[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_%28moon%29]Ganymede[/url], and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_%28moon%29]Callisto[/url][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"]The four largest moons of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter]Jupiter[/url], known as the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons]Galilean moons[/url] after their discoverer [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei]Galileo Galilei[/url]. He referred to them as the "Medicean Planets" in honor of his [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage]patron[/url], the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici]Medici family[/url].[/td][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29]Titan[/url],[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Bnone][b][/url][/sup] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_%28moon%29]Iapetus[/url],[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Cnone][c][/url][/sup] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_%28moon%29]Rhea[/url],[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Cnone][c][/url][/sup] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys_%28moon%29]Tethys[/url],[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Dnone][d][/url][/sup] and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_%28moon%29]Dione[/url][sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Dnone][d][/url][/sup][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"]Five of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn]Saturn[/url]'s larger [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_natural_satellites]moons[/url], discovered by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens]Christiaan Huygens[/url] and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini]Giovanni Domenico Cassini[/url].[/td][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28dwarf_planet%29]Ceres[/url],[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Enone][e][/url][/sup] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Pallas]Pallas[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Juno]Juno[/url], and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta]Vesta[/url][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"]The first known [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids]asteroids[/url], from their discoveries between 1801 and 1807 until their reclassification as asteroids during the 1850s.[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#cite_note-40][41][/url][/sup]
Ceres has subsequently been classified as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet]dwarf planet[/url].
[/td][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Astraea]Astrea[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_Hebe]Hebe[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Iris]Iris[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Flora]Flora[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_Metis]Metis[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Hygiea]Hygeia[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_Parthenope]Parthenope[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Victoria]Victoria[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Egeria]Egeria[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_Irene]Irene[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Eunomia]Eunomia[/url][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"]More [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids]asteroids[/url], discovered between 1845 and 1851. The rapidly expanding list of planets prompted their reclassification as [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids]asteroids[/url] by astronomers, and this was widely accepted by 1854.[sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#cite_note-41][42][/url][/sup][/td][/tr][tr][td][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto]Pluto[/url][sup][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets#endnote_Fnone][f][/url][/sup][/td][td:4504 style="font-size: 90%;"][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_object]Trans-Neptunian object[/url] with a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-major_axis]semi-major axis[/url] beyond [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune]Neptune[/url]. In 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet]dwarf planet[/url].[/td][/tr][/table]










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