Eight is the correct answer.
In our Solar System there are only 8 planets but there are also dwarf planets.
Pluto use to be called the 9th planet but now is called a dwarf planet because there was a new object found larger than Pluto beyond its orbit.
There is also 244 natural satellites, 5 dwarf planets and many more objects that make up space.
In order closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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