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   busckeeper0018 Student
   High School - 9th Grade

   I can answer your question if you are referring to the names of the groups that some planets belong to.  There are many ways to classify these planets.  If you look at the link that I provided for reference, you will see these classifications.  However, speaking in the most general terms, there are two main "groups" of planets: Inner, which is also sometimes called Terrestrial, (includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), and Outer, which is also sometimes called Jovian (includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). Of course, Pluto is no longer a planet, it is now considered a "dwarf planet."  Hope this helps...

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   Posted by busckeeper0018 on Saturday July 5, 2008 at 6:10 PM
   
   

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