Detected more than 362,000 planets

According to Klet Observatory (in the south of the Czech Republic), as of January 1, 2007, astronomers in the world discovered 362,447 planets, including 145,705 numbered planets, 13,479 Named planets and many " dwarf planets ".

(Photo: elheraldo.hn) " Dwarf planet " is a term adopted by the World Astronomical Union General Assembly (UIA) in a meeting on August 1, 2006; including the planets Eris and Ceres between Mars and Jupiter, as well as Pluto, downgraded to " dwarf planets " in August 2006. These planets belong to the solar system, revolving around the Sun in elliptical orbits and not working like Comets.

Until 1923, astronomers worldwide discovered 1,000 planets. But thanks to the advancement of science, the number of newly discovered planets has increased rapidly, from 5,000 in 1991 to 10,000 planets in 1999, about 50,000 planets in 2002 and nearly 250,000 planets in 2005.

Chairman of UIA's Planet and Comet Naming Committee, Jana Ticha, said the LINEAR organization that specializes in the discovery and discovery of near-Earth planets in the United States has contributed most to finding planets. new.