The Sugeumjihwamoktocheonhaemyeong (Korean: 수금지화목토천해명, Japanese: 水金地火木土天海冥 Suikinchikamokudotenkaimei) is a book about the nine planets, even Pluto, which was reclassified as a dwarf planet on August 24, 2006. It divides the planets into 3 categories: terrestrial planets, gas giants, and ice dwarves. The average number for each category of planets is 3. It consists of 8 Solar Routes (太陽の道路 Taiyō no Dōro in Japanese). The title comes from the Korean names for all 9 of the planets in our solar system.
Suseong means "Mercury," Geumseong means "Venus," Jigu means "Earth," Hwaseong means "Mars," Mokseong means "Jupiter," Toseong means "Saturn," Cheon-wangseong means "Uranus," Haewangseong means "Neptune," and Myeong-wangseong means "Pluto."
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