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  1. Solar System - Wikipedia

    Over 99.86% of the Solar System's mass is located within the Sun. The most massive objects that orbit the Sun are the eight planets. Closest to the Sun in order of increasing distance are the …

  2. Solar System Exploration - Science@NASA

    3 days ago · Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and thousands of asteroids and comets. Our solar system is located in …

  3. Solar system | Definition, Planets, Diagram, Videos, & Facts

    Nov 27, 2025 · Solar system, assemblage consisting of the Sun and those bodies orbiting it: 8 planets with more than 400 known planetary satellites; many asteroids, some with their own …

  4. Solar System - Definition, Facts, Planets

    Mar 29, 2025 · The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and all natural objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly. This includes the eight planets, their …

  5. The solar system—facts and information | National Geographic

    Our solar system is made up of the sun and all the amazing objects that travel around it.

  6. Our Solar System: A Tour of All the Planets

    May 3, 2025 · The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, a sprawling and dynamic family of celestial bodies orbiting a single, blazing star: the Sun. It’s a place of fire and ice, storms and …

  7. Science 101: The Solar System - Education

    Dec 3, 2024 · How many planets are in the solar system? How did it form in the Milky Way galaxy? Learn facts about the solar system's genesis, plus its planets, moons, and asteroids.

  8. Solar System quick facts - Royal Museums Greenwich

    Our Solar System contains planets, comets and asteroids all of which travel around our star, the Sun. Until 2006 nine main planets were listed, but under the current classification there are …

  9. The Solar System - timeanddate.com

    The solar system includes the Sun, planets, dwarf planets, moons, rings, asteroids, comets, and particles of dust.

  10. Solar System: Planets, Moons, and the Sun Explained

    May 18, 2025 · With each planet, moon, asteroid, and comet, the solar system tells a story of birth, destruction, rebirth, and motion—stories written in craters, frozen oceans, swirling …