Solar System

The Solar System is the gravitational-bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly, including Earth.

Note: Everything that is beyond the edges of our Solar System belongs into Space. Bring a towel!

History[]

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Points of Interest[]

Planets and Other Objects[]

Ordered alphabetically:

Earth
- Earth's Moon (Satellite)
  - Spider Alien Moonbase (fictional; in Valiant Comics)
Jupiter
- Jupiter I: Io (moon)
- Jupiter II: Europa (moon)
- Jupiter III: Ganymede (moon)
- Jupiter IX: Callisto (moon)
Mars
- Ceres (planetoid)
- Phobos (moon)
Mercury
Neptune
- Triton (moon)
  - Druid's Rock (Fictional city; in Valiant Comics)
Palisade (Fictional space station; in Valiant Comics)
Pluto (Dwarf planet)
- Charon (moon)
Saturn
- Saturn IV: Dione (moon)
- Saturn VI: Titan (moon)
- Saturn IX: Phoebe (moon)
Sun (Star)
Uranus
Venus

Ordered by size of radius (in km); largest first:

Sun (695,700)
Jupiter (71,492)
Saturn (60,268)
Uranus (25,559)
Neptune (24,764)
Earth (6,378)
Venus (6,052)
Mars (3,396)
Mercury (2,440)
Earth's Moon (1,738)
Pluto (1,195)

Ordered by distance from Sun (in AU); closest first:

Mercury (0.387 AU)
Venus (0.723 AU)
Earth (1 AU)
Mars (1.5 AU)
Jupiter (5 AU)
Saturn (9.5 AU)
Uranus (19 AU)
Neptune (30 AU)
Pluto (39.5 AU)

Note: 1 AU (Astronomical Unit) equals 150,000,000 km. The distances are based on an average, the "semi-major axis," as all planets circle the Sun on an ellipse-like orbit. The second number shows how long a planet needs for one complete rotation around the Sun.