The Solar System
our planetary system · 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets, millions of small bodies
you are inside it
Planets shown where they are today, on their true orbits. The asteroid belt hides gaps carved by Jupiter; two swarms of Trojans share its orbit.
- Neptune orbits 30 AU out · light takes 4 hours to get there
- Voyager 1, our farthest probe, is ~172 AU away after 49 years
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
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- place in the Solar System
More places in the Solar System
- the Oort cloud shell of icy bodies
- the Sun G2V main-sequence star
- Mercury rocky planet
- Venus rocky planet
- Earth rocky planet
- Tranquility Base Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon
- Apollo 12 landing site in the Ocean of Storms, on the Moon
- Apollo 14 landing site at Fra Mauro, on the Moon