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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in the planet Jupiter. Wikipedia
Age: 4.571 billion years
Stars: 1 (Sun)
Known planets: 8 declared by IAU: Mercury; Venus; Earth; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune
Nearest known planetary system: Proxima Centauri system (4.2441 ly)
Location: Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Orion–Cygnus Arm, Milky Way
Known natural satellites: 657 (206 planetary; 451 minor planetary);
Known comets: 4,402
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in the planet Jupiter. Wikipedia
Age: 4.571 billion years
Stars: 1 (Sun)
Known planets: 8 declared by IAU: Mercury; Venus; Earth; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune
Nearest known planetary system: Proxima Centauri system (4.2441 ly)
Location: Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Orion–Cygnus Arm, Milky Way
Known natural satellites: 657 (206 planetary; 451 minor planetary);
Known comets: 4,402
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