The Solar System


The solar system consists of the sun as the main body, the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) and their natural satellites, the dwarf planets and other small bodies as asteroids and comets, and the totality of all gas and dust particles, which are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun in a sky mechanics hierarchical order.

Our solar system with its eight planets and dwarf planets. Chart: NASA/Wikipedia

Further information:

Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn
Uranus Neptune Ceres Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris