Solar System

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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the celestial bodies that orbit it, including Earth and other planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sun–Earth system 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravitationally bound system
planetary system
age about 4.6 billion years
boundaryRegion heliopause
centeredOn Sun
containsLife Earth
discoveredBy humans in prehistory
distanceToGalacticCenter about 27,000 light-years
formedFrom molecular cloud
solar nebula
governedBy gravity
hasComponent Earth
Jupiter
Kuiper Belt objects
surface form: Kuiper belt

Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Oort cloud
Saturn
Sun
Uranus
Venus
asteroid belt
asteroids
comets
dwarf planets
meteoroids
natural satellites
hasDwarfPlanet Ceres
Eris
Haumea
Makemake
Pluto
hasHeliosphere heliosphere
hasOrbitalPlane ecliptic
hasPlanet Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Venus
hasRegion inner Solar System
outer Solar System
Kuiper Belt objects
surface form: trans-Neptunian region
hasSmallBodyPopulation near-Earth objects
hasStar Sun
locatedIn Milky Way
Orion Arm
orbitalPeriodAroundGalaxy about 225–250 million years
orbits Milky Way center

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galilean moons belongTo Solar System
Ceres belongsTo Solar System
Eris belongsTo Solar System
Luna belongsTo Solar System
Mars belongsTo Solar System
Moon belongsTo Solar System
Neptune belongsTo Solar System
Phoebe belongsTo Solar System
Sally Ride (Lunar Crater) belongsTo Solar System
subject surface form: Sally Ride (lunar crater)
Tethys belongsTo Solar System
Uranus belongsTo Solar System
Venus belongsTo Solar System
Earth belongsToPlanetarySystem Solar System
subject surface form: Taygete
Orion Arm contains Solar System
Milky Way hasPart Solar System
Sol isCenterOf Solar System
Jupiter isLargestPlanetIn Solar System
Makemake isPartOf Solar System
Sol locatedIn Solar System
Sun–Earth L2 locatedIn Solar System
this entity surface form: Sun–Earth system
Pluto memberOf Solar System
Jupiter partOf Solar System
Mercury partOf Solar System
Oort cloud partOf Solar System
Saturn partOf Solar System
Sun partOf Solar System
Titan partOf Solar System
Lucky Starr series setting Solar System
Pale Blue Dot setting Solar System
Local Interstellar Cloud surrounds Solar System