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In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, bringing with it the planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in our solar system Our solar system is moving with an average velocity of 450,000 miles per hour (720,000 kilometers per hour)
The Sun By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration The Sun is the star at the heart of our solar system Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything – from the biggest planets to the smallest bits of debris – in its orbit
In Depth | Our Solar System - NASA Solar System Exploration Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
RPS 3D Viewer - NASA Solar System Exploration NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
In Depth | Asteroids - NASA Solar System Exploration Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting our Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter – to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across
In Depth | Oumuamua – NASA Solar System Exploration Two of NASA’s space telescopes (Hubble and Spitzer) tracked the object traveling about 85,700 miles per hour (38 3 kilometers per second) relative to the Sun Its outbound path is about 20 degrees above the plane of planets that orbit the Sun
In Depth | 1P Halley – NASA Solar System Exploration Comet Halley moves backward (opposite to Earth's motion) around the Sun in a plane tilted 18 degrees to that of the Earth's orbit Halley's backward, or retrograde, motion is unusual among short-period comets, as its greatest distance from the Sun (aphelion) is beyond the orbit of Neptune
Solar System Exploration Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and thousands of asteroids and comets Our solar system is located in the Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy with two major arms, and two minor arms