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In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration Without the Sun’s energy, life as we know it could not exist on our home planet From our vantage point on Earth, the Sun may appear like an unchanging source of light and heat in the sky But the Sun is a dynamic star, constantly changing and sending energy out into space
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
In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration During a "full moon," the hemisphere of the Moon we can see from Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun And a "new moon" occurs when the far side of the Moon has full sunlight, and the side facing us is having its night
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
In Depth | 1P Halley – NASA Solar System Exploration Halley's orbit period is, on average, 76 Earth years This corresponds to an orbital circumference around the Sun of about 7 6 billion miles (12 2 billion kilometers) The period varies from appearance to appearance because of the gravitational effects of the planets
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
Jupiter - NASA Solar System Exploration Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the solar system, by far — more than twice as massive as the other planets combined