Solar System Name List

Planets in the solar system.

Solar system name list.

Of the objects that orbit the sun directly the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects the dwarf planets and small solar system bodies of the objects that orbit the sun indirectly the moons two are larger than the smallest planet. It has one natural satellite the moon. In a highly controversial decision the international astronomical union ultimately decided in 2006 to designate pluto as a dwarf planet reducing the list of the solar system s true planets to. Venus the warmest planet.

The solar system formed 4 6 billion years ago. The nearest system with three or more confirmed planets is luyten s star with four known. The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the sun and the objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly. The farthest confirmed multiplanetary system is ogle 2012 blg 0026l at 13 300 ly away.

List of planets in the solar system 9 major planets you should know. Earth the only planet that is known to have life. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more. Sometimes called earth s twin because venus and earth are very similar.

The inner solar system and the terrestrial planets. The sun a spectral class g2v star. This is a list of solar system objects by orbit by distance from the sun.