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Solar System
The Sun and objects orbiting it
For other uses, see Solar System (disambiguation).
without captions with captions The Sun, planets, moons and dwarf planets[a] | |
| Age | 4.568 billion years[b] |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Nearest star | |
| Stars | Sun |
| Planets | |
| Known dwarf planets | |
| Known natural satellites | 758[D 3] |
| Known minor planets | 1,368,528[D 4] |
| Known comets | 4,591[D 4] |
| Star spectral type | G2V |
| Frost line | ~5 AU[5] |
| Semi-major axis of outermost planet | 30.07 AU[D 5] (Neptune) |
| Kuiper cliff | 50–70 AU[3][4] |
| Heliopause | detected at 120 AU[6] |
| Hill sphere | 1.1 pc (230,000 AU)[7] – 0.865 pc (178,419 AU)[8] |
| Invariable-to-galactic plane inclination | ~60°, to the ecliptic[c] |
| Distance to Galactic Center | 24,000–28,000 ly [9] |
| Orbital speed | 720,000 km/h (450,000 mi/h)[10] |
| Orbital period | ~230 million ye
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