Solar System

The solar system is a planetary system of the Milky Way galaxy that is located in one arm of it, known as the Orion Arm. According to latest estimates, the solar system is about 28 thousand light years from the center of the Milky Way.It consists of a single star called Sol, which gives this system, plus eight planets orbiting the star: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, plus a number of small bodies : dwarf planets (Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres), asteroids, moons, comets ... and interplanetary space between them.