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The Solar System[b] is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.[c] Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets,[d] with the remainder being smaller objects, the dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly—the natural satellites—two are larger than the smallest planet, Mercury.[e]
Solar System
A representative image of the Solar System with sizes, but not distances, to scale
The Sun and planets
(distances not to scale)
Age
4.568 billion years
Location
Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Orion–Cygnus Arm, Milky Way
System mass
1.0014 Solar masses
Nearest star
Proxima Centauri (4.25 ly)
Alpha Centauri (4.37 ly)
Nearest known planetary system
Proxima Centauri system (4.25 ly)
Planetary system
Semi-major axis of outer known planet (Neptune)
30.10 AU
(4.5 bill. km; 2.8 bill. mi)