Planet Data
Click any planet in the orrery or below to see its data. All 8 planets orbit in real-time animation.
Our solar system formed from a giant cloud of gas and dust. The Sun contains 99.86% of the solar system's total mass.
The Sun's core fuses 620 million tonnes of hydrogen into helium every second, releasing the energy that drives all life on Earth.
Saturn leads with 146 confirmed moons, followed by Jupiter with 95. Our Moon is the fifth largest in the solar system.
The solar system extends to the Oort Cloud — up to 100,000 AU away — nearly a quarter of the distance to the nearest star.