The Solar System
The Sun and everything orbiting it: eight planets, five dwarf planets, and their moons. Open any body for its facts, or watch them all move in the live interactive orrery.
The interactive orrery
A live map of the Solar System, with every planet on its real orbit from NASA data. Press play and watch the inner planets race while the giants crawl. Free to embed. Explore →
The Sun and eight planets
- The Sun Our star
- Mercury 0.4 AU · 88 d
- Venus 0.7 AU · 225 d
- Earth 1.0 AU · 1.0 yr
- Mars 1.5 AU · 1.9 yr
- Jupiter 5.2 AU · 11.9 yr
- Saturn 9.5 AU · 29.5 yr
- Uranus 19.2 AU · 84.1 yr
- Neptune 30.1 AU · 165 yr
Dwarf planets
- Ceres 2.8 AU · 4.6 yr
- Pluto 39.5 AU · 248 yr
- Haumea 43.1 AU · 283 yr
- Makemake 45.8 AU · 310 yr
- Eris 67.9 AU · 559 yr
Major moons
The 21 largest and most famous moons, grouped by the planet they orbit.
- The Moon Moon of Earth
- Phobos Moon of Mars
- Deimos Moon of Mars
- Io Moon of Jupiter
- Europa Moon of Jupiter
- Ganymede Moon of Jupiter
- Callisto Moon of Jupiter
- Titan Moon of Saturn
- Enceladus Moon of Saturn
- Mimas Moon of Saturn
- Rhea Moon of Saturn
- Iapetus Moon of Saturn
- Dione Moon of Saturn
- Tethys Moon of Saturn
- Titania Moon of Uranus
- Oberon Moon of Uranus
- Umbriel Moon of Uranus
- Ariel Moon of Uranus
- Miranda Moon of Uranus
- Triton Moon of Neptune
- Charon Moon of Pluto
Data from NASA/JPL and NSSDCA.