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the Solar System · Explore · schematic figure · 8 planets · 5 dwarf planets · 2 belts · 1 comet · positions computed for today · editorial corpus · no live source connected

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Solar System

The architecture, at a glance

One star, eight planets, five recognised dwarf planets, two small-body belts, and the comet that proved comets return. Select any body — on the figure or below — to read its sourced facts.

19 missions · 50 recorded encounters · 19 bodies reached

Star

Planets · 8

Dwarf planets · 5

Small-body belts · 2

Asteroid belt — Millions of rocky bodies between Mars and Jupiter — their total mass under 4% of the Moon’s.
Kuiper belt — A disc of icy bodies beyond Neptune — home of Pluto, Haumea and Makemake, and the source of short-period comets.

Comet · 1

Mission targets · small bodies · 5

4 Vesta → asteroid · no figure position
Arrokoth → small body · no figure position
Bennu → asteroid · no figure position
Ryugu → asteroid · no figure position
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko → comet · no figure position

Beyond the system: Approaching a Black Hole ↗

No black hole is drawn on this figure — none exists near the Solar System. The nearest known is over 1,500 light-years away.

Mission history · 1962 → now50 encounters · 19 missions · 19 bodiesdated encounters — an order, never a path○ planned

Schematic · log-compressed · ranked discs · not an ephemeris — full statement →

Schematic view: distances are log-compressed (to true scale Neptune sits 30× Earth’s distance) and discs are ranked by size, not to scale. Positions computed from JPL mean orbital elements for today — an orientation good to a few degrees, not an ephemeris.

Data: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet · JPL approximate elements · JPL small-body database (1P/Halley).