Solar System by orbit

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[Image.] Chart showing the position of the Solar System barycenter relative to Sol (yellow dashed line). [1]  From 2017 to 2027, Sol is "orbiting" the Solar System's center of mass, which is outside of the Solar radius.

Solar System objects sorted by mean orbital radius (orbital semimajor axis). [2]  This is either the mean heliobarycentric orbital radius for stars and planets in the Solar System or the mean planetobarycentric orbital radius for satellites.

list

  1. Star Sol: 742 Mm (megameters) [3]
  2. Planet Mercury: 57.9090365522286 Gm (gigameters) = 0.387098 AU (astronomical units) [4]
  3. Planet Venus: 108.2089270091724 Gm = 0.723332 AU [5]
  4. Planet Terra: 149.598023 Gm [6]
    1. Satellite Luna: 384.399 Mm [7]
  5. Planet Mars: 227.939366 Gm [8]
  6. Minor Planet Vesta: 353.319 Gm [9]
  7. Minor Planet Ceres: 414 Gm [10]
  8. Minor Planet Pallas: 414 Gm [11]
  9. Planet Jupiter: 778.479 Gm [12] [13]
    1. Satellite Io: 421.7 Mm [14]
    2. Satellite Europa: 670.9 Mm [15]
    3. Satellite Ganymede: 1.0704 Gm [16]
    4. Satellite Callisto: 1.8827 Gm [17]
  10. Planet Saturn: 1.43353 Tm (terameters) [18] [19]
    1. Satellite Enceladus: 237.948 Mm [20]
    2. Satellite Tethys: 294.619 Mm [21]
    3. Satellite Dione: 377.396 Mm [22]
    4. Satellite Rhea: 527.108 Mm [23]
    5. Satellite Titan: 1.22187 Gm [24]
    6. Satellite Iapetus: 3.56082 Gm [25]
  11. Planet Uranus: 2.870972 Tm [26] [27]
    1. Satellite Miranda: 129.39 Mm [28]
    2. Satellite Ariel: 191.02 Mm [29]
    3. Satellite Umbriel: 266.3 Mm [30]
    4. Satellite Titania: 435.91 Mm [31]
    5. Satellite Oberon: 583.52 Mm [32]
  12. Planet Neptune: 4.498407971949 Tm = 30.07 AU [33] [34]
    1. Satellite Triton: 354.759 Mm [35]
  13. Minor Planet 120348: 5.8014 Tm [36]
  14. Minor Planet 78799: 5.588976449352 Tm = 37.360 AU [37]
  15. Minor Planet 455502: 5.8499 Tm [38]
  16. Minor Planet Orcus: 5.8603 Tm [39]
  17. Minor Planet 208996: 5.8884713864934 Tm = 39.362 AU [40]
  18. Minor Planet 612533: 5.8965 Tm [41]
  19. Minor Planet 84922: 5.8994 Tm [42]
  20. Minor Planet Pluto: 5.90638 Tm [43] [44]
    1. Satellite Charon: (17.536 ± 0.003) Mm [45]
  21. Minor Planet Ixion: 5.9542944496014 Tm = 39.802 AU [46]
  22. Minor Planet 145452: 6.1872 Tm [47]
  23. Minor Planet 307261: 6.2440655251473 Tm = 41.739 AU [48]
  24. Minor Planet 90568: 6.3090 Tm [49]
  25. Minor Planet Salacia: 6.3106365776088 Tm = 42.184 AU [50]
  26. Minor Planet 55637: 6.3561143303016 Tm = 42.488 AU [51]
  27. Minor Planet Varuna: 6.3905 Tm [52]
  28. Minor Planet Haumea: 6.4501 Tm [53]
  29. Minor Planet 202421: 6.4628 Tm [54]
  30. Minor Planet Quaoar: 6.5365293623658 Tm = 43.694 AU [55]
  31. Minor Planet Makemake: 6.7962 Tm [56]
  32. Minor Planet Chaos: 6.8510 Tm [57]
  33. Minor Planet Varda: 6.897957817977 Tm = 46.110 AU [58]
  34. Minor Planet 55565: 7.0373830334694 Tm = 47.042 AU [59]
  35. Minor Planet 278361: 7.153770176874 Tm = 47.82 AU [60]
  36. Minor Planet 523692: 7.8386292289386 Tm = 52.398 AU [61]
  37. Minor Planet 84522: 8.2690223029425 Tm = 55.275 AU [62]
  38. Minor Planet Buffy: 8.5652260869285 Tm = 57.255 AU [63]
  39. Minor Planet 532037: 8.7597 Tm [64]
  40. Minor Planet Gonggong: 10.0956 Tm [65]
  41. Minor Planet Eris: 10.1523098971848 Tm = 67.864 AU [66]
    1. Satellite Dysnomia: (37.273 ± 0.064) Mm [67]
  42. Minor Planet Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà: 10.89092015 Tm [68]
  43. Minor Planet 523794: 12.1732275324711 Tm = 81.373 AU [69]
  44. Minor Planet 145451: 13.4055 Tm [70]
  45. Minor Planet DeeDee: (16.1030139978894 ± 0.0411394144425) Tm = (107.642 ± 0.275) AU [71]
  46. Minor Planet Biden: (40.61582189505 ± 0.08975872242) Tm = (271.5 ± 0.6) AU [72]
  47. Minor Planet Sedna: 75.6965225742 Tm = 506 AU [73]

galleries

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Uranian System

barycenter

Note the nonzero value for Sol's heliobarycentric orbital radius.  The Solar System should properly be referred to as the "Sol-Jupiter System" because the barycenter of the Solar System is actually (sometimes) outside of the Solar System's central star.  What this means is that Sol orbits around the center of mass (the barycenter) for the Solar System, the same as all of the other planets in the system.  So does Jupiter orbit around Sol or does Sol orbit around Jupiter?  Both!  Newton's law of universal gravitation ensures that every mass in the universe affects every other mass in the universe.  Sol's "orbit" around Jupiter (and the sum of all the other masses in the Solar System) is just much smaller and less noticeable since Sol contains the vast majority of mass in the Solar System. [74]

see also

references

  1. commons:category:Solar System
  2. Solar System by size
  3. wikipedia:Solar System barycenter
  4. wikipedia:Planet Mercury
  5. wikipedia:Planet Venus
  6. wikipedia:Planet Terra
  7. wikipedia:Satellite Luna
  8. wikipedia:Planet Mars
  9. wikipedia:Minor Planet Vesta
  10. wikipedia:Minor Planet Ceres
  11. wikipedia:Minor Planet Pallas
  12. wikipedia:Planet Jupiter
  13. wikipedia:Jovian satellites#List
  14. wikipedia:Satellite Io
  15. wikipedia:Satellite Europa
  16. wikipedia:Satellite Ganymede
  17. wikipedia:Satellite Callisto
  18. wikipedia:Planet Saturn
  19. wikipedia:Saturnian satellites#Confirmed
  20. wikipedia:Satellite Enceladus
  21. wikipedia:Satellite Tethys
  22. wikipedia:Satellite Dione
  23. wikipedia:Satellite Rhea
  24. wikipedia:Satellite Titan
  25. wikipedia:Satellite Iapetus
  26. wikipedia:Planet Uranus
  27. wikipedia:Uranian satellites#List
  28. wikipedia:Satellite Miranda
  29. wikipedia:Satellite Ariel
  30. wikipedia:Satellite Umbriel
  31. wikipedia:Satellite Titania
  32. wikipedia:Satellite Oberon
  33. wikipedia:Planet Neptune
  34. wikipedia:Neptunian satellites#Confirmed moons
  35. wikipedia:Satellite Triton
  36. wikipedia:Minor Planet 120348
  37. wikipedia:Minor Planet 78799
  38. wikipedia:Minor Planet 455502
  39. wikipedia:Minor Planet Orcus
  40. wikipedia:Minor Planet 208996
  41. wikipedia:Minor Planet 612533
  42. wikipedia:Minor Planet 84922
  43. wikipedia:Minor Planet Pluto
  44. wikipedia:Plutonian satellites#List
  45. wikipedia:Satellite Charon
  46. wikipedia:Minor Planet Ixion
  47. wikipedia:Minor Planet 145452
  48. wikipedia:Minor Planet 307261
  49. wikipedia:Minor Planet 90568
  50. wikipedia:Minor Planet Salacia
  51. wikipedia:Minor Planet 55637
  52. wikipedia:Minor Planet Varuna
  53. wikipedia:Minor Planet Haumea
  54. wikipedia:Minor Planet 202421
  55. wikipedia:Minor Planet Quaoar
  56. wikipedia:Minor Planet Makemake
  57. wikipedia:Minor Planet Chaos
  58. wikipedia:Minor Planet Varda
  59. wikipedia:Minor Planet 55565
  60. wikipedia:Minor Planet 278361
  61. wikipedia:Minor Planet 523692
  62. wikipedia:Minor Planet 84522
  63. wikipedia:Minor Planet Buffy
  64. wikipedia:Minor Planet 532037
  65. wikipedia:Minor Planet Gonggong
  66. wikipedia:Minor Planet Eris
  67. wikipedia:Satellite Dysnomia
  68. wikipedia:Minor Planet Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
  69. wikipedia:Minor Planet 523794
  70. wikipedia:Minor Planet 145451
  71. wikipedia:Minor Planet DeeDee
  72. wikipedia:Minor Planet Biden
  73. wikipedia:Minor Planet Sedna
  74. wikipedia:Solar System

keywords

astro, astronomics, astronomy, orbiting, orbits, Sol, Solar, Sol-Jupiter, SolSys, Sun, Sun-Jupiter