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Sun

The planetary system Sun hosts at least 9 planets.

  System parameters
Primary system name Sun
Alternative system names N/A
Right ascension N/A
Declination N/A
Distance [parsec] N/A
Distance [lightyears] N/A
Number of stars in system 1
Number of planets in system 9

ArchitectureArchitecture of the system

This list shows all planetary and stellar components in the system. It gives a quick overview of the hierarchical architecture.

  •  Sun, stellar object
    •  Mercury, planet, semi-major axis: 0.387 AU
      •  Venus, planet, semi-major axis: 0.723 AU
        •  Earth, planet, semi-major axis: 1.000 AU
          •  Mars, planet, semi-major axis: 1.524 AU
            •  Jupiter, planet, semi-major axis: 5.20 AU
              •  Saturn, planet, semi-major axis: 9.54 AU
                •  Uranus, planet, semi-major axis: 19.19 AU
                  •  Neptune, planet, semi-major axis: 30.1 AU
                    •  Pluto, planet, semi-major axis: 39.5 AU

                    PlanetsPlanets in the system

                    This table lists all planets in the system Sun.

                      Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
                    Alternative planet names Sun b Sun c Sun d Sun e Sun f Sun g Sun h Sun i Sun j
                    Description Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Earth is the only known planet able to sustain life. Mars is named after the Roman god of war and often called the red planet. Jupiter is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System. Saturn is best known for its extensive ring system. Uranus is visible with the naked eye but has never been recognized as a planet by ancient observers. Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the Solar System. Pluto is officially categorized as a minor planet by the International Astronomical Union.
                    Lists Solar System
                    Mass [Mjup] 1.739 ·10-4 0.0026 0.0031 3.38 ·10-4 1.000 0.299 0.0457 0.0540 7.76 ·10-6
                    Mass [Mearth] 0.0553 0.815 1.000 0.1074 318 95.0 14.52 17.15 0.0025
                    Radius [Rjup] 0.0349 0.0866 0.0911 0.0485 1.000 0.833 0.363 0.352 0.0164
                    Radius [Rearth] 0.391 0.970 1.021 0.544 11.21 9.34 4.07 3.95 0.1843
                    Orbital period [days] 88.0 225 365 687 4333 10756 30687 60190 90553
                    Semi-major axis [AU] 0.387 0.723 1.000 1.524 5.20 9.54 19.19 30.1 39.5
                    Eccentricity 0.206 0.0068 0.0167 0.0934 0.0485 0.0555 0.0469 0.0090 0.249
                    Equilibrium temperature [K] N/A 900 288 227 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
                    Discovery method N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
                    Discovery year N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1781 1846 1930
                    Last updated [yy/mm/dd] 12/01/01

                    starStars in the system

                    This table lists all stars in the system Sun.

                      Sun
                    Alternative star names N/A
                    Mass [MSun] 1.000
                    Radius [RSun] 1.000
                    Age [Gyr] 4.57±0.11
                    Metallicity [Fe/H] 1.000 ·10-8
                    Temperature [K] 5778
                    Spectral type G2V
                    Visual magnitude N/A

                    Planet sizes

                    The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system The Solar System planets are shown as a comparison. Note that unless the radius has been determined through a transit observation, this is only an approximation (see Lissauer et al. 2011b).

                    PlutoMercuryMarsVenusEarthNeptuneUranusSaturnJupiterMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

                    Habitable zone

                    The following plot shows the approximate location of the planets in this system with respect to the habitable zone (green) and the size of the star (red). This is only an estimate, using the star's spectral type and mass. Note that if no green band is shown in the plot, then the planet's orbit is far outside the habitable zone. The equations of Selsis, Kasting et al are used to draw the inner and outer boundaries.

                    Habitable zoneMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

                    referencesScientific references and contributors

                    Links to scientific papers and other data sources

                    history http://publications.edpsciences.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020749
                    history http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html
                    history http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/txt/p_elem_t2.txt
                    history http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/txt/p_elem_t1.txt

                    This table lists all links which are relevant to this particular system. Note that this is just a summary. More references to the scientific publications and comments can be found in the commit messages. To see these, head over the github or click here to directly go to the git blame output of this system. In the left column of the output you can see the commit message corresponding to each parameter. It also lists the date of the last commit and the person making the changes. Within the commit message, you will find a link to the scientific publication where the data is taken from. Note that this is a new feature and not all system parameters might have a reference associated with it yet. Please help making this catalogue better and contribute data or references!

                    Open Exoplanet Catalogue contributors

                    Contributor E-mail Number of commits
                    Hanno Rein hanno(at)hanno-rein.de 12

                    This table lists all people who have contributed to the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. Please consider contributing! Click here to find out how. You can also view all commits contributing to this file on github.

                    xmlData download

                    You can download the xml file corresponding to this planetary system, which is part of the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. All information on this page has been directly generated from this XML file. You can also download the entire catalogue over at github. If you prefer to download the dataset as an ASCII tables, you might find the oec_tables repository useful.

                    correctionsCorrections

                    If you spot an error or if you can contribute additional data to this entry, please send an e-mail to exoplanet@hanno-rein.de. Please include the corrected xml file and a reference to where the new data is coming from, ideally a scientific paper. If you are fluent with git and github, you can also create a pull request or open an issue on the Open Exoplanet Catalogue repository. Please include the reference to the relevant scientific paper in your commit message.