Located in one of the arms of the Milky Way galaxy, the Solar System consists of the Sun, the eight planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, [[Neptune
The Solar System is the planetary system that includes the Sun at its center, eight planets, their moons, and many other celestial bodies. The name comes from Sol, the Latin name for the Sun.
History
Located in one of the arms of the Milky Way galaxy, the Solar System consists of the Sun, the eight planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), their moons (like Earth's Moon), dwarf planets (like Pluto), and smaller bodies like asteroids and comets, all bound together by the Sun's gravity.
Points of Interest
Planets within the Solar System
- Sol (star)
30th Century
- Sol (star)
75th Century
- In the 75th Century, on the Earth-Two timeline, the Solar System will be joined by an alien planet, which will thenceforward exert terrific gravitational forces on all the Solar Planets, including Earth. One scientist will be able to stabilize and balance these forces, and will assume the role of "Coordinator."[2]
Residents
- All living creatures in Earth.
- Martians (Formerly; survivors are living in Earth)
- Saturnians
- Titanians (30th Century)
- In the Earth-54 universe, all planets and moons of the Solar System are inhabited.
- Some stories (mainly in the Golden Age) indicate that all planets in the Solar System are inhabited; some retcons indicate that some of these stories took place in an alternate universe, but not everything was actually retconned.
- In the Earth-Two universe, the Sun is inhabited by aggressive female warriors and their fiery flying horses, all ruled over by Queen Flamina.[3]
Notes
- The Solar System is a planetary system, not a star system, as it is sometimes called. A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other.
- Starting in 2006, Pluto was no longer classified as an "official" planet, by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).