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Sol Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Tip: click Sol / a planet / Pluto → details update on the right. Diagram is schematic (not to scale) — built for clarity and reliability.
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Sol
Our Sun — the local star. Everything else here is basically orbiting a giant nuclear campfire.
AU 0.000 Period 0 days Radius 696340 km Moons 0
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Wikipedia note: Sol, Pluto, and each planet listed have their own Wikipedia article (linked above).