Solar System Update

By jennifer leman jun 3 2020 queen s brian may is investigating all the asteroids.

Solar system update.

There are 5 planets in the solar system 4 satellites with thousands of asteroids and millions of comets. Countless asteroids some with their own satellites. And vast reaches of highly tenuous gas and dust known as the interplanetary medium. Probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe.

Comets and other icy bodies. 8 planets with about 170 known planetary satellites. Astronomy articles on the eight planets plus the two dwarf planets pluto and eris. Don t stop him now.

Observing the sun and its effects on earth. Nasa s exploration spans the universe. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Everywhere imaginable nasa is out there.

This digital orrery a model of the solar system runs on a light mobile mobile friendly version of nasa s eyes on the solar system software. The sun is the lifeblood of the solar system. Read all news including political news current affairs and news headlines online on solar system today. This simulated view of our solar system runs on real data.

Our solar system consists of our star the sun and everything bound to it by gravity the planets mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus and neptune dwarf planets such as pluto dozens of moons and millions of asteroids comets and meteoroids. This site is maintained by the planetary science communications team at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory and goddard space flight center for nasa s science mission directorate. Delving deep into our solar system. Looking beyond to worlds around other stars.

The sun is the controller of all the planets and satellites of the solar system. The position of the planets moons and spacecraft are shown where they are right now.