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The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System, around which the planets and other bodies orbit.
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is similar in size to Earth.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only world known to support life.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is known for its prominent ring system.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is classified as an ice giant.
Neptune is the eighth and most distant known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Eris is a distant dwarf planet in the scattered disc of the outer Solar System.
Haumea is a dwarf planet located beyond the orbit of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt.
Makemake is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune.
The barred spiral galaxy that contains the Solar System, the Sun, and all stars visible to the naked eye.
One of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, visited by NASA's Dawn.
One of the most massive asteroids in the main belt.
A large, dark asteroid in the outer main belt.
A near-Earth asteroid sampled by NASA's OSIRIS-REx.
A near-Earth asteroid sampled by Japan's Hayabusa2.
A near-Earth asteroid orbited by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker.
A near-Earth asteroid sampled by Japan's Hayabusa.
A metal-rich main-belt asteroid and NASA mission target.
A near-Earth asteroid studied for its close approaches to Earth.
A long-period comet that was widely visible to the naked eye in 1997.
A comet that passed very close to Earth in 1996.
A periodic comet orbited and landed on by ESA's Rosetta mission.
A comet that broke apart and collided with Jupiter in 1994.
A long-period comet discovered in 2020 that became a bright naked-eye object in the Northern Hemisphere sky.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.