List of Planets - in The Solar System

In The Solar System

Objects in the
Solar System
  • By orbit
  • By size
  • By discovery date
Categories
  • Equilibrium bodies
  • Moons
  • Minor planets
  • Comets
  • For a list of planets in the Solar System, see: List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System#Planets
  • For a list of objects in our Solar System, including planets, that have been or are believed to exist, but either have not been proven or have been disproven, see: List of hypothetical Solar System objects

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