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The Planets

The Planets of the Solar System

The home page for the 8 planets and 18 dwarf planets of the solar system. Planets are listed in order of distance from the Sun. For planet moons, see Moons Of All The Planets.

Inner Oort Cloud Dwarf Planets

Planets here are in very elongated orbits that take from the Kuiper Belt out to the inner edge of the Oort Cloud. Several dwarf planets out here are thought to be perturbed by Planet 9, thought to be a mini-Neptune planet at 10X Earth mass. It's existence is probable but not yet confirmed.