Planets

Planets present inside our solar system.

Our Solar System has 8 planets.

1. Mercury

Diameter: 4,880 km

Distance from Sun: 57.9 million km

Moons: 0

2. Venus

Diameter: 12,104 km

Distance from Sun: 108.2 million km

Moons: 0

3. Earth

Diameter: 12,742 km

Distance from Sun: 149.6 million km

Moons: 1

4. Mars

Diameter: 6,779 km

Distance from Sun: 227.9 million km

Moons: 2 (Phobos, Deimos)

5. Jupiter

Diameter: 139,820 km

Distance from Sun: 778.3 million km

Moons: 79

6. Saturn

Diameter: 116,460 km

Distance from Sun: 1.43 billion km

Moons: 83

7. Uranus

Diameter: 50,724 km

Distance from Sun: 2.87 billion km

Moons: 27

8. Neptune

Diameter: 49,244 km

Distance from Sun: 4.50 billion km

Moons: 14

Dwarf Planets

Planets which are not considered as such due to it not clearing its orbital neighbourhood.

Our Solar System has 5 dwarf planets.

1. Pluto

Diameter: ~2,377 km

Distance from Sun: ~5.9 billion km

Region: Kuiper Belt

2. Ceres

Diameter: ~940 km

Distance from Sun: ~414 million km

Region: Asteroid Belt

3. Eris

Diameter: ~2,326 km

Distance from Sun: ~10.1 billion km

Region: Scattered Disk

4. Makemake

Diameter: ~1,430 km

Distance from Sun: ~6.8 billion km

Region: Kuiper Belt

5. Haumea

Diameter: ~1,960 km

Distance from Sun: ~6.5 billion km

Region: Kuiper Belt

Exoplanets

There are hundreds of billions of planets present outside our solar system.

Here are a few examples.

Kepler-22b

Diameter: ~24,640 km (estimated)

Distance from Earth: 600 light-years

Host Star: Kepler-22

Proxima Centauri b

Diameter: ~12,000 km (estimated, similar to Earth)

Distance from Earth: 4.24 light-years

Host Star: Proxima Centauri

TRAPPIST-1e

Diameter: ~11,800 km (estimated, similar to Earth)

Distance from Earth: 39 light-years

Host Star: TRAPPIST-1

51 Pegasi b

Diameter: ~143,000 km (similar to Jupiter)

Distance from Earth: 50 light-years

Host Star: 51 Pegasi

HD 209458 b

Diameter: ~141,000 km (similar to Jupiter)

Distance from Earth: 159 light-years

Host Star: HD 209458