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  1. Pluto & Dwarf Planets - Science@NASA

    Apr 29, 2025 · Our solar system has five dwarf planets: In order of distance from the Sun they are: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.

  2. About the Planets - Science@NASA

    May 28, 2025 · Our solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are five officially recognized dwarf planets in our solar system: Ceres, …

  3. What is a Planet? - Science@NASA

    Mar 12, 2025 · Eris, Ceres, Pluto, and two more recently discovered KBOs named Haumea and Makemake, are the dwarf planets recognized by the IAU. There may be another 100 dwarf planets in …

  4. Solar System Exploration - Science@NASA

    Sep 30, 2025 · Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and thousands of asteroids and comets. Our solar system is located in the Milky …

  5. Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System - Science@NASA

    Apr 22, 2025 · Each planet’s width is compared to Earth’s equatorial diameter, which is about 7,926 miles (12,756 kilometers). At the bottom of the page, find a handy list that shows the order of the …

  6. Solar System: Facts - NASA Science

    Mar 12, 2025 · Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and thousands of asteroids and comets. Our solar system is located in the Milky …

  7. Exoplanets - NASA Science

    Sep 17, 2025 · Thousands more candidate planets await confirmation, and each confirmed planet enables scientists to learn more about the conditions under which planets can form, how common …

  8. 28107 Search Results for "planets order" - Science@NASA

    Which planet is biggest? Which planet is smallest? What is the order of the...the planets as we move away from the Sun?...Explore This Section 1...

  9. Pluto - Science@NASA

    Apr 29, 2025 · Pluto is a dwarf planet located in a distant region of our solar system beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt. Pluto was long considered our ninth planet, but the International …

  10. Our Solar System - NASA Science

    Mar 15, 2016 · Our solar system is made up of a star—the Sun—eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice, and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto.