Solar System
the Sun, its planets and their moons
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Summary
Solar System is a planetary system[1]. It draws 74,555 Wikipedia views per month (planetary system category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Location: Orion Arm[3]
- Part of: Local Interstellar Cloud[4], Milky Way[5]
- Has use: colonization of the solar system[6]
- Commons category: Solar System[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sagittarius A*[8]
- Has part(s): Sun[9], inner Solar System[10], outer Solar System[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Solar System[12]
- Commons gallery: Solar System[13]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Solar System[14]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Solar System table[21], Template:Solar System sidebar[22]
- Mass: 1.0014 solar mass[23]
- Diameter: 79 astronomical unit[24], 0.00124861704 light-year[25]
- Has part(s) of the class: inner planet of the Solar System[26], outer planet[27], small Solar System body[28], circumstellar disk[29], dwarf planet[30], planetary moon[31]
- Has boundary: Oort cloud[32], heliopause[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[34], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of the Solar System[36]
Why It Matters
Solar System has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]