According to Extreme Science, the Solar System is defined as a central sun with its associated planets, asteroids, meteors, natural satellites (i.e.,moons), and comets that are "captured" in its orbit.
The Sun, a white star is the center body of our solar system and has eight planets as well as many other bodies including dwarf planets and asteroids orbiting around it. The planets are in the following order with its closest distance from the sun in parenthesis ....
Mercury (28,580,000 Miles from the Sun)
Venus (66,800,000 Miles from the Sun)
Earth (91,400,000 Miles from the Sun)
Mars (128,390,000 Miles from the Sun)
Jupiter (460,000,000 Miles from the Sun)
Saturn (840,440,000 Miles from the Sun)
Uranus (1,703,364,322 Miles from the Sun)
Neptune (2,770,000,000 Miles from the Sun)
Pluto was, for many years, considered to be the 9th planet in the solar system. However, due to its small size and proximity, in 2006, it has been changed to be called a dwarf planet and part of the Kuiper Belt which orbits the sun as well.
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