Sol System
~4.57 billion years
GalaxyMilky Way
Galactic ArmOrion
TypeHome System of Humanity
Controlling Race(s)Humanity (native)
Yictan (non-native; extinct)
AffiliationUnited Nations Federation
- United Space Command
New Soviet Union
Chinese Protectorate
Arabic Republic
Martian Republic
Titanian Republic
Ioian Republic
Europan Republic
LocationUSC FLEETCOM Sector HOME
USC CENTCOM Region HOME
Nearest starProxima Centauri (Approx. 4.24 light-years)
Stellar Data
Star
Sol
Spectral TypeG2V (Yellow main-sequence dwarf)
Stellar Mass1.00 M☉
Stellar Radius1.00 R☉
Stellar Luminosity1.00 L☉
Effective Temperature~5,778 K
Habitable Zone- 0.95 – 1.37 AU (Conservative HZ)
- 0.84 – 1.67 AU (Extended HZ)
Population
Planets
- Mercury (0.39 AU)
- Venus (0.72 AU; terraformed, one artificial moon)
- Earth (1.00 AU; Birth and capital world of Humanity)
- Mars (1.52 AU; terraformed, two moons, independent republic)
- Jupiter (5.20 AU; gas giant)
- Saturn (9.58 AU; gas giant)
- Uranus (19.20 AU; ice giant)
- Neptune (30.07 AU; ice giant)
- Pluto (39.48 AU; disputed outer planet)
~19 confirmed (est. 250 in the Kuiper Belt, up to 10,000 scattered disk and detached objects)
Natural Satellites~290 confirmed (excluding temporary captures)
Minor Planets1.1 million confirmed (main belt, Trojans, trans-Neptunians, centaurs)
Asteroids~1.3–1.9 million bodies >1 km across ~1 billion ≥100 meters
Comets~4,000 confirmed short-period comets; long-period population estimated at up to 1 trillion (Oort Cloud reservoir)
Planetary System
Frost Line ~5.0 AU
Semi-major Axis of Outermost Planet 39.48 AU (Pluto)
Heliopause Detected At ~120 AU
Hill Sphere ~1.0–1.2 light-years (~63,000–75,000 AU)
Orbit About Galactic Center
Invariable-to-Galactic Plane Inclination ~63°
Distance to Galactic Center ~26,660 light-years
Orbital Speed ~230 km/s (~828,000 km/h)
Orbital Period ~225–250 million years
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