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The solar system
This's a planetary system that includes the central star the Sun and all natural space objects in heliocentric orbits.
It was formed by gravitational compression of a gas-dust cloud about 4.57 billion years ago.
The four planets closest to the Sun are the terrestrial planets:
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
The four planets more distant from the Sun are giant planets:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
There are two regions in the Solar System filled with small bodies.
The asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter and beyond the orbit of Neptune are trans-Neptunian objects.
The solar system is part of the structure of the Milky Way galaxy.
The main objects of the solar system
Sun
Star
Center Solar system
Equator: 4,37⋅10^6
Value: 1,40⋅10^27
Mass: 1,98⋅10^30
Satellite: 8
Mercury
Earth group planet
1 planet
Equator: 15329
Value: 6,08⋅10^10
Mass: 3,33⋅10^23
Satellite: 0
Venus
Earth group planet
2 planet
Equator: 38025
Value: 9,38⋅10^11
Mass: 4,86⋅10^24
Satellite: 0
Earth
Earth group planet
3 planet
Equator: 40075
Value: 10,08⋅10^12
Mass: 5,97⋅10^24
Satellite: 1
Mars
Earth group planet
4 planet
Equator: 21343
Value: 1,63⋅10^11
Mass: 6,41⋅10^23
Satellite: 2
Jupiter
Giant planet
5 planet
Equator: 439264
Value: 1,43⋅10^15
Mass: 1,89⋅10^27
Satellite: 95
Saturn
Giant planet
6 planet
Equator: 378675
Value: 8,27⋅10^14
Mass: 5,68⋅10^26
Satellite: 83
Uranus
Giant planet
7 planet
Equator: 51118
Value: 6,83⋅10^13
Mass: 8,68⋅10^25
Satellite: 27
Neptune
Giant planet
8 planet
Equator: 49528
Value: 6,25⋅10^13
Mass: 10,02⋅10^26
Satellite: 14
Pluto
Trans-Neptunian
9 planet
Equator: 2370
Value: 7⋅10^9
Mass: 1,30⋅10^22
Satellite: 5
Moon
Satellite Earth
Satellite
Equator: 10920
Value: 2,19⋅10^10
Mass: 7,34⋅10^22
Satellite: 0
Ceres
Dwarf planet
Asteroid belt
Equator: 481,5
Value: 418⋅10^6
Mass: 9,39⋅10^20
Satellite: 0
Eris
Dwarf planet
Scattered disk
Equator: 2326
Value: 6,58⋅10^9
Mass: 1,68⋅10^22
Satellite: 1
Question:
Why does the Sun have 8 satellites?
Answer:
The Sun certainly has more satellites,
but I counted only the main planets as satellites:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Simulation solar system
Taken and adapted from Resource