inner Solar System

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The inner Solar System is the region of our planetary system that includes the four terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—along with the asteroid belt’s inner edge, all orbiting relatively close to the Sun.

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Label Occurrences
inner Solar System canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of the Solar System ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceRange about 0.39 to about 2.1 astronomical units from the Sun ⓘ
averageOrbitalPeriodRange about 0.24 to 1.88 Earth years for major planets ⓘ
boundedBy Sun ⓘ
characterizedBy relatively high temperatures compared to outer Solar System ⓘ
rocky planets ⓘ
shorter orbital periods than outer planets ⓘ
containsDwarfPlanetCandidate Ceres vicinity (on inner edge of asteroid belt) ⓘ
containsHabitablePlanet Earth ⓘ
containsHumanSpaceActivityRegion Earth orbit ⓘ
Mars vicinity (planned and robotic missions) ⓘ
Moon vicinity ⓘ
containsOrbitalRegion near-Earth object region ⓘ
containsPlanet Earth ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
containsPlanetType terrestrial planet ⓘ
containsSmallBodyPopulation asteroids ⓘ
dust ⓘ
meteoroids ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt

Oort cloud ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ
exploredBy space probes ⓘ
telescopic observations ⓘ
formationCharacteristic higher temperatures led to condensation of refractory materials ⓘ
lack of volatile-rich giant planets ⓘ
gravitationallyInfluencedBy Sun ⓘ
gravitationallyInteractsWith outer Solar System ⓘ
hasFormationHistory formed from inner part of the protoplanetary disk ⓘ
hasPart Earth ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
inner edge of the asteroid belt ⓘ
main-belt asteroids near the inner edge ⓘ
near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
terrestrial planets ⓘ
includesHabitableZone region around the Sun where liquid water can exist on a planet surface ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
outerBoundaryApproximateLocation inner edge of the main asteroid belt ⓘ
outerBoundaryApproximateSemiMajorAxis about 2.1 astronomical units ⓘ
partOf Solar System ⓘ
studiedBy astronomy ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ
typicalPlanetaryAtmospheres thin or moderate atmospheres compared to gas giants ⓘ
typicalPlanetComposition silicate rock and metals ⓘ

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