Solar System
The sun is the solar system, more or less. About 99.9 percent of the system’s mass sits in a single star 1.4 million kilometers (865,000 miles) across, while the region touched by solar energy may stretch 46 billion kilometers (30 billion miles) from end to end. Everything else, the eight planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and drifting dust and gas, is leftover material from the formation of a medium-size star roughly 4.6 billion years ago.
This solar system wall map from National Geographic renders the planets at relative sizes, so the gulf between Mercury and Jupiter registers at a glance, and covers the other celestial bodies that shape orbits and keep the whole arrangement running. It first appeared in National Geographic’s Atlas of the World, 11th Edition, and Map Shop now offers it on its own.
A natural companion to Milky Way: Earth’s Galactic Home for a gallery wall, science classroom, or the desk side of a home office. Available in the following formats:
- Paper
- Laminated
- Mounted to foam core
- Hung on black or walnut rails
- Framed

