The Sun , its planets , and the small bodies (see asteroid , Centaur object , comet , Kuiper belt , meteorite , and Oort cloud ) interplanetary dust and gas under the Sun's gravitational control.
Another component of the solar system is the solar wind . The Sun contains more than 99% of the mass of the solar system; most of the rest is distributed among the nine planets, with Jupiter containing about 70%. According to the prevailing theory, the solar system originated from the solar nebula . See also Earth , Mars , Mercury , Neptune , Pluto , Saturn , Uranus , Venus .