Solar System

This article is about the actual Solar System. For the generic term that exists because people are dumb, see star system.

Note: Not to scale.

The Solar System (also referred to as the Sol System) is a star system dominated by the Sun.

Its known orbital bodies include:

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth, and its moon, the Moon.
• Mars
• The asteroid belt, including Ceres, Juno, and Pallas
• Jupiter, and its moon Io
• Saturn, and its moon Titan
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto

The Tenth Planet sounds like it belongs to the Solar System, but is actually located on the fringes of the Milky Way.

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Shaken loose from its orbit, Cybertron drifted into the Sol system where it risked being destroyed by the asteroid belt. The Ark was launched to clear a path through the rock and, although the Ark was lost in a Decepticon attack, Cybertron drifted safely through the system. The Transformers

Four millions years later, Sky Lynx arrived in the system at Wheeljack's request to aid him in overthrowing the power mad Grimlock. Sky Lynx soon placed host to a quartet of human children and led them on a chase around the solar system, losing the Ark in the asteroid belt. Spacehikers!

The Steelhaven soon entered the solar system carrying a group of Autobots and Nebulans but the craft was pursued by Decepticons. Trial by Fire! At Fortress Maximus's instruction, Goldbug left the system aboard the Steelhaven to revive Optimus Prime on Nebulos. Totaled!

To fight against Unicron, Primus teleported all the Transformers back home, Out of Time! save (for some reason) those aboard the Ark, leaving them drifting in the solar system wondering where everyone went before they set course for home to investigate. The Void!

Soon thereafter, the Ark returned to the solar system under the command of the Decepticons where, thanks to the sabotage of Ratchet, it once again crashed on Earth. A Savage Circle

Regeneration One

The Cosmic Carnival passed through Earth's solar system, prompting the Wreckers to book passage on it. Loose Ends, Part 1

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Earth's solar system was home to at least one other sentient race, the (not particularly tall) Titans who lived on Titan. The God Gambit

As part of a plan to harness Earth's energy, Megatron had Cybertron moved into Earth's solar system where its gravitational field caused chaos on Earth. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 Cybertron was moved out of Earth's orbit soon enough and seemingly left in close proximity to (if not in) the solar system, considering the relative ease of travel between the two planets. The Ultimate Doom, Part 3

By 2005, the Earth Defense Command had established various outposts in the solar system such as Outpost One in orbit of Pluto to monitor threats coming from beyond the solar system as well having a base on Mars. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

In 2007, Galvatron moved Cybertron back into the solar system as part of a scheme to use the Plasma Energy Chamber to destroy Earth via causing its star to go nova. A stay bolt of plasma energy struck Scorponok however sending the Decepticons hurtling out of the system. The Rebirth, Part 3

The Headmasters cartoon

Chromedome and Sixshot had a duel in the asteroid belt. There was a handy map on hand used to plot out the major locations of the solar system. Duel on the Asteroid

2005 IDW continuity

Jimmy Pink was of the belief that Earth was not the most logical place in the solar system for aliens to land. Vs.

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Megatron ordered Cybertron moved into Earth's solar system after Starscream had retrieved Bumblebee from the planet. I Saw Three Ships

After Megatron's defeat, the solar system was heavily colonized by both humans and Cybertronians. Rodimus meanwhile guided Primus back to his original orbit and out of the solar system. The War Never Ends

Beast Era

Beast Wars cartoon

Acting on instructions from Megatron, The Agenda (Part 2) a new Megatron stole a ship and time travelled to Earth's solar system four million years in the past only to be pursued by the Axalon with both ships crashing on Earth. Beast Wars (Part 1)

A temporal probe entered the solar system to try and find the missing Axalon but found nothing and left. The Probe

The destruction of the Vok Planet Buster, Other Voices, Part 2 caused a transwarp wavefront to be sent into the future alerting the Predacons of the 24th century to the location of the Darksyde prompting them to send Ravage to eliminate the combatants of the Beast Wars. The Agenda (Part 1)

When Megatron had slain Optimus Prime, the resulting timestorm was centred in the solar system. The Agenda (Part III) Optimal Situation

By the era of Maximals and Predacons, the solar system was declared off-limits at the order of the Maximal High Council. Deep Metal

Beast Wars II

Galvatron's planet-sized fortress Nemesis arrived in the solar system where it sucked the Angolmois Energy out of one of Neptune's moons, Megastorm Reborn Saturn's rings Gigastorm's Treachery and Jupiter's atmosphere. The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic

Beast Wars: Uprising

In 13 SCA (or 1997), the Autobots helped the humans build their first warp gate at the edge of the solar system, allowing humanity to colonize other planets. Micro-Aggressions

Unicron Trilogy

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Fleeing the Great War, the Exodus arrived in the solar system where it crashed on Earth's moon. First Encounter

After the war ended, the Cybertronian/Human alliance established several energon mining facilities in the solar system. Cybertron City

Upon Earth's Cyber Planet Key being placed in the Omega Lock, a Space Bridge opened showing the black hole making it seem to the people of Earth as though the black hole was in their solar system. Revelation

Live-action film series

Somewhere around 17,000 years past, the Dynasty of Primes arrived in the solar system to construct a Star Harvester on the third planet of the solar system. Upon finding the solar system was inhabited however, the Primes decided against using the Harvester. One of them disagreed with this notion and declared war on his brethren. Revenge of the Fallen The Harvester was left undisturbed on Earth even after the Primes left. The AllSpark, launched from Cybertron, sought out the Harvester and travelled to the solar system. Transformers

The Nemesis was scuttled on one of Saturn's moons. Revenge of the Fallen

As part of a plan to revive Cybertron, Sentinel Prime moved his homeworld into the solar system via Space Bridge only for the transit to be interrupted by the Autobots and Cybertron sent back through the collapsing portal. Dark of the Moon

The sorceress Quintessa used her powers to physically move Cybertron at 1/10th lightspeed into Earth's solar system with its approach being detected by human scientists. Cybertron was then left in Earth's orbit after partially draining the life from Unicron. The Last Knight

Animated cartoon

While fleeing the Nemesis, the crew of the Orion wound up passing through an AllSpark empowered Space Bridge and wound up in Earth's solar system. Transform and Roll Out

After gaining navigational control over Omega Supreme, as well as picking up Shockwave and Arcee, Megatron transwarped back to Earth's solar system to ready his ultimate victory. This Is Why I Hate Machines

Aligned continuity family

After the Thirteen defeated Unicron, the Chaos Bringer's body drifted for billions of years, with space debris gathering around him until it grew to the size of a planet, forming the Earth. One Shall Rise, Part 1 Ancient Cybertronians had visited Earth's solar system in its past, foreseeing events that would happen and recording them in the Covenant of Primus. Alpha/Omega

During the Cybertronian civil war, the Solar System would be visited by Autobots, Decepticons, and Predacons, all of whom were protecting their energon resources Darkness Rising, Part 3 Project Predacon or weapons. The Golden Knight Explorations into the Sea of Rust led to Shockwave discovering an ancient map room that held several star charts, Earth's solar system, albeit as it was 200 million years ago, among them. Fall of Cybertron

Once the second Quintesson invasion of Cybertron had failed, Alpha Trion noted that Optimus should soon find his way to Earth and the treasures he'd buried there. Retribution

During the Great War's time on Earth, the solar system was part of a perfect planetary alignment of forty-seven celestial bodies that stretched all the way back to Cybertron. Unfortunately, the magnetic pull of the alignment caused Unicron to briefly awaken. One Shall Fall One Shall Rise, Part 1

Cyberverse cartoon

When the AllSpark was detected on Earth, Starscream rallied the Decepticon fleet and led the voyage to Earth, notifying Slipstream when the fleet had entered the system. Awaken Sleeping Giants

External links

• Solar System on Wikipedia