What makes the Solar System unusual compared with other planetary systems

The Solar System is missing two common kinds of planets

Compared with many known planetary systems, ours has no planets closer to the Sun than Mercury and no super-Earths—planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Super-Earths are the most common type of planet in the Milky Way, making their absence unusual.

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