Below are diagrams of the distant solar system on 2013 April 1. A description of these diagrams is given at the bottom of this page.

These distant solar system diagrams show the positions of objects with semi-major axes (a) greater than 6 AU (orbital periods greater than ~15 years) on 2013 April 1. The orbits and positions of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Sedna, and comets Halley and Hale-Bopp are also shown. The orbits of objects beyond Neptune are drawn using two slightly different colors; the brighter color is used for the portion of the orbit above the ecliptic plane. Trans-Neptunian objects larger than about 700 km in diameter are shown as white diamonds, comets are sunward-pointing wedges, and the other objects are yellow dots.

The top diagram shows an oblique view from above the ecliptic plane. The bottom diagram shows the view from the edge of the ecliptic plane. In both diagrams, the vernal equinox is to the right along the horizontal axis (+X direction). Only comets and asteroids in JPL's small-body database as of 2013 April 1 were used.

Postscript versions of these diagrams: view from above, view from the edge.