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All eight planets in our solar system vary only slightly from the average plane of the solar system (called the "invariant plane"). Pluto (a "dwarf planet") is skewed from this plane by about 15°, and its orbit is sufficiently eccentric that part of the time it is inside the orbit of Neptune. Makemake and Eris (dwarf planets) are also tilted out of the plane.

The most tilted orbit of the proper planets is Mercury, at about 6 degrees.

Often the tilts of the planets' orbits are given relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit (the plane of the ecliptic). In fact that's not too misleading because the difference between the plane of the ecliptic and the invariant plane is only about 1.5 degrees.

Here are the orbit inclinations (in degrees, relative to the plane of the ecliptic) for all the planets:

Mercury: 7.00

Venus: 3.39

Earth: Zero, of course

Mars: 1.85

Jupiter: 1.30

Saturn: 2.48

Uranus: 0.77

Neptune: 1.77

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