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List of Solar System objects

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List of Solar System objects

The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more.

  • The Sun, a spectral class G2V main-sequence star
  • The inner Solar System and the terrestrial planets
  • Mercury
  • Mercury-crosser asteroids
  • Venus
  • Venus-crosser asteroids
  • 2002 VE68, Venus's quasi-satellite
  • Earth
  • Moon
  • Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis)
  • Earth trojan (2010 TK7)
  • Earth-crosser asteroids
  • Earth's quasi-satellites
  • Mars
  • Deimos
  • Phobos
  • Mars trojans
  • Mars-crosser asteroids
  • Asteroids in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
  • Ceres, a dwarf planet
  • Pallas
  • Vesta
  • Hygiea
  • Asteroids number in the hundreds of thousands. For longer lists, see list of notable asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of objects by mass.
  • Asteroid moons
  • A number of smaller groups distinct from the asteroid belt
  • The outer Solar System with the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets
  • Jupiter
  • Rings of Jupiter
  • Complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
  • Io
  • Europa
  • Ganymede
  • Callisto
  • Jupiter trojans
  • Jupiter-crossing minor planets
  • Saturn
  • Rings of Saturn
  • Complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
  • Mimas
  • Enceladus
  • Tethys (trojans: Telesto and Calypso)
  • Dione (trojans: Helene and Polydeuces)
  • Rhea
  • Rings of Rhea
  • Titan
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Phoebe
  • Saturn-crossing minor planets
  • Uranus
  • Rings of Uranus
  • Complete list of Uranus's natural satellites
  • Miranda
  • Ariel
  • Umbriel
  • Titania
  • Oberon
  • Uranus trojan (2011 QF99)
  • Uranus-crossing minor planets
  • Neptune
  • Rings of Neptune
  • Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
  • Proteus
  • Triton
  • Nereid
  • Neptune trojans
  • Neptune-crossing minor planets
  • Non-trojan minor planets
  • Centaurs
  • Damocloids
  • Trans-Neptunian objects (beyond the orbit of Neptune)
  • Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs)
  • Plutinos
  • Pluto, a dwarf planet
  • Complete list of Pluto's natural satellites
  • Charon
  • 90482 Orcus
  • Vanth
  • Twotinos
  • Cubewanos (classical objects)
  • Haumea, a dwarf planet
  • Namaka
  • Hi'iaka
  • 50000 Quaoar
  • Weywot
  • 120347 Salacia
  • 20000 Varuna
  • Makemake, a dwarf planet
  • Scattered-disc objects
  • Eris, a dwarf planet
  • Dysnomia
  • (225088) 2007 OR10
  • (84522) 2002 TC302
  • (87269) 2000 OO67
  • Detached objects
  • 2004 XR190
  • 90377 Sedna (possibly inner Oort cloud)
  • 2012 VP113 (possibly inner Oort cloud)
  • Oort cloud (hypothetical)
  • Hills cloud/inner Oort cloud
  • Outer Oort cloud
  • The Solar System also contains:

  • Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits)
  • List of periodic comets
  • List of non-periodic comets
  • Small objects, including:
  • Meteoroids
  • Interplanetary dust
  • Helium focusing cone, around the Sun
  • Human-made objects orbiting the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Saturn, including active artificial satellites and space junk
  • Heliosphere, a bubble in space produced by the solar wind
  • Heliosheath
  • Heliopause
  • Hydrogen wall, a pile up of hydrogen from the interstellar medium
  • References

    List of Solar System objects Wikipedia


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