List of Solar System objects

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Lists of Solar System objects
by orbit · by mass · by radius · by name · by surface gravity

Natural satellites
by primary · by diameter · by date of discovery · by name

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 star

The inner Solar System and the terrestrial planets
- Mercury
  - Mercury-crosser asteroids
- Venus
  - Venus-crosser asteroids
    - Venus' quasi-satellite
- Earth
  - Moon (Luna)
    - Possible Kordylewski Cloud
  - Near-Earth asteroids
  - Earth-crosser asteroids
    - Earth's quasi-satellites
- Mars
- Asteroid belt and surrounds
  - Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
  - Asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
    - Pallas
    - Juno
    - Vesta
    - Asteroids number in the hundreds of thousands. For longer lists, see list of noteworthy asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of objects by mass.
  - A number of smaller groups distinct from the Main Belt.
  - Asteroid moons

The middle Solar System with the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets
- Jupiter
  - Complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
  - Io
  - Europa
  - Ganymede
  - Callisto
  - Jupiter's trojan asteroids
- Saturn
  - Rings of Saturn
  - Complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
  - Mimas
  - Enceladus
  - Tethys
  - Dione
  - Saturn's Trojan moons
  - Rhea
  - Titan
  - Hyperion
  - Iapetus
- Uranus
  - Complete list of Uranus' natural satellites
  - Miranda
  - Ariel
  - Umbriel
  - Titania
  - Oberon
- Neptune
  - Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
  - Proteus
  - Triton
  - Nereid
  - Neptune trojans
- Non-trojan minor planets
  - Centaurs
  - Damocloids
Trans-Neptunian objects beyond the orbit of Neptune
- Kuiper belt objects (KBOs)
  - Pluto, a dwarf planet and plutino
    - Charon
    - Nix
    - Hydra
  - Plutinos
    - 90482 Orcus
  - Twotino
  - Cubewanos (classical objects)
  - Kuiper cliff, the abrupt end of the Kuiper Belt.
- Scattered disc objects
  - Eris, a dwarf planet
    - Dysnomia
  - (84522) 2002 TC₃₀₂
  - 90377 Sedna (possibly inner Oort Cloud)
- Oort Cloud (hypothetical)

The Solar System also contains:

Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits).
- List of periodic comets
- List of non-periodic comets
Small objects, including:
- Meteoroids
- Dust, including interstellar dust.
  - Helium Focusing Cone, around the Sun.
  - Gegenschein
- Manmade objects orbiting the Sun, 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.

[edit] See also

Natural satellite for a complete list of moons.
Planetary rings

The Solar System v • d • e

Sun • Heliosphere	Planets ☾ = moon(s) ∅ = rings		Mercury	Venus	Earth ☾	Mars ☾

			Jupiter ☾ ∅	Saturn ☾ ∅	Uranus ☾ ∅	Neptune ☾ ∅

	Dwarf planets		Ceres	Pluto ☾	Eris ☾
	Dwarf planets
	Small Solar System bodies	Asteroids (minor planets)	Groups and families: Vulcanoids · Near-Earth asteroids · Asteroid belt Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Neptune Trojans · Asteroid moons · Meteoroids
		Asteroids (minor planets)	See also the list of asteroids, and the meaning and pronunciation of asteroid names.

		Trans- Neptunians	Kuiper belt – Plutinos: Orcus · Ixion – Cubewanos: 2002 UX₂₅ · Varuna · 1992 QB₁ · 2002 TX₃₀₀ · 2003 EL₆₁ · Quaoar · 2005 FY₉ · 2002 AW₁₉₇
		Trans- Neptunians	Scattered disc: 2002 TC₃₀₂ · 2004 XR₁₉₀ · Sedna

		Comets	Lists of periodic and non-periodic comets · Damocloids · Oort cloud
See also Geology of solar terrestrial planets, astronomical objects, the solar system's list of objects, sorted by radius or mass, and the Solar System Portal