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List of Solar System objects information


Euler diagram showing the types of bodies orbiting the Sun

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-crossing minor planets
    • Venus
      • Venus-crossing minor planets
        • 524522 Zoozve, Venus' quasi-satellite
    • Earth
      • Moon
      • Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis)
      • Earth trojan (2010 TK7)
      • Earth-crosser asteroids
        • Earth's quasi-satellites
    • 433 Eros
    • Mars
      • Deimos
      • Phobos
      • Mars trojans
      • Mars-crossing minor planets
    • 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 exceptional asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of Solar System objects by size.
        • 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
      • Shepherd moons
      • 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
          • Hiʻiaka
        • Makemake, a dwarf planet
        • 50000 Quaoar
          • Weywot
        • (307261) 2002 MS4
        • 120347 Salacia
        • 20000 Varuna
    • Scattered-disc objects
      • Eris, a dwarf planet
        • Dysnomia
      • 225088 Gonggong
        • Xiangliu
      • (84522) 2002 TC302
      • (87269) 2000 OO67
      • V774104
    • 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
    • List of periodic comets
    • List of near-parabolic 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

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