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Euler diagram showing the types of bodies in the Solar System
A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. The term was first defined in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as follows: "All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as 'Small Solar System Bodies'".[1]
This encompasses all comets and all minor planets other than those that are dwarf planets. Thus SSSBs are: the comets; the classical asteroids, with the exception of the dwarf planet Ceres; the trojans; and the centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects, with the exception of the dwarf planets Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris and others that may turn out to be dwarf planets.
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This is a list of the lists of smallSolarSystembodies and dwarf planets. Lists of comets List of minor planets List of named minor planets (alphabetical)...
many of the larger smallSolarSystembodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical...
protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other smallSolarSystembodies formed. This model, known as the nebular hypothesis, was first...
with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and smallSolarSystembodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly...
moons to the planets and the Sun. This list does not include smallSolarSystembodies, but it does include a sample of possible planetary-mass objects...
SolarSystem belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the SolarSystem in interplanetary space. The SolarSystem has both major and minor...
number of small SolarSystembodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust clouds. Some of these bodies are in the asteroid...
Observations of minor planets as well as comets and natural satellites of the SolarSystem are made by astronomical observatories all over the world and reported...
A hypothetical SolarSystem object is a planet, natural satellite, subsatellite or similar body in the SolarSystem whose existence is not known, but has...
in the SolarSystem. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected. For some celestial bodies, different...
interiors – interior composition of planets and moons SmallSolarSystembodies – smallest bodies, including asteroids, comets, Kuiper belt objects, and...
The following is a collection of lists of asteroids of the SolarSystem that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit. For the purposes...
various worlds of the SolarSystem. For a full list of named craters, see List of craters in the SolarSystem. List of SolarSystem extremes List of largest...
Solar System objects by size Lists of geological features of the SolarSystem List of natural satellites (moons) Lists of smallSolarSystembodies Lists...
Historical models of the SolarSystem began during prehistoric periods and are updated to this day. The models of the SolarSystem throughout history were...
The geology of solar terrestrial planets mainly deals with the geological aspects of the four terrestrial planets of the SolarSystem – Mercury, Venus...
many smallSolarSystembodies have orbits with only slight inclinations to the ecliptic, using it as the fundamental plane is convenient. The system's origin...
the SolarSystem. Entries listed in bold are SolarSystem-wide extremes. List of SolarSystem objects most distant from the Sun Astronomy portal Solar System...
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