List of Solar System objects

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-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
- 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)
    - ', a dwarf planet
      - Namaka
      - Hi'iaka
    - 50000 Quaoar
      - Weywot
    - 120347 Salacia
    - 20000 Varuna
    - ', 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
- Manmade 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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List of Solar System objects

List of Solar System objects

See also

Categories

Venus

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Solar System

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Mars

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Dwarf planet

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Jupiter

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Plutoid

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Sednoid

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90377 Sedna

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