List of solar system objects

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List of solar system objects: By orbit—By mass—By radius—By name

See also: Solar system

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
    • Deimos
    • Phobos
    • Mars trojans
    • Mars-crosser asteroids
  • 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 outer solar system with the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets
  • Jupiter
    • Io
    • Europa
    • Ganymede
    • Callisto
    • Complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
    • Jupiter's trojan asteroids
  • Saturn
    • Tethys
    • Dione
    • Rhea
    • Titan
    • Iapetus
    • Enceladus
    • Mimas
    • Hyperion
    • Complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
    • Saturn's Trojan moons
    • Rings of Saturn
  • Uranus
    • Ariel
    • Umbriel
    • Miranda
    • Titania
    • Oberon
    • Complete list of Uranus' natural satellites
  • Neptune
    • Triton
    • Nereid
    • Proteus
    • Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
    • 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)
      • 50000 Quaoar
      • 20000 Varuna
      • (136108) 2003 EL₆₁
      • (136472) 2005 FY₉
    • 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 Heliosheath Heliopause Hydrogen wall	Planets ☾ = moon(s) ∅ = rings		Mercury	Venus	Earth ☾	Mars ☾
			Jupiter ☾ ∅	Saturn ☾ ∅	Uranus ☾ ∅	Neptune ☾ ∅
	Dwarf planets		Ceres	Pluto ☾	Eris ☾
	Small Solar System bodies	Asteroids (minor planets)	Groups and families: Vulcanoids · Near-Earth asteroids · Asteroid belt Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Neptune Trojans · Asteroid moons · Meteoroids
			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
			Scattered disc: 2002 TC302 · 2004 XR190 · Sedna
		Comets	Lists of periodic and non-periodic comets · Damocloids · Oort cloud
See also astronomical objects, the solar system's list of objects, sorted by radius or mass, and the Astronomy Portal