List_of_solar_system_objects

List of solar system objects - Definition and Overview

Below is a list of solar system objects with diameter >500km:

The Sun, a spectral class G2 star
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
  - Moon
- Mars
- Jupiter
  - Io
  - Europa
  - Ganymede
  - Callisto
  - complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
- Saturn
  - Tethys
  - Dione
  - Rhea
  - Titan
  - Iapetus
  - complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
- Uranus
  - Ariel
  - Umbriel
  - Titania
  - Oberon
  - complete list of Uranus' natural satellites
- Neptune
  - Triton
  - complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
- Asteroid belt
- Kuiper Belt
- Oort cloud
  - 90377 Sedna

- See also natural satellite for a complete list of moons.
- See also planetary rings
Asteroids (smaller rocky bodies)
- The asteroids mostly lie in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

- Asteroids also can have moons
- See also List of asteroids for a longer list of asteroids.
Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits)
- Centaur (planetoid)
- See also List of periodic comets
Trans-Neptunian objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, including
- Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), divided amongst

Small objects, including:
- Meteoroids
- Dust, including interstellar dust.
- Manmade objects orbiting Earth, including active artificial satellites and space junk

See also

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