Tuesday, October 2, 2007

List of solar system objects
List of solar system objects: By orbitBy massBy radiusBy nameBy surface gravity
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 solar system also contains:

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)
                                                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.

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