List of Solar system objects

From Freepedia

Below is a list of Solar system objects, divided based on distance from the Sun. Named objects have a diameter of 500km or more:

• The Sun, a spectral class G2 star

• The inner solar system and terrestrial planets
  • Mercury
    • Mercury-crosser asteroids
  • Venus
    • Venus-crosser asteroids
  • Earth
    • Moon
    • Near-Earth asteroids
    • Earth-crosser asteroids
  • Mars
    • Deimos
    • Phobos
    • Mars-crosser asteroids
  • Asteroid belt
    • 1 Ceres
    • 2 Pallas
    • 3 Juno
    • 4 Vesta
    • Numerous smaller rocky asteroids mostly lie in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
    • Asteroids also can have moons
    • See also List of noteworthy asteroids, List of asteroids for a longer list of asteroids.

• Giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and Centaurs
  • Jupiter
    • Io
    • Europa
    • Ganymede
    • Callisto
    • complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
    • Trojan asteroids
  • Saturn
    • Tethys
    • Dione
    • Rhea
    • Titan
    • Iapetus
    • Enceladus
    • Hyperion
    • complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
    • 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

• Trans-Neptunian objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, including:
  • Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), divided amongst:
    • Plutinos
      • Pluto
        • Charon
      • 90482 Orcus
      • 2003 EL₆₁
    • Cubewanos (classical objects)
      • 50000 Quaoar
      • 20000 Varuna
    • Yet unclassified
      • 2005 FY₉
    • Scattered disc objects
      • 2003 UB₃₁₃
  • Inner Oort cloud
    • 90377 Sedna

The solar system also contains:

• Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits). See also List of periodic comets
• Small objects, including:
  • Meteoroids
  • Dust, including interstellar dust.
  • Manmade objects orbiting Earth, the Sun, Mars and Saturn including active artificial satellites and space junk

See also

• Natural satellite for a complete list of moons.
• Planetary rings
• List of solar system objects by mass
• List of solar system objects by radius