List of Solar System objects

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-crossing minor planets
- Venus
  - Venus-crossing minor planets
    - 524522 Zoozve, Venus' quasi-satellite
- Earth
  - Moon
  - Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis)
  - Earth trojan (2010 TK7)
  - Earth-crosser asteroids
    - Earth's quasi-satellites
- 433 Eros
- 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 exceptional asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of Solar System objects by size.
    - 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
  - Shepherd moons
  - 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)
    - Haumea, a dwarf planet
      - Namaka
      - Hiʻiaka
    - Makemake, a dwarf planet
    - 50000 Quaoar
      - Weywot
    - (307261) 2002 MS4
    - 120347 Salacia
    - 20000 Varuna
- Scattered-disc objects
  - Eris, a dwarf planet
    - Dysnomia
  - 225088 Gonggong
    - Xiangliu
  - (84522) 2002 TC302
  - (87269) 2000 OO67
  - V774104
- 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
- List of periodic comets
- List of near-parabolic comets
Small objects, including:
- Meteoroids
- Interplanetary dust
  - Helium focusing cone, around the Sun
- Human-made 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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Planets and dwarfs	Terrestrials Mercury Venus Earth Mars Giants Gas Jupiter Saturn Ice Uranus Neptune Dwarfs Ceres Pluto Haumea Quaoar Makemake Gonggong Eris Sedna Orcus?
Moons	Earth Moon other near-Earth objects Mars Phobos Deimos Jupiter Ganymede Callisto Io Europa all 95 Saturn Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas Hyperion Phoebe all 146 Uranus Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda all 28 Neptune Triton Proteus Nereid all 16 Pluto Charon Nix Hydra Kerberos Styx Haumea Hiʻiaka Namaka Quaoar Weywot Makemake S/2015 (136472) 1 Gonggong Xiangliu Eris Dysnomia Orcus Vanth
Rings	Jovian Saturnian (Rhean?) Charikloan Chironean Uranian Neptunian Haumean Quaoarian
Small Solar System bodies	Comets Damocloids Meteoroids Minor planets names and meanings moons Planetesimal Planetary orbit-crossing minor planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Trojans Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Trojan camp Greek camp Saturn Moons Uranus Neptune Near-Earth objects Asteroid belt Asteroids Ceres Vesta Pallas Hygiea active first 1000 families PHA exceptional Kirkwood gap Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt Cubewanos Plutinos Detached objects Sednoids Scattered disc Oort cloud Hills cloud

Hypothetical objects	Fifth giant Nemesis Phaeton Planet Nine Planet V Planet X Subsatellites Theia Tyche Vulcan Vulcanoids
Exploration (outline)	Colonization Discovery astronomy historical models timeline Space probes timeline list Human spaceflight space stations list programs Mercury Venus Moon mining Mars Ceres Asteroids mining Comets Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Deep space
Formation and evolution	Star formation Accretion Accretion disk Excretion disk Circumplanetary disk Circumstellar disc Circumstellar envelope Coatlicue Cosmic dust Debris disk Detached object EXCEDE Exozodiacal dust Extraterrestrial materials Sample curation Sample-return mission Frost/Ice/Snow line Giant-impact hypothesis Gravitational collapse Hills cloud Hill sphere Interplanetary dust cloud Interplanetary medium/space Interstellar cloud Interstellar medium Interstellar space Kuiper belt Kuiper cliff Molecular cloud Nebular hypothesis Oort cloud Outer space Planet Disrupted Migration System Planetesimal Formation Merging stars Protoplanetary disk Ring system Roche limit vs. Hill sphere Rubble pile Scattered disc
Lists	Comets Possible dwarf planets Gravitationally rounded objects Minor planets Natural satellites Solar System models Solar System objects by size by discovery date Interstellar and circumstellar molecules
Related	Double planet Lagrangian points Moonlets Syzygy Tidal locking

Solar System → Local Interstellar Cloud → Local Bubble → Gould Belt → Orion Arm → Milky Way → Milky Way subgroup → Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster → Laniakea Supercluster → Local Hole → Observable universe → Universe
Each arrow (→) may be read as "within" or "part of".

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