List of Solar System objects Facts for Kids

Euler diagram showing the types of bodies orbiting the Sun

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
  - Deimos
  - Phobos
  - Mars trojans
  - Mars-crossing minor planets
- 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

The Solar System

Sun • Heliosphere	Planets ☾ = moon(s) ∅ = rings		Mercury	Venus	Earth ☾	Mars ☾

			Jupiter ☾ ∅	Saturn ☾ ∅	Uranus ☾ ∅	Neptune ☾ ∅

	Dwarf planets		Ceres	Pluto ☾	Haumea ☾	Makemake

			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 · Pallas · Juno · Vesta · Hygiea · Interamnia · Europa
		Asteroids (minor planets)	See also the list of asteroids.

		Trans- Neptunians	Kuiper belt – Plutinos: Orcus · Ixion – Cubewanos: Varuna · Quaoar · Huya
		Trans- Neptunians	Scattered disc: Sedna

		Comets	Periodic comets and non-periodic comets Damocloids · Oort cloud
See also the list of solar system objects

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