List of Solar System objects facts for kids
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
- Venus-crossing minor planets
- 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.
- A number of smaller groups distinct from the asteroid belt
- Mercury
- 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
- Jupiter trojans
- Jupiter-crossing minor planets
- Saturn
- Rings of Saturn
- Complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
- Shepherd moons
- Saturn-crossing minor planets
- Uranus
- Rings of Uranus
- Complete list of Uranus's natural satellites
- Uranus trojan (2011 QF99)
- Uranus-crossing minor planets
- Neptune
- Rings of Neptune
- Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
- Neptune trojans
- Neptune-crossing minor planets
- Non-trojan minor planets
- Jupiter
- Trans-Neptunian objects (beyond the orbit of Neptune)
- Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs)
- Plutinos
- Pluto, a dwarf planet
- Complete list of Pluto's natural satellites
- 90482 Orcus
- Vanth
- Pluto, a dwarf planet
- Twotinos
- Cubewanos (classical objects)
- Haumea, a dwarf planet
- Namaka
- Hiʻiaka
- Makemake, a dwarf planet
- 50000 Quaoar
- Weywot
- (307261) 2002 MS4
- 120347 Salacia
- 20000 Varuna
- Haumea, a dwarf planet
- Plutinos
- Scattered-disc objects
- Eris, a dwarf planet
- 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
- Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs)
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
- Heliosheath
See also
- Outline of the Solar System
- Lists of astronomical objects
- List of natural satellites
- List of Solar System objects by size
- List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun
- Ring system
- Solar System models
The Solar System | |||||||
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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 |
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See also the list of asteroids. | |||||||
Trans- Neptunians |
Kuiper belt – Plutinos: Orcus · Ixion – Cubewanos: Varuna · Quaoar · Huya |
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Scattered disc: Sedna | |||||||
Comets | Periodic comets and non-periodic comets Damocloids · Oort cloud |
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See also the list of solar system objects |
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