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List of solar system objects
Below is a list of solar system objects with diameter >500km:
- The Sun, a spectral class G2 star
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
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Jupiter
- Io
- Europa
- Ganymede
- Callisto
- complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
- Saturn
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Uranus
- Ariel
- Umbriel
- Titania
- Oberon
- complete list of Uranus' natural satellites
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Neptune
- Triton
- complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
- Asteroid belt
- Kuiper Belt
- Oort cloud
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- See also natural satellite for a complete list of moons.
- See also planetary rings
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Asteroids (smaller rocky bodies)
- The asteroids mostly lie in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
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- Asteroids also can have moons
- See also List of asteroids for a longer list of asteroids.
- Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits)
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Trans-Neptunian objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, including
- Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), divided amongst
- Small objects, including:
- Meteoroids
- Dust, including interstellar dust.
- Manmade objects orbiting Earth, including active artificial satellites and space junk
See also
Last updated: 12-31-2004 12:15:39