List of Solar System objects

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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
  - Earth trojans (2010 TK7)
  - Earth-crosser asteroids
    - Earth's quasi-satellites
- 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
    - Galilean moons
      - 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 (largely disproven)
    - 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
      - Orcus, a dwarf planet
        Vanth
      - Pluto, a dwarf planet
        Complete list of Pluto's natural satellites
        Charon
    - Twotinos
    - Cubewanos (classical objects)
      - Haumea, a dwarf planet
        Namaka
        
        Hiʻiaka
      - Quaoar, a dwarf planet
        Weywot
      - Makemake, a dwarf planet
        S/2015 (136472) 1
      - (307261) 2002 MS4
      - 120347 Salacia
      - 20000 Varuna
  - Scattered-disc objects
    - Gonggong, a dwarf planet
      - Xiangliu
    - Eris, a dwarf planet
      - Dysnomia
    - (84522) 2002 TC302
    - (87269) 2000 OO67
    - 2015 TH367/V774104
  - Detached objects
    - 2004 XR190
    - 2012 VP113 (possibly inner Oort cloud)
    - Sedna, a dwarf planet (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

See also