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List of Solar System objects

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This is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, by distance from the sun. Most objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more.

Inner Solar System

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The inner Solar System contains the terrestrial planets, their satellites, and many asteroids.

Asteroid belt

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Outer Solar System

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The outer solar system contains the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets

Trans-Neptunian objects

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Trans-Neptunian objects are objects that have orbits larger than Neptune's. They include Kuiper belt and scattered disc objects.

Kuiper belt objects (KBOs)

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Scattered disc objects

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Other objects

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The Solar System also contains other objects, like comets and meteoroids.