A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. The term was first...

In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of...

This is a list of the lists of small Solar System bodies and dwarf planets. Lists of comets List of minor planets List of named minor planets (alphabetical)...

The following is a list of centaurs, a group of non-resonant small Solar System bodies whose orbit around the Sun lie typically between the orbits of...

A contact binary is a small Solar System body, such as a minor planet or comet, that is composed of two bodies that have gravitated toward each other until...

many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical...

800,000 discovered small Solar System bodies. The data is sourced from the "Lightcurve Data Base" (LCDB). The tumbling of a body can be caused by the...

the first confirmed interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk using...

The following is a collection of lists of asteroids of the Solar System that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit. For the purposes...

moons to the planets and the Sun. This list does not include small Solar System bodies, but it does include a sample of possible planetary-mass objects...

reached hydrostatic equilibrium is classified by the IAU as a small Solar System body (SSSB). These come in many non-spherical shapes which are lumpy...

number of small Solar System bodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust clouds. Some of these bodies are in the...

with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly...

protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other small Solar System bodies formed. This model, known as the nebular hypothesis, was first...

Observations of minor planets as well as comets and natural satellites of the Solar System are made by astronomical observatories all over the world and reported...

in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite)...

The JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) is an astronomy database about small Solar System bodies. It is maintained by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA...

fixed stars. In the Solar System, the orbits around the Sun of all planets and dwarf planets and most small Solar System bodies, except many comets and...

impacted celestial body. The maximum crater diameter is 157% of the body diameter (the circumference along a great circle). List of Solar System extremes List...

the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped small Solar System bodies ranging...

many small Solar System bodies have orbits with only slight inclinations to the ecliptic, using it as the fundamental plane is convenient. The system's origin...

A hypothetical Solar System object is a planet, natural satellite, subsatellite or similar body in the Solar System whose existence is not known, but has...

and seas in the Solar System and beyond includes single bodies of water or other liquid on or near the surface of a solid round body (terrestrial planet...

Solar System objects by size Lists of geological features of the Solar System List of natural satellites (moons) Lists of small Solar System bodies Lists...

minor planets in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not comets...

interiors – interior composition of planets and moons Small Solar System bodies – smallest bodies, including asteroids, comets, Kuiper belt objects, and...

Contact binary (small Solar System body) Double planet Rotational Brownian motion updated, Robert Lea last (2018-01-17). "Binary Star Systems: Classification...

Solar System belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the Solar System in interplanetary space. The Solar System belts' size and placement...

2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal...

in the Solar System. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected. For some celestial bodies, different...