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Below is a list of solar system objects with diameter >500km:- The Sun, a spectral class G2 star
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- TethysTethys ("TETH iss" or "TEE thiss") is a moon of Saturn that was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684. Name Tethys is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn III. It should not be confused with the asteroid
- DioneDione ("dye OH nee") is a moon of Saturn discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn IV. There is also an asteroid called 106 Dione. Cassini named the four moons he discovered
- RheaRhea ("REE uh") is the second largest moon of Saturn and was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Name Rhea is named after the titan Rhea of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn V. Cassini named the four moons he discovered ( Tethys,
- TitanTitan is the largest moon of Saturn. It was discovered on March 25, 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, and was the first satellite in the Solar System to be discovered after the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Name Huygens named his discovery sim
- IapetusIapetus ("eye AP uh tuss") is the third-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671. It is named after the mythological Iapetus. It is also designated Saturn VIII. Cassini named the four moons he discovered ( Tethys, Dione, Rhe
- complete list of Saturn's natural satellitesSaturn has a large number of natural satellites . Introduction The precise number of Saturn's moons will never be certain as the orbiting chunks of ice in Saturn's rings are all technically moons, and it is difficult to draw a distinction between a large
- UranusUranus (pronounced "YOOR--nus", or "yr-AYN-us") is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant and the third largest by diameter. It was named after the Greek god Ouranos. Its symbol is either Unicode ♅ (mostly astrological) or (mostly astro
- ArielAriel ("AIR ee uhl") is a moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by William Lassell. Ariel is named after the leading sylph in Alexander Pope's poem Rape of the Lock''. It was discovered at the same time as Umbriel. The name "Ariel" and the names of all four s
- Umbriel
- Titania
- Oberon
- complete list of Uranus' natural satellites
- Neptune
- Asteroid belt
- Kuiper Belt
- Oort cloud
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- Asteroids (smaller rocky bodies)
- The asteroids mostly lie in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- Small objects, including:
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