Worlds of The Solar System


Following list contains all bodies of our Solar System photographed from close range at satisfying resolution
(+ several poorly-resolved bodies + growing number of asteroids imaged by ground-based adaptive optics)
(+ few farout smudges captured by Hubble + some other notable or soon-to-be-visited objects)
sorted roughly by size
..

1 Main sequence star   4 Giant gaseous planets   4 Dense rocky planets   7 Large planetary moons
2 (+6) Dwarf icy planets   8 Round icy moons   1 Main belt planetoid   0 (+12) Kuiper belt planetoids
5 (+3) Transitional moons   1 (+25) Big Main belt asteroids   0 (+4) Centaurs   4 (+4) Big irregular moons
0 (+8) Jovian trojan asteroids   4 (+2) Medium Main belt asteroids   8 (+4) Medium irregular moons
1 Medium Kuiper belt object   2 (+4) Small irregular moons   5 (+7) Small Main belt asteroids
4 (+3) Comets   9 (+10) Near-Earth asteroids

70 (+92) = 162 objects in total
Many more objects are mentioned just by name (166) or overall population in each category.

Other way to sort the worlds is by the realm which they occupy:
| Inner Worlds | Mars and The Belt | Trojans Comets Centaurs |
| Jupiter System | Saturn System | Uranus System | Neptune System |
| Outer Realms |

Or by the body's mean density.




Main sequence star


Sun (☉)
1 392 000 km






Giant gaseous planets


Jupiter (♃)
139 822 km
Saturn (♄)
116 464 km
Uranus (♅)
50 724 km
Neptune (♆)
49 244 km






Dense rocky planets


Earth (♁)
12 742 km
Venus (♀)
12 104 km
Mars (♂)
6 779 km
Mercury (☿)
4 879 km






Large planetary moons


Ganymed (♃)
5 268 km
Titan (♄)
5 152 km
Callisto (♃)
4 821 km


Io (♃)
3 643 km
Luna (♁)
3 474 km
Europa (♃)
3 122 km
Triton (♆)
2 707 km






Dwarf icy planets


Pluto (♇)
2 374 km
Eris (E)
2 326 km
Haumea (H)
2 100 × 1 680 × 1 074 km
Makemake (M)
1 430 km


Charon (♇)
1 212 km
Gonggong (G)
1 210 km
Quaoar (Q)
1 120 km
Sedna
~ 1 000 km






Round icy moons


Titania (♅)
1 577 km
Rhea (♄)
1 528 km
Oberon (♅)
1 523 km
Iapetus (♄)
1 469 km


Umbriel (♅)
1 169 km
Ariel (♅)
1 158 km
Dione (♄)
1 123 km
Tethys (♄)
1 062 km






Main belt planetoid


Ceres (⚳)
946 km






Kuiper belt planetoids


Orcus (O)
~ 900 km
Salacia (S)
~ 850 km
Máni
~ 800 km
Achlys (A)
~ 900 × 500 km


Aya
~ 750 km
Chiminigagua (Ch)
~ 700 km
Varda (V)
~ 700 km
Varuna
~ 900 × 500 km


Ixion
~ 700 km
Goibniu
~ 650 km
Ritona
~ 650 km
Uni
~ 650 km

&
roughly 20 known trans-Neptunians bigger than 600 km and roughly 100 known bigger than 400 km






Transitional moons


Dysnomia (E)
~ 600 km


Enceladus (♄)
504 km
Miranda (♅)
472 km
Mimas (♄)
396 km


Equilibrium
transition


Proteus (♆)
424 × 390 × 396 km
Nereid (♆)
~ 340 km
Hyperion (♄)
360 × 266 × 205 km
Phoebe (♄)
219 × 217 × 204 km

&
Vanth(O), Ilmarë(V), Actaea(S), Hi'iaka(H)






Big Main belt asteroids


Vesta (⚶)
573 × 557 × 446 km


Pallas (⚴)
550 × 516 × 476 km
Hygiea (⚕)
530 × 407 × 370 km


Interamnia
~ 330 km
Europa
~ 320 km
Davida
~ 300 km


Sylvia
~ 280 km
Eunomia
~ 270 km
Euphrosyne
~ 270 km
Juno
~ 250 km


Cybele
~ 240 km
Bamberga
~ 230 km
Thisbe
~ 220 km
Doris
~ 220 km


Psyche
~ 220 km


Fortuna
~ 210 km
Themis
~ 210 km
Amphitrite
~ 200 km
Egeria
~ 200 km


Iris
~ 200 km
Elektra
~ 200 km
Hebe
~ 200 km
Eugenia
~ 190 km


Daphne
~ 180 km
Kleopatra
270 × 90 × 80 km
Metis
~ 170 km

&
Patientia, Herculina, Camilla, Ursula, Hermione, Aurora, Bertha, Aegle, Palma, Alauda, Hilda
+ roughly 200 Main belt asteroids bigger than 100 km






Centaurs


Chariklo
296 × 264 × 204 km
Chiron
~ 200 km
Bienor
~ 200 km
Pholus
~ 310 × 150 km

&
roughly 20 known centaurs bigger than 100 km






Big irregular moons


Larissa (♆)
216 × 204 × 168 km
Janus (♄)
203 × 185 × 153 km
Amalthea (♃)
250 × 146 × 128 km
Puck (♅)
~ 160 km


Epimetheus (♄)
130 × 114 × 106 km
Thebe (♃)
116 × 98 × 84 km
Prometheus (♄)
136 × 79 × 59 km
Pandora (♄)
104 × 81 × 64 km

&
S2018(Ch), S2015(M), Galatea(♆), Himalia(♃), Weywot(Q), Sycorax(♅), Despina(♆), Namaka(H), Portia(♅),
Juliet(♅), Thalassa(♆), Belinda(♅), Elara(♃), Cressida(♅), Rosalind(♅), Xiangliu(G), S2005(A)






Jovian trojan asteroids


Hektor
~ 220 & 180 km
Agamemnon
~ 190 × 140 km
Patroclus
127 × 117 × 98 km
Menoetius
117 × 108 × 90 km


Eurybates
~ 64 km
Orus
~ 51 km
Leucus
~ 34 km
Polymele
~ 21 km

&
satellites: Skamandrios(He), S2012(Ag), S2022(Po), Queta(Eu), ...
+ roughly 30 Jovian trojans bigger than 100 km and roughly 1000 bigger than 20 km






Medium Main belt asteroids


Lutetia
121 × 101 × 75 km
Mathilde
66 × 48 × 46 km
Ida
60 × 25 × 19 km


Justitia
~ 54 km
Chimaera
~ 44 km


Gaspra
18 × 11 × 9 km

&
roughly 20 000 Main belt asteroids in this size category






Medium irregular moons


Metis (♃)
60 × 40 × 34 km
Hydra (♇)
51 × 36 × 31 km
Nix (♇)
50 × 33 × 31 km
Helene (♄)
45 × 39 × 26 km


Atlas (♄)
41 × 35 × 19 km
Pan (♄)
35 × 28 × 21 km
Telesto (♄)
33 × 23 × 19 km
Calypso (♄)
29 × 19 × 13 km


Phobos (♂)
26 × 23 × 18 km
Deimos (♂)
15 × 12 × 11 km
Kerberos (♇)
19 × 10 × 9 km
Styx (♇)
16 × 9 × 8 km

&
Desdemona(♅), Halimede(♆), Naiad(♆), Neso(♆), Pasiphae(♃), Bianca(♅), Prospero(♅), Setebos(♅), Carme(♃),
Sao(♆), Ophelia(♅), Lysithea(♃), Caliban(♅), Laomedeia(♆), Cordelia(♅), Psamathe(♆), Siarnaq(♄), Sinope(♃),
S2025(Q), Hippocamp(♆), Stephano(♅), Ananke(♃), Albiorix(♄), Perdita(♅), S2002N5(♆), Mab(♅), Paaliaq(♄),
Francisco(♅), Leda(♃), Ferdinand(♅), Margaret(♅), S2021N1(♆), Ymir(♄), Trinculo(♅), Cupid(♅), Adrastea(♃),
Kiviuq(♄), Tarvos(♄), Ijiraq(♄), Erriapus(♄)






Medium Kuiper belt objects


Arrokoth
21×20×9 & 15×14×10 km

&
more than 6000 known trans-Neptunians | millions more are estimated to exist






Small irregular moons


Daphnis (♄)
9 × 8 × 6 km
Pallene (♄)
6 × 4 × 4 km
Methone (♄)
4 × 3 × 2 km


Polydeuces (♄)
3 × 3 × 2 km
Anthe (♄)
~ 1.8 km
Aegaeon (♄)
1.4 × 0.5 × 0.4 km

&
Callirrhoe(♃), S2023U1(♅), S2025U1(♅), Skathi(♄), Hyrrokin(♄), Themisto(♃), Praxidike(♃), Bestla(♄), Tarqeq(♄),
Mundilfari(♄), Narvi(♄), Suttungr(♄), Thrymr(♄), Kari(♄), Megaclite(♃), Bebhionn(♄), Skoll(♄), Greip(♄), Jarnsaxa(♄),
Bergelmir(♄), Hati(♄), Aegir(♄), Surtur(♄), Loge(♄), Fornjot(♄), Iocaste(♃), Taygete(♃), Kalyke(♃), Farbauti(♄),
S2004S7(♄), S2006S1(♄), S2006S3(♄), S2007S3(♄), Fenrir(♄), Gridr(♄), Eggther(♄), Skrymir(♄), Gunnlod(♄), Alvaldi(♄),
Thiazzi(♄), Dia(♃), Thyone(♃), Harpalyke(♃), Hermippe(♃), Helike(♃), Chaldene(♃), Isonoe(♃), Eukelade(♃),
Eirene(♃), Autonoe(♃), Aoede(♃), Angrboda(♄), Beli(♄), Gerd(♄), Ersa(♃), Pandia(♃), Carpo(♃), Euanthe(♃), Arche(♃),
Aitne(♃), Erinome(♃), Eurydome(♃), Hegemone(♃), Euporie(♃), Orthosie(♃), Mneme(♃), Thelxinoe(♃), Eupheme(♃),
Pasithee(♃), Herse(♃), Kale(♃), Kallichore(♃), Philophrosyne(♃), Sponde(♃), Cyllene(♃), Kore(♃), Valetudo(♃)
+ 284 known unnamed moons in this size category






Small Main belt asteroids


Moza
~ 8 km
Šteins
7 × 6 × 4 km
Annefrank
7 × 5 × 3 km
Donaldjohanson
8 × 3 × 3 km


Ousha
~ 7 km
Ghaf
~ 5 km
Rockox
~ 5 km
Westerwald
~ 2 km


Braille
~ 2 × 1 km
Dactyl (Ida)
1.4 km
Dinkinesh
0.7 km
Selam (Dinkinesh)
0.2 & 0.2 km

&
roughly 200 000 Main belt asteroids >5 km | 1 000 000 >1 km | 30 000 000 >0.1 km
+ satellites: Linus, Petit-Prince, Romulus, Alexhelios, Remus, Cleoselene, S2003Elektra1,
S2004Eugenia1, S2019Euphrosyne1, Pichi üñëm, S2014Elektra1, S2014Elektra2, Peneius, ...






Comets


Halley
15 × 8 × 8 km
Tempel 1
8 × 5 × 5 km
Borrelly
8 × 4 × 4 km
Wild 2
6 × 4 × 3 km


Churyumov-Gerasimenko
4×3×2 & 3×2×2 km
Hartley 2
2 × 1 × 1 km
311P/PanSTARRS
~ 0.5 km

&
more than 500 numbered comets | thousands of known comets | trillion(s) more are estimated to exist






Near-Earth asteroids


Eros
34 × 11 × 11 km
1999 JM8
~ 6 km
Phaethon
~ 6 km
Florence & °°
~ 4.4 & 0.3 & 0.2 km


Toutatis
4.7 × 2.4 × 2 km
1996 FG3 & °
~ 1.7 & 0.4 km
Moshup & Squannit
~ 1.3 & 0.4 km
2002 SY50
~ 1.1 km


Ryugu
0.9 km
Didymos
0.8 km
Torifune
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.3 km
Bennu
0.5 km


Itokawa
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2 km
Apophis
~ 0.4 × 0.2 km
Dimorphos (Didymos)
0.16 km
2024 YR4
~ 0.06 km


Kamo'oalewa
0.03 km
2015 XF261
~ 0.03 km
1998 KY26
~ 0.03 km

&
roughly 930 Near-Earth asteroids >1 km | 30 000 >0.1 km | probably something in order of billion(s) of meter-sized NEAs








Still don't have enough of worlds? Check out which of them were visited for the first time in recent years.


The table below summarizes which dots in the sky will (hopefuly) turn into wonderous worlds in following years:

Soon to be visited worlds

(Unfamiliar objects awaiting first exploration)

YearObjectClassGroupSpectral typeSizeSpacecraft
2026Didymos & DimorphosNEAApolloXk0.8 km & 0.16 kmHera (ESA)
2027Eurybates & QuetaJovian trojanleadingC60 km & 1 kmLucy (NASA)
2027Polymele & °Jovian trojanleadingP20 km & 5 kmLucy (NASA)
2028LeucusJovian trojanleadingD30 kmLucy (NASA)
2028OrusJovian trojanleadingD50 kmLucy (NASA)
2029ApophisNEAAtenSq0.4 kmDESTINY+ (JAXA) / RAMSES (ESA) / OSIRIS-APEX (NASA)
20292015 XF261NEAAten?30 mADM (CNSA)
2029PsycheMBAmetallicM230 kmPsyche (NASA)
2030WesterwaldMBA ?2 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
2030ChimaeraMBAChimaera familyXc44 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
2030PhaethonNEAApollo/activeB6 kmDESTINY+ (JAXA)
2031RockoxMBA ?5 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
20311998 KY26NEAApolloX30 mHayabusa2♯ (JAXA)
20312002 SY50NEAApolloK1.1 kmDESTINY+ (JAXA)
2032GhafMBA ?5 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
2032OushaMBA ?7 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
20322024 YR4NEAApolloS?60 mDESTINY+ (JAXA)
2033Patroclus & MenoetiusJovian trojantrailingP113 km & 104 kmLucy (NASA)
2033MozaMBA ?8 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
2034JustitiaMBAvery redD54 kmMBR Explorer (UAE)
2035311P/PanSTARRSMBAactive?0.5 kmTianwen-2 (CNSA)



Last update: 07/2026

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