A Catalogue of Solar System Bodies

Sun:  Sol is a yellow-orange, main sequence dwarf star of spectral type G2 V. Born in our Milky Way galaxy's disk about 4.6 billion years ago, it may shine as a normal "dwarf" star for another five billion years. It is relatively rich in elements heavier than hydrogen created by primordial supernovas, and so is called a high metallicity, "Population I" star. Even so, Sol is composed of mostly hydrogen and helium. All other elements amount to only about one tenth of a percent, but this is changing slowly over time as Sol converts more hydrogen to helium then to traces of other elements at its core.
Mercury:  The closest planet has a very elliptical (or eccentric) orbit and swings from only 46 million km (29 million miles) from the Sun at perihelion out to 70 million km (43.5 million miles) at aphelion. Mercury's orbit around Sol takes only about a fourth of an Earth year (about 88 days) to complete. However, it's daily rotation is much slower than Earth's and takes 59 Earth days to complete.
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Phobos
Deimos
Jupiter
Metis -- 128,900
Adrastea -- 128,900
Amalthea -- 181,400
Thebe -- 221,900
Io -- 421,800
Europa -- 671,100
Ganymede -- 1,070,400
Callisto -- 1,882,700
Themisto (S/2000 J1) -- 7,507,000
Leda -- 11,165,000
Himalia -- 11,461,000
Lysithea -- 11,717,000
Elara -- 11,741,000
  (S/2000 J11) -- 12,555,000
  Carpo (S/2003 J20) -- 16,989,000
  S/2003 J3 -- 18,339,885
  (S/2003 J12) -- 19,002,480
  Euporie (S/2001 J10) -- 19,302,000
  (S/2003 J18) -- 20,700,000
  Orthosie (S/2001 J9) -- 20,721,000
  Euanthe (S/2001 J7) -- 20,799,000
  Thyone (S/2001 J2) -- 20,940,000
  (S/2002 J16) -- 21,000,000
Mneme (S/2003 J21) -- 21,069,000
  Harpalyke (S/2000 J5) -- 21,105,000
Hermippe (S/2001 J3) -- 21,131,000
  Praxidike (S/2000 J7) -- 21,147,000
Thelxinoe (S/2003 J22) -- 21,162,000
  Helike (S/2003 J6) -- 21,263,000
  Iocaste (S/2000 J3) -- 21,269,000
Ananke -- 21,276,000
  (S/2003 J15) -- 22,000,000
  (S/2003 J17) -- 22,000,000
  (S/2003 J9) -- 22,441,680
  (S/2003 J19) -- 22,800,000
  Eurynome (S/2001 J4) -- 22,865,000
Arche (S/2002 J1) -- 22,931,000
  Autonoe (S/2001 J1) -- 23,039,000
  Pasithee (S/2001 J6) -- 23,096,000

 

Chaldene (S/2000 J10) 23,179,000
Kale (S/2001 J8) 23,217,000
Isonoe (S/2000 J6) 23,217,000
Aitne (S/2001 J11) 23,231,000
(S/2003 J4) 23,257,920
Erinome (S/2000 J4) 23,279,000
Taygete (S/2000 J9) 23,360,000
Carme 23,404,000
Sponde (S/2001 J5) 23,487,000
Kalyke (S/2000 J2) 23,583,000
Pasiphae 23,624,000
Eukelade (S/2003 J1) 23,661,000
Megaclite (S/2000 J8) 23,806,000
Sinope 23,939,000
Hegemone (S/2003 J8) 23,947,000
Aoede (S/2003 J7) 23,981,000
Kallichore (S/2003 J11) 24,043,000
(S/2003 J23) 24,055,500
(S/2003 J5) 24,084,180
Callirrhoe (S/1999 J1) 24,102,000
(S/2003 J10) 24,249,600
Cyllene (S/2003 J13) 24,349,000
(S/2003 J14) 25,000,000
(S/2003 J2) 28,570,410
Saturn
Pan 133,600
(S/2005 S1) 136,500
Atlas 137,700
Prometheus 139,400
Pandora 141,700
Epimetheus 151,400
Janus 151,500
Mimas 185,600
Methone (S/2004 S1) 194,000
Pallene (S/2004 S2) 211,000
Enceladus 238,100
Telesto 294,700
Tethys 294,700
Calypso 294,700
Dione 377,400
Helene 377,400
Polydeuces (S/2004 S5) 377,400
Rhea 527,100
Titan 1,221,900
Hyperion 1,464,100
Iapetus 3,560,800
Kiviuq (S/2000 S5) 11,365,000
Ijiraq (S/2000 S6) 11,440,000
Phoebe 12,944,300
Paaliaq (S/2000 S2) 15,199,000
Skathi (S/2000 S8) 15,647,000
Albiorix (S/2000 S11) 16,404,000
S/2004 S11) 16,950,000
Erriapo (S/2000 S10) 17,616,000
Siarnaq (S/2000 S3) 18,160,000
Tarvos (S/2000 S4) 18,247,000
(S/2004 S13) 18,450,000
(S/2004 S17) 18,600,000
Mundilfari (S/2000 S9) 18,709,000
Narvi (S/2003 S1) 18,719,000
(S/2004 S15) 18,750,000
(S/2004 S10) 19,350,000
Suttungr (S/2000 S12) 19,463,000
(S/2004 S12) 19,650,000
(S/2004 S18) 19,650,000
(S/2004 S07) 19,800,000
(S/2004 S09) 19,800,000
(S/2004 S14) 19,950,000
Thrymr (S/2000 S7) 20,382,000
(S/2004 S08) 22,200,000
(S/2004 S16) 22,200,000
Ymir (S/2000 S1) 23,096,000
Uranus
Cordelia 49,800
Ophelia 53,800
Bianca 59,200
Cressida 61,800
Desdemona 62,700
Juliet 64,400
Portia 66,100
Rosalind 69,900
(S/2003 U2) 74,800
Belinda 75,300
(S/1986 U10) 76,420
Puck 86,000
(S/2003 U1) 97,734
Miranda 129,900
Ariel 190,900
Umbriel 266,000
Titania 436,300
Oberon 583,500
(S/2001 U3) 4,276,000
Caliban 7,231,000
Stephano 8,004,000
Trinculo (S/2001 U1) 8,504,000
Sycorax 12,179,000
(S/2003 U3) 14,345,000
Prospero 16,256,000
Setebos 17,418,000
(S/2001 U2) 20,901,000
Neptune
Naiad 48,200
Thalassa 50,100
Despina 52,500
Galatea 62,000
Larissa 73,500
Proteus 117,600
Triton 354,800
Nereid 5,513,400
(S/2002 N1) 15,686,000
(S/2002 N2) 22,337,190
(S/2002 N3) 22,613,200
(S/2003 N1) 46,738,000
(S/2002 N4) 47,279,670
Asteroids
1950 DA
1998 KY26
1999 JM8
1999 KW4
satellite
2000 DP107
satellite
2001 EC16
1 Ceres
2 Pallas
4 Vesta
216 Kleopatra
243 Ida
Dactyl (1993 (243) 1)
253 Mathilde
433 Eros
951 Gaspra
1620 Geographos
4179 Toutatis
4769 Castalia
5535 Annefrank
6489 Golevka
25143 Itokawa
Centaur Minor Bodies
2060 Chiron 13.670 AU
8405 Asbolus 17.9583 AU
5145 Pholus 20.433 AU
Kuiper Belt Objects
Pluto 39.5 AU
Charon
S/2005 P1
S/2005 P2
2000 CR105 224 AU
2002 MS4 41.8 AU
2003 AZ 84 39.6 AU
2003 EL61 43.339 AU
satellite
satellite
2003 UB313 67.89 AU
satellite
2005 FY9 45.64 AU
(15760) 1992 QB1 43.7339 AU
(15874) 1996 TL66 82.901 AU
19521 Chaos 45.7153 AU
20000 Varuna 43.129 AU
28978 Ixion 39.5391 AU
38803 Rhadamanthus 39.2374 AU
50000 Quaoar 43.405 AU
53311 Deucalion 44.3683 AU
(55565) 2002 AW197 47.4873 AU
(55636) 2002 TX 300 43.1 AU
(55637) 2002 UX25 42.5 AU
(84522) 2002 TC302 55.1 AU
90377 Sedna 502 AU
90482 Orcus
satellite
Oort Cloud Objects
Comets
Comet Halley  

Sources

SolStation.com

Updates

December 3, 2005

  • Updated the layout a bit.  It's a continuing process....

November 20, 2005

  • Moved the page over to the Maastrichian server.

  • Added lines for the two newly discovered moons of Pluto.

  • Added several new images.

October 25, 2005

  • Added the introductory paragraph for Mercury.

October 9, 2005

  • Established this page.

  • Added the introductory paragraph for the Sun.

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Solar System Catalogue content © John M. Dollan 2005 unless otherwise noted
This page first uploaded October 9, 2005
Most recent update for this page December 3, 2005