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Here is the list, including objects in the Solar System, the Proxima Centauri system, and the Alpha Centauri double star system.

Natural Objects[]

Inner Solar System[]

  • Sun, the star at the center of the Solar System.
  • Vulcanoids, asteroids closer to the Sun than Mercury.
  • Mercury, the first planet from the Sun.
  • Mercury-Crosser Asteroids, asteroids that cross Mercury’s orbit.
  • Venus, the second planet from the Sun.
  • Venus-Crosser Asteroids, asteroids that cross the orbit of Venus.
  • (524522) 2002 VE68, Venus’s quasi-satellite.
  • Earth, the third planet from the Sun.
  • Moon, the Earth’s natural satellite.
  • Near Earth Asteroids, including Eros, Itokawa, Toutatis and Apophis.
  • 2010 TK7, Earth’s Trojan asteroid.
  • Earth-Crosser Asteroids, asteroids that cross Earth‘s orbit.
  • Earth’s quasi-satellites
  • Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun.
  • Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars.
  • Mars Trojans, the Trojan asteroids of Mars.
  • Mars-Crosser Asteroids, asteroids that cross Mars’s orbit.

Asteroid Belt[]

  • Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt.
  • Hygiea, a main belt asteroid.
  • Vesta, a large asteroid.
  • Ceres, the largest asteroid and a dwarf planet.
  • Pallas, a large asteroid.
  • Asteroid moons, the moons of asteroids.

Outer Solar System[]

  • Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun.
  • Rings of Jupiter
  • Galilean Moons, the Major moons of Jupiter.
  • Moons of Jupiter
  • Jupiter Trojans, Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
  • Jupiter-Crossing Minor Planets, minor planets that cross the orbit of Jupiter.
  • Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun.
  • Rings of Saturn
  • Moons of Saturn
  • Saturn-Crossing Minor Planets, minor planets that cross the orbit of Saturn.
  • Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun.
  • Moons of Uranus
  • 2011 QF99, the only Uranus trojan.
  • Uranus-Crossing Minor Planets, minor planets that cross the orbit of Uranus.
  • Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun.
  • Moons of Neptune, including Triton.
  • Neptune trojans, the Trojan asteroids of Neptune.
  • Neptune-Crossing Minor Planets, minor planets that cross the orbit of Neptune.
  • Centaurs, objects crossing the orbits of the gas giants, neither in the Kuiper Belt or the Asteroid Belt.
  • Damocloids, bodies with highly eccentric orbits near the gas giants.

Kuiper Belt, Scattered Disk and Oort Cloud[]

  • Plutinos, a type of minor planet.
  • Pluto, a dwarf planet.
  • Moons of Pluto, including Charon.
  • 90482 Orcus and it’s moon Vanth.
  • Sedna, a minor planet.
  • Twotinos, objects with a 2:1 orbital resonance with Neptune.
  • Cubewanos, classical Kuiper Belt Objects.
  • Haumea, a dwarf planet with an elongated shape.
  • Namaka and Hi’iaka, moons of Haumea.
  • 50000 Quaoar, a minor planet.
  • Weywot, the moon of Quaoar.
  • 120347 Salacia, a minor planet.
  • Actaea, the moon of Salacia.
  • 20000 Varuna, a minor planet with an elongated shape.
  • Makemake, a dwarf planet.
  • MK2, the moon of Makemake.
  • Eris, a dwarf planet.
  • Dysnomia, the moon of Eris.
  • Gonggong, a minor planet.
  • FarFarOut, a minor planet that is very far from the Sun.
  • 2002 TC302, a minor planet.
  • Inner Oort Cloud, a part of the Oort Cloud.
  • Outer Oort Cloud, another part of the Oort Cloud.
  • Long-Period Comets, comets with periods more than 200 years.

Proxima Centauri System[]

Alpha Centauri Double Star System[]

  • Alpha Centauri, the double star system name. The stars are Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.

Proposed, Mythological, Proven incorrect, and Hypothetical Objects[]

Inner Solar System Area[]

  • Vulcan, a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury.
  • Counter-Earth, a planet on the other side of the Sun from Earth.
  • Theia, a planet said to have collided with the Earth to form the Moon.
  • Proposed Super-Earth closer to the Sun than Mercury that cleared it’s orbit before spiraling into the Sun.

Asteroid Belt Area[]

  • Hypothetical fifth gas giant
  • Phaeton, a planet who‘s proposed destruction lead to the formation of the Asteroid Belt.
  • Krypton, a proposed planet which was also proposed to have created the asteroid belt.

Outer Solar System Area[]

Far Outreatches[]

  • Planet Nine, a proposed planet beyond Neptune.
  • Planet X, another proposed planet beyond Neptune, which was proposed before Planet Nine.
  • Hyperion (planet), a proposed tenth planet.
  • Tyche, a planet in the Oort Cloud.
  • Three planets proposed by Thomas Jefferson Jackson See.
  • Brahma and Vishu, two planets beyond Neptune.
  • Hades, another proposed planet beyond Neptune.
  • Two proposals of Planet Ten.
  • Orion and Terminus.
  • Planets O, P, Q, R, S, T and U, all proposed beyond Neptune.
  • Trans Plutonian Planet with a eccentric orbit about the size of Earth or Mars.
  • Trans-Neptunian Planet 1000 AU from the Sun.
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