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Parent topics
- Solar system [r]: Our sun, Sol and the astronomical objects, like Planet Earth, gravitationally bound to it [e]
Asteroids articles in this wiki
- Ceres [r]: The most massive body in the asteroid belt. Originally classified as a planet, it later became the number one asteroid; now a dwarf planet. [e]
- QG 42 [r]: A potentially hazardous object that made a relatively close approach to planet Earth on 2012-09-13 [e]
- Dimorphos [r]: A satellite asteroid of the larger asteroid Didymos within the solar system. [e]
- Didymos [r]: An asteroid within the solar system. [e]
- 2022 EB5 [r]: An asteroid that struck Planet Earth on 2022-03-11, over the Norwegian Sea, between Iceland and Jan Mayen - only the fifth asteroid whose collision with Earth was detected in advance [e]
- Kuiper belt [r]: Region of the Solar System extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 55 AU from the Sun, containing thousands of icy bodies, some of which are on highly elliptical orbits, periodically visiting the inner solar system as comets. [e]
- Oort cloud [r]: A loose cloud of smaller astonomical bodies, circling Sol with very long orbits, beyond the Kuiper belt - occasionally perturbed to become comets [e]
Planets
- Mercury [r]: The first planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman messenger of gods. [e]
- Venus [r]: The second planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman goddess of love. [e]
- Earth [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Earth (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Mars [r]: The fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of war; also known as the "Red Planet". [e]
- Jupiter [r]: The fifth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of the same name; largest planet in our solar system. [e]
- Saturn [r]: The sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest. [e]
- Uranus [r]: The seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system; name after the Greek god of the sky. [e]
- Neptune [r]: The eighth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of the sea. [e]