The Solar System
The Solar System is made up of many objects. You can find anything from planets, asteroids, dwarf planets, moons, and the occasional comet actively taking part in the Solar System. Though this was not always the case. The Solar System as we know it today formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud some time around 4.6 billion years ago. This collapse was responsible for the formation of our star (the Sun) and the planets that we have come to know.
Today the major objects that make up our Solar System all orbit around our star, the Sun. The four inner (terrestrial) planets primarily consist of rock and metal and are relatively small in size. While the four outer planets considered gas giants are made up of gas and ice. In the last few centuries humans have opened the door to solar system exploration and as a species we are on the edge of our greatest step, the expanse of our exploratory knowledge and abilities as we step off our planet and study our little neck of the galaxy.
Stars
Moons
- Moon
- Io
- Europa
- Ganymede
- Callisto
- Amalthea
- Himalia
- Elara
- Pasiphae
- Sinope
- Lysithea
- Carme
- Ananke
- Leda
- Thebe
- Adrastea
- Metis
- Callirrhoe
- Themisto
- Megaclite
- Taygete
- Chaldene
- Harpalyke
- Kalyke
- Iocaste
- Erinome
- Isonoe
- Praxidike
- Autonoe
- Thyone
- Hermippe
- Aitne
- Eurydome
- Euanthe
- Euporie
- Orthosie
- Sponde
- Kale
- Pasithee
- Hegemone
- Mneme
- Aoede
- Thelxinoe
- Arche
- Kallichore
- Helike
- Carpo
- Eukelade
- Cyllene
- Kore
- Herse
- Phobos
- Deimos
- Mimas
- Mimas
- Enceladus
- Tethys
- Dione
- Rhea
- Titan
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Erriapus
- Phoebe
- Janus
- Epimetheus
- Helene
- Telesto
- Calypso
- Kiviuq
- Atlas
- Prometheus
- Pandora
- Pan
- Ymir
- Paaliaq
- Tarvos
- Ijiraq
- Suttungr
- Mundilfari
- Albiorix
- Skathi
- Siarnaq
- Thrymr
- Narvi
- Methone
- Pallene
- Polydeuces
- Daphnis
- Aegir
- Bebhionn
- Bergelmir
- Bestla
- Farbauti
- Fenrir
- Fornjot
- Hati
- Hyrrokkin
- Kari
- Loge
- Skoll
- Surtur
- Greip
- Jarnsaxa
- Tarqeq
- Anthe
- Aegaeon
- Cordelia
- Ophelia
- Bianca
- Cressida
- Desdemona
- Juliet
- Portia
- Rosalind
- Mab
- Belinda
- Perdita
- Puck
- Cupid
- Miranda
- Francisco
- Ariel
- Umbriel
- Titania
- Oberon
- Caliban
- Stephano
- Trinculo
- Sycorax
- Margaret
- Prospero
- Setebos
- Ferdinand
- Triton
- Nereid
- Naiad
- Thalassa
- Despina
- Galatea
- Larissa
- Proteus
- Halimede
- Psamathe
- Sao
- Laomedeia
- Neso
- S/2003 J2
- S/2003 J3
- S/2003 J4
- S/2003 J5
- S/2003 J9
- S/2003 J10
- S/2003 J12
- S/2003 J15
- S/2003 J16
- S/2003 J18
- S/2003 J19
- S/2003 J23
- S/2010 J 1
- S/2010 J 2
- S/2004 S7
- S/2004 S12
- S/2004 S13
- S/2004 S17
- S/2006 S1
- S/2006 S3
- S/2007 S2
- S/2007 S3
- S/2009 S1
- S/2011 J2
- S/2011 J1
- S/2000 J11
- S/2004 N1
- Charon
- Nix
- Hydra
- Styx
- Kerberos
- Namaka
- Hi'iaka
- Dysnomia