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A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk.
In the Solar System
- For a list of geophysical planets in the Solar System, see: List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System This also includes a list of the eight planets according to the IAU definition.
- For a list of objects in the Solar System once but no longer generally considered planets, see: List of former planets
- For a list of objects in the Solar System, including planets, that have been or are believed to exist, but either have not been proven or have been disproven, see: List of hypothetical Solar System objects
Outside the Solar System
- Exoplanets
- by year of discovery (pre-2000
- 2000-2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023)
- List of nearest exoplanets
- List of proper names of exoplanets
- Extrasolar systems
- List of multiplanetary systems
- List of exoplanets discovered using the Kepler space telescope
- List of stars with proplyds
- List of rogue planets
- Exoplanets by method of detection
- List of exoplanets detected by radial velocity
- List of transiting exoplanets
- List of exoplanets detected by microlensing
- List of directly imaged exoplanets
- List of exoplanets detected by timing
- Records in exoplanet detection
- List of exoplanet extremes
- List of exoplanet firsts
- Potential terrestrial exoplanets
- List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates
- List of potentially habitable exoplanets
Fictional or non-scientific planets
- For a list of planets as used in astrology, see: Planets in astrology
- For a list of supposed planets not based on scientific evidence, see: Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience
- For a list of planets in fiction, see: Planets in science fiction, Stars and planetary systems in fiction and Fictional planets of the Solar System
Mixed
- List of planet types (etymologically accepting of multiple categories)
See also
- Lists of astronomical objects
- Classical planet
- Definition of planet
- List of exoplanet search projects
Solar System |
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- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Rings
- 79 moons: Ganymede
- Callisto
- Io
- Europa
- Saturn
- Rings
- 62 moons: Titan
- Rhea
- Iapetus
- Dione
- Tethys
- Enceladus
- Mimas
- Uranus
- Rings
- 27 moons: Titania
- Oberon
- Umbriel
- Ariel
- Miranda
- Neptune
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Minor planets | | Dwarf planets |
- Ceres
- Pluto
- Haumea
- Makemake
- Eris
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Asteroids (Small Solar System bodies) | | Notable asteroids |
- Vesta
- Gaspra
- Ida
- Apophis
- Kalliope
- Pallas
- Juno
- Hygiea
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| Groups and families |
- Near-Earth objects
- Asteroid belt
- Trojans
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Centaurs
- Active asteroids
- Asteroid moons
- Meteoroids
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| Naming |
- Meanings of asteroid names
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Trans-Neptunian (Distant Minor planets) | | Kuiper belt |
- Plutinos
- Cubewanos
- 2002 UX25
- Varuna
- Albion
- 2002 TX300
- Quaoar
- Huya
- 2002 AW197
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| Scattered disc |
- Gonggong
- Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
- 2002 TC302
- 2004 XR190
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| Other |
- Sednoids
- Detached objects
- Damocloids
- Oort cloud objects
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| Comets |
- Lists of comets
- Periodic comets
- Non-periodic comets
- Sungrazing
- Great
- Extinct
- Lost
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| Lists |
- Solar System objects by orbit
- By size
- By discovery date
- Craters
- Minor planets
- Gravitationally rounded objects
- Possible dwarf planets
- Natural satellites
- Space probes
- Extremes
- Tallest mountains
- Largest craters
- Largest valleys
- Largest lakes
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| Hypothetical |
- Planet Nine
- Five-planet Nice model
- Vulcanoids
- Tyche
- Nemesis
- Planets beyond Neptune
- Claimed moons of Earth
- List of hypothetical Solar System objects
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See also: Formation and evolution of the Solar System, list of the Solar System's objects by discovery date, by orbit, and by radius or mass, and the Solar System Portal |
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