Objects smaller than planets are:
Objects within the solar system.
Objects within the solar system.
Some solar system small bodies (SSSBs) include asteroids, comets, centaurs, and Kuiper Belt objects. These objects are remnants from the early solar system and can vary in size, composition, and orbit characteristics. Studying SSSBs provides valuable insights into the formation and evolution of the solar system.
Yes, there are many other objects in the solar system besides planets. Some of these include moons, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and Kuiper Belt objects. Each of these objects plays a unique role in shaping the dynamics of our solar system.
The oldest objects in the solar system whose age has been measured are small grains of dust known as calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) found in meteorites. They are believed to have formed within the first 2-3 million years of the solar system's history. This makes them some of the oldest solid materials known in the solar system.
Objects in the outer solar system, such as dwarf planets like Pluto, and Kuiper Belt objects, are believed to have been least modified since the formation of the solar system. These objects are located far from the Sun and have experienced less heating and geological activity compared to objects closer to the Sun. Additionally, some asteroids in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter are considered primitive, with little alteration since the early solar system.
The Sun, moons , planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, dust, gases are all in our solar system. There are also man made objects floating around such as satellites and space probes.
Planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets all orbit around the sun in our solar system. Moons also orbit around planets and some dwarf planets in the solar system.
Some, like Ceres, can be very large, while others are as small as a grain of sand. so some are bigger and some are smaller than solar system
Asteroids, stars, dust, and probably much more!
They aren't usually very significant. The Kuiper belt is a region of space beyond the orbit of Neptune; we have discovered several small bodies, and there are doubtless millions more still smaller. Knowing virtually nothing about them, we can only speculate on what kind of objects they are, but they probably represent primordial material that was out at the fringes of the planetary nebula from which our solar system formed, 4.5+ billion years ago. These might become terrifyingly significant in some later age, if something were to perturb one or more of these objects into orbits that would bring them into the inner solar system. But as of yet, they appear to pose no hazard.
Planets, the sun, asteroids, comets, satellites from the different planets, gases, rocks, etc.