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The other "natural satellites" orbiting the Sun fall into different categories. The other principal planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The main asteroid belt is populated by rocky planetesimals with one qualified dwarf planet, Ceres.

The more distant Kuiper belt is outside the limits of Uranus, and includes innumerable chunks of frozen volatiles (ices). Pluto, Haumea and Makemake are dwarf planets in this region.

The Scattered Disc partially overlaps the Kuiper Belt and extends further out. Eris, slightly larger than Pluto, and Sedna share this region with many more fragments of ice and dust.

Finally, there is a region of dust and ice fragments in deeper space surrounding the Sun, thought to be outside the limits of the heliosphere and solar winds, called the Oort cloud; but, I don't think any qualified satellites exist here.

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