Other objects that have orbits in the solar system are

What objects orbit each other?

Orbiting objects, which are called satellites, include planets, moons, asteroids, and artificial devices. Objects orbit each other because of gravity. Gravity is the force that exists between any two objects with mass. Every object, from the smallest subatomic particle to the largest star, has mass.

What are the orbits of the Solar System?

Figure 1: Solar System Orbits. We see the orbits of typical comets and asteroids compared with those of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter (black circles). Shown in red are three comets: Halley, Kopff, and Encke. In blue are the four largest asteroids: Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, and Hygeia.

Why do all planets have a similar orbital plane?

An orbital plane is a flat, disk-shaped space that connects the center of the object being orbited with the center of orbiting objects. Because all planets in our solar system share a similar orbital plane, planets don't collide. All the planets in our solar system line up with each other on the same general orbital plane.

Do all planets orbit the Milky Way?

Our solar system orbits the Milky Way. Heliocentric orbits go around stars. All the planets in our solar system, along with all the asteroids in the Asteroid Belt and all comets, follow this kind of orbit. Each planet's orbit is regular: They follow certain paths and take a certain amount of time to make one complete orbit.

How do planets orbit the Sun?

The rest of the material formed a spinning disk around the Sun. Over time, this gas and dust clumped together to make larger and larger bodies, which eventually became planets, and other objects that orbit the Sun. This process is called accretion.

What are heliocentric objects?

Some of these are moons (natural satellites) that orbit all the planets except Mercury and Venus. In addition, there are two classes of smaller objects in heliocentric orbits: asteroids and comets. Both asteroids and comets are believed to be small chunks of material left over from the formation process of the solar system.