List of artificial objects on extraterrestrial surfaces

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This is a partial list of artificial objects left on extraterrestrial surfaces.

Artificial objects on Venus

{{main|List of artificial objects on Venus}}

Artificial objects on the Moon

{{main|List of artificial objects on the Moon}}

Artificial objects on Mars

{{main|List of artificial objects on Mars|List of Mars landers}}

Artificial objects on other extraterrestrial bodies

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Surface

! colspan="2" | Object

! Mass

! Owner

! Landing

! class=unsortable | Location

! class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan="2" align=center | 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

| colspan="2"| Philae

| {{Convert|100|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|Europe}}{{Flag icon|Germany}} ESA/DLR

| {{Dts|2014-11-12|format=dmy}}

| "Abydos"

|

colspan="2"| Rosetta

| {{Convert|1,230|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|Europe}} ESA

| {{Dts|2016-09-30|format=dmy}}

| "Sais"

|

align=center | 433 Eros

| colspan="2" | NEAR Shoemaker

| {{Convert|487|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|United States}} NASA/APL

| {{Dts|2001-02-12|format=dmy}}

| South of Himeros crater

| {{Cite web|author=Spaceflight Now staff|title=NEAR Shoemaker phones home for the last time|url=https://www.spaceflightnow.com/near/010228end/|website=Spaceflight Now|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235956/https://www.spaceflightnow.com/near/010228end/|archive-date=6 December 2018|date=28 February 2001|quote=NEAR Shoemaker now rests silently just to the south of the saddle-shaped feature Himeros...|url-status=live}}

align="center" | 25143 Itokawa

| colspan="2" | Hayabusa target marker

| {{Citation needed span|{{Convert|0.6|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}|date=December 2018}}

| {{Flag icon|Japan}} JAXA

| {{Dts|2005-11-20|format=dmy}}

| Muses Sea

| {{Cite web|last=Rayl|first=A.J.S.|title=Hayabusa Does Not Land on Asteroid in First Attempt, But Successfully Delivers Target Marker|url=http://planetary.org/news/2005/1121_Hayabusa_Does_Not_Land_on_Asteroid_in.html|website=The Planetary Society|access-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621231644/http://planetary.org/news/2005/1121_Hayabusa_Does_Not_Land_on_Asteroid_in.html|archive-date=21 June 2011|date=21 November 2005|quote="...Sunday, November 20 (JST) JAXA received the signal that Hayabusa had carried out its task successfully [...] the target marker landed about six and a half minutes after it left Hayabusa, settling down just as planned in the nice flat region that the team dubbed Muses Sea..."|url-status=dead}}

align=center | Mercury

| colspan="2" | MESSENGER

| {{Convert|1,108|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|United States}} NASA/APL

| {{Dts|2015-04-30|format=dmy}}

| Suisei Planitia

|

rowspan="10" align=center | 162173 Ryugu

| colspan="2" | MASCOT

| {{Convert|9.6|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|France}}{{Flag icon|Germany}} CNES/DLR

| {{Dts|2018-10-03|format=dmy}}

| Alice's Wonderland

| {{Cite web|last=Wall|first=Mike|title=Landing Site on Asteroid Ryugu Chosen for Japan's Hayabusa2 Mission|url=https://www.space.com/41602-hayabusa2-asteroid-ryugu-landing-site-selected-photos.html|website=Space.com|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208223757/https://www.space.com/41602-hayabusa2-asteroid-ryugu-landing-site-selected-photos.html|archive-date=8 December 2018|date=23 August 2018|quote=The Hayabusa2 spacecraft's Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) will land at a site in the asteroid Ryugu's southern hemisphere dubbed MA-9...|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Nowakowski|first=Tomasz|title=European MASCOT spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu|url=https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/esa/european-mascot-spacecraft-successfully-lands-on-asteroid-ryugu/|website=Spaceflight Insider|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208223431/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/esa/european-mascot-spacecraft-successfully-lands-on-asteroid-ryugu/|archive-date=8 December 2018|date=5 October 2018|quote=A small European spacecraft, known as the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT), successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu on Wednesday, Oct. 3 [...] MASCOT weighs some 21 lbs. (9.6 kilograms)...|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Correction to the name of the MINERVA-II1 landing site|date=1 February 2019|publisher = JAXA|url=http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20190204e_Nomenclature/}}

colspan="2" | MINERVA-II Rover-1A

| {{Convert|1.1|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| rowspan="9" | {{Flag icon|Japan}} JAXA

| rowspan="2" | {{Dts|2018-09-21|format=dmy}}

| rowspan="2" | Tritonis

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web|last=Lakdawalla|first=Emily|author-link=Emily Lakdawalla|title=Hayabusa2 Team Announces Ryugu Landing Sites, Initial Science Survey Results|url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/0824-hayabusa2-team-announces-landing-site.html|website=The Planetary Society|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208224130/http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/0824-hayabusa2-team-announces-landing-site.html|archive-date=8 December 2018|date=24 August 2018|quote="N6" marks the likely drop zone for MINERVA-II, which will deploy four microrovers.|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|author=ABC/Wires|title=Hayabusa 2: Japanese space agency makes history by landing two rovers on an asteroid|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-23/pictures-confirm-japans-hayabusa2-lands-rovers-on-asteroid/10295992 |website=ABC News Australia|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208225141/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-23/pictures-confirm-japans-hayabusa2-lands-rovers-on-asteroid/10295992|archive-date=8 December 2018|date=24 September 2018|quote=The rovers, each with a diameter of 18cm, height of 7cm and weight of about 1.1kg, were released from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on Friday.|url-status=live}}

colspan="2" | MINERVA-II Rover-1B

| {{Convert|1.1|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

colspan="2" | MINERVA-II Rover-2

| {{Convert|1.0|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-10|format=dmy}}

| Unknown

| [http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/the-downlink-station-crew-home-hb2-rover.html The Downlink: Station Crew Home, Hayabusa2 Deploys Rover.] Jason Davis, The Planetary Society. 4 October 2019.{{cite tweet|number=1179440763752480769|user=haya2e_jaxa|title=[MINERVA-II2] MINERVA-II2 is confirmed to have separated today (10/3) at 01:38 JST. The separation time was 00:57 J…|date=2 October 2019}}

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Small Carry-on Impactor

| {{Convert|2.5|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-04-05|format=dmy}}

| "C01"

| {{cite web|title=Approach to the 2nd touchdown–Part 3: To go or not to go–|date=8 July 2019|publisher = JAXA|url=https://www.universetoday.com/142836/hayabusa-2-is-the-first-spacecraft-to-sample-the-inside-of-an-asteroid/}}{{cite web|title=The Pinpoint Touchdown – Target Marker 1A (PPTD-TM1A) operation|date=5 May 2019|publisher = JAXA|url=http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20190515e_PPTD-TM1/}}

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Deployable Camera 3

| ≈{{Convert|2.0|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-04|format=dmy}}

| Unknown

| {{cite web|title=Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid|date=16 July 2019|first = Evan| last= Gough|publisher = Universe Today|url=https://www.universetoday.com/142836/hayabusa-2-is-the-first-spacecraft-to-sample-the-inside-of-an-asteroid/}}

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Target Marker B

| {{Convert|0.3|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2018-10-25|format=dmy}}

| "L08"

| {{cite web|title=The touchdown site|date=19 February 2019|publisher = JAXA|url=http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20190220e_TDPoint/}}

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Target Marker A

| {{Convert|0.3|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-05-30|format=dmy}}

| "S01"

|

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Target Marker E

| {{Convert|0.3|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-09|format=dmy}}

| Unknown

| {{cite web|title=Target marker separation operation|date=16 September 2019|publisher = JAXA|url=http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20190916e_TMORB/}}

colspan="2" | Hayabusa2 Target Marker C

| {{Convert|0.3|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Dts|2019-09|format=dmy}}

| Unknown

|

align=center | 9P/Tempel

| colspan="2" | Deep Impact impactor

| {{Convert|372|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|United States}} NASA/JPL

| {{Dts|2005-07-04|format=dmy}}

|

|

rowspan="3" align=center | Titan

| colspan="2" | Huygens lander

| {{Convert|319|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Flag icon|Europe}} ESA

| rowspan="3" | {{Dts|2005-01-14|format=dmy}}

| rowspan="3" | Northeast of Adiri

| rowspan="3" | {{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Jia-Rui C.|title=Land Ho! Huygens Plunged to Titan Surface 5 Years Ago|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=2448|website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory|access-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206234930/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=2448|archive-date=6 December 2018|date=14 January 2010|quote=The Huygens probe parachuted down to the surface of Saturn's haze-shrouded moon Titan exactly five years ago on Jan. 14, 2005 [...] as it plunged through Titan's hazy atmosphere and landed near a region now known as Adiri.|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|author=NSSDCA staff|title=Huygens (NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1997-061C)|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-061C|website=National Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA)|access-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235537/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-061C|archive-date=6 December 2018|date=2005|quote="Mass: 319 kg"|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" |

| Huygens heat shield

| style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | Unknown

Huygens parachute

| style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | Unknown

align=center | Dimorphos

| colspan="2" | Double Asteroid Redirection Test impactor

| {{Convert|570|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

| {{Flag icon|United States}} NASA/JHUAPL

| {{Dts|2022-09-26|format=dmy}}

|

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Estimated total masses of objects

class="wikitable sortable"
align=left | Surface

! align=right | Total estimated mass of objects (kg)

! align=right | Total estimated local weight of objects (N)

Churyumov–Gerasimenko

| align=right | 100

| align=right | ?

Eros

| align=right | 487

| align=right | ?

Itokawa

| align=right | 0.591

| align=right | ?

Jupiter

| align=right | 2,564

| align=right | 59,400

Mars

| align=right | 10,240

| align=right | 37,833

Mercury

| align=right | 507.9

| align=right | 1,881

The Moon

| align=right | 218,829

| align=right | 36,181

Ryugu

| align=right | 18.5

| align=right | ?

Saturn

| align=right | 2,150

| align=right | 2,289.75

Tempel 1

| align=right | 370

| align=right | 2.5

Titan

| align=right | 319

| align=right | 372

Venus

| align=right | 22,642

| align=right | 201,256

Dimorphos

| align=right | 570

| align=right | ?

Total

| align=right | 259,073

| align=right | 613,725+

Gallery

File:Mars3_lander_vsm.jpg|Mars 3 lander at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Russia

File:MER Spirit Lander Pan Sol16-A18R1 br2.jpg|MER-A Spirit rover lander

File:Apollo15LunarRover.jpg|Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle in its final resting place on the Moon

File:Huygens probe model.jpg|Scale model of the Huygens probe which landed on Titan

File:Venera-4_capsule_in_museum.JPG|Venera 4

See also

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