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Inner planets | Moons | Size | Distance | Orbit | External links | ||
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Mercury | 0 none known | 0.055 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Venus | 0 none known | 0.815 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Earth | 1 | 1 AU | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Mars | 2 | 0.107 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Asteroid belt | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||||
Outer planets | |||||||
Jupiter | 63 | 318 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Saturn | 60 | 95 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Uranus | 27 | 14 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Neptune | 19 | 17 Earth masses | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia | ||
Dwarf Planets | |||||||
Pluto | 3 | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Name | External links | |||
The Moon | photos of the moon | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Name | Discovery Date | Discovery Location | External links | |||
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Phobos | Mars I | August 17, 1877 | Washington | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Deimos | Mars II | August 11, 1877 | Washington | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Listed in order of orbit starting with the innermost moon Metis.
Name | Label | Discovery Date | Discovery Location | Discovered by | External links | ||
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Metis | Jupiter XVI | March 4, 1979 | Voyager 1 | Synnott | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Adrastea | Jupiter XV | July, 1979 | Voyager 2 | Jewitt | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Amalthea | Jupiter V | Sept. 9, 1892 | Mt. Hamilton | Barnard | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Thebe | Jupiter XIV | March 5, 1979 | Voyager 1 | Voyager Team | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Io | Jupiter I | Jan. 8, 1610 | Padua | Galileo /Simon Marius | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Europa | Jupiter II | Jan. 8, 1610 | Padua | Galileo | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Ganymede | Jupiter III | Jan. 7, 1610 | Padua | Galileo | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Callisto | Jupiter IV | Jan. 7, 1610 | Padua | Galileo | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Leda | Jupiter XIII | Sept. 11 1974 | Palomar | Kowal | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Himalia | Jupiter VI | Dec. 4, 1904 | Mt. Hamilton | Perrine | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Lysithea | Jupiter X | July 6, 1938 | Mt. Wilson | Nicholson | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Elara | Jupiter VII | Jan. 3, 1905 | Mt. Hamilton | Perrine | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Ananke | Jupiter XII | Sept. 28, 1951 | Mt. Wilson | S.B. Nicholson | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Carme | Jupiter XI | July 30, 1938 | Mt. Wilson | S.B. Nicholson | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Pasiphae | Jupiter VIII | Jan. 27, 1908 | Greenwich | P.J. Melotte | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Sinope | Jupiter IX | July 21, 1914 | Mt. Hamilton | S.B. Nicholson | 9planets | Nasa | Wikipedia |
Name | Label | Discovery Date | Discovery Location | Discovered by | External links |
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Callirrhoe | Jupiter XVII | Oct. 19, 1999 | Spacewatch | J.V. Scotti, T.B. Spahr, R.S. McMillan, J.A. Larson, J. Montani, A.E. Gleason, and T. Gehrels |
Wikipedia |
Themisto | Jupiter XVIII | Sept. 30, 1975 | Palomar | C.T. Kowal and E. Roemer (1975), and S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, G. Magnier, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, and G.V. Williams (2000). |
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Megaclite | Jupiter XIX | Nov. 25, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Taygete | Jupiter XX | Nov. 26, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Chaldene | Jupiter XXI | Nov. 26, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Harpalyke | Jupiter XXII | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Kalyke | Jupiter XXIII | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Iocaste | Jupiter XXIV | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Erinome | Jupiter XXV | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Isonoe | Jupiter XXVI | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Praxidike | Jupiter XXVII | Nov. 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, Y.R. Fernandez, and G. Magnier |
Wikipedia |
Autonoe | Jupiter XXVIII | Dec. 10, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Thyone | Jupiter XXIX | Dec. 11, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Hermippe | Jupiter XXX | Dec. 9, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Aitne | Jupiter XXXI | Dec. 9, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt
and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Eurydome | Jupiter XXXII | Dec. 9, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Euanthe | Jupiter XXXIII | Dec. 11, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Euporie | Jupiter XXXIV | Dec. 11, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Orthosie | Jupiter XXXV | Dec. 11, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Sponde | Jupiter XXXVI | Dec. 9, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Kale | Jupiter XXXVII | Dec. 9, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Pasithee | Jupiter XXXVIII | Dec. 11, 2001 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt and J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
Hegemone | Jupiter XXXIX | Feb. 8, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Mneme | Jupiter XL | Feb. 9, 2003 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman and L. Allen | Wikipedia |
Aoede | Jupiter XLI | Feb. 8, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Thelxinoe | Jupiter XLII | Feb. 9, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Arche | Jupiter XLIII | Oct. 31, 2002 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Kallichore | Jupiter XLIV | Feb. 6, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Helike | Jupiter XLV | Feb. 6, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Carpo | Jupiter XLVI | Feb. 26, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Eukelade | Jupiter XLVII | Feb. 5, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Cyllene | Jupiter XLVIII | Feb. 9, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard | Wikipedia |
Kore | Jupiter XLIX | Feb. 8, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Wikipedia |
S/2003 J2 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J3 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J4 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J5 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J9 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J10 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J12 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J15 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J16 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J17 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J18 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J19 | 2003 | Wikipedia | |||
S/2003 J23 | 2003 | Wikipedia |
Listed in order of Label.
Name | Label | Discovery Date | Discovery Location | Discovered by |
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Mimas | Saturn I | July 18, 1789 | Slough | W. Herschel |
Enceladus | Saturn II | August 28, 1789 | Slough | W. Herschel |
Tethys | Saturn III | March 21, 1684 | Paris | G.D. Cassini |
Dione | Saturn IV | March 21, 1684 | Paris | G.D. Cassini |
Rhea | Saturn V | Dec. 23, 1672 | Paris | G.D. Cassini |
Titan | Saturn VI | March 25, 1655 | The Hague | C. Huygens |
Hyperion | Saturn VII | Sept . 16, 1848 | Cambridge, MA | W.C. Bond and G.P. Bond; independently discovered Sept . 18, 1848 at Liverpool by W. Lassell |
Iapetus | Saturn VIII | Oct. 25, 1671 | Paris | G.D. Cassini |
Phoebe | Saturn IX | August 16, 1898 | Arequipa | W.H. Pickering |
Janus | Saturn X | Dec. 15, 1966 (Dollfus), February 19, 1980 (Pascu | Pic du Midi (Dollfus), Washington (Pascu | A. Dollfus (1966), D. Pascu (1980 |
Epimetheus | Saturn XI | 1977 (Fountain and Larson), February 26, 1980 (Cruikshank) | Tucson (Fountain and Larson), Mauna Kea (Cruikshank | J. Fountain and S. Larson (1977), D. Cruikshank (1980 |
Helene | Saturn XII | March 1, 1980 | Pic du Midi | P. Laques and J. Lecacheux |
Telesto | Saturn XIII | April 8, 1980 | Tucson | B.A. Smith, H. Reitsema, S.M. Larson, and J. Fountain |
Calypso | Saturn XIV | March 13, 1980 | Flagstaff | D. Pascu, P.K. Seidelmann, W. Baum, and D. Currie |
Atlas | Saturn XV | Oct. 1980 | Voyager 1 | Voyager Science Team |
Prometheus | Saturn XVI | Oct. 1980 | Voyager 1 | Voyager Science Team |
Pandora | Saturn XVII | Oct. 1980 | Voyager 1 | Voyager Science Team |
Pan | Saturn XVIII | 1990 | Voyager 2 | M.R. Showalter |
Ymir | Saturn XIX | August 7, 2000 | La Silla | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Paaliaq | Saturn XX | August 7, 2000 | La Silla | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Tarvos | Saturn XXI | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Ijiraq | Saturn XXII | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Suttungr | Saturn XXIII | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Kiviuq | Saturn XXIV | August 7, 2000 | La Silla | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Mundilfari | Saturn XXV | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Albiorix | Saturn XXVI | November 9, 2000 | Mt. Hopkins | M. Holman |
Skathi | Saturn XXVII | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Erriapus | Saturn XXVIII | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Siarnaq | Saturn XXIX | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Thrymr | Saturn XXX | Sept . 23, 2000 | Mauna Kea | B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl, M. Holman, B.G. Marsden, P. Nicholson and J.A. Burns |
Narvi | Saturn XXXI | February 5, 2003 | Mauna Kea | S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, and J. Kleyna |
Methone | Saturn XXXII | June 1, 2004 | Cassini Imaging Science Team | |
Pallene | Saturn XXXIII | June 1, 2004 | Cassini Imaging Science Team | |
Polydeuces | Saturn XXXIV | Oct. 21, 2004 | Cassini Imaging Science Team | |
Daphnis | Saturn XXXV | May 1, 2005 | Cassini Imaging Science Team | |
Aegir | Saturn XXXVI | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Bebhionn | Saturn XXXVII | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Bergelmir | Saturn XXXVIII | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Bestla | Saturn XXXIX | Dec. 13, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Farbauti | Saturn XL | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Fenrir | Saturn XLI | Dec. 13, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Fornjot | Saturn XLII | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Hati | Saturn XLIII | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Hyrrokkin | Saturn XLIV | Dec. 12, 2004 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Kari | Saturn XLV | Jan. 4, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Loge | Saturn XLVI | Jan. 5, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Skoll | Saturn XLVII | Jan. 5, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Surtur | Saturn XLVIII | Jan. 5, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna |
Anthe | Saturn XLIX | May 30, 2007 | Cassini Imaging Science Team | |
Jarnsaxa | Saturn L | Jan. 5, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewittt, J. Kleyna |
(Greip | Saturn LI | Jan. 5, 2006 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewittt, J. Kleyna |
Tarqeq | Saturn LII | Jan. 16, 2007 | Mauna Kea | S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewittt, J. Kleyna |
Aegaeon | Saturn LIII | August 15, 2008 | Cassini Imaging Science Team |