year discovered |
discoverer | distance from planet |
diameter |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Earth - 1 Moon | ||||
Moon | ? | ? | 384,400 | 3476 |
Mars - 2 Moons | ||||
Deimos | 1877 | A. Hall | 23,460 | 8 |
Phobos | 1877 | A. Hall | 9,270 | 28 X 20 |
Jupiter - 16 Moons, 4 Major | ||||
Callisto | 1610 | Galileo | 1,883,000 | 4,800 |
Europa | 1610 | Galileo | 670,900 | 3126 |
Ganymede | 1610 | Galileo | 1,070,000 | 5276 |
Io | 1610 | Galileo | 421,600 | 1769 |
Saturn - 18 Moons | ||||
Dione | 1684 | G. Cassini | 377,400 | 1120 |
Enceladus | 1789 | W. Herschel | 238,020 | 498 |
Iapetus | 1671 | G. Cassini | 3,561,300 | 1436 |
Mimas | 1789 | W. Herschel | 185,520 | 398 |
Rhea | 1672 | G. Cassini | 527,040 | 1528 |
Tethys | 1684 | G. Cassini | 294,660 | 1060 |
Titan | 1655 | C. Huygens | 1,221,850 | 5150 |
Uranus - 15 Moons | ||||
Ariel | 1851 | W. Lassell | 191,240 | 1160 |
Miranda | 1948 | G. Kuiper | 129,780 | 472 |
Oberon | 1787 | W. Herschel | 582,600 | 1526 |
Titania | 1787 | W. Herschel | 435,840 | 1580 |
Umbriel | 1851 | W. Lassel | 265,970 | 1190 |
Neptune - 8 Moons | ||||
Nereid | 1949 | G. Kuiper | 5,513,400 | 340 |
Triton | 1846 | W. Lassel | 354,800 | 2705 |
Pluto - 1 Moon | ||||
Charon | 1978 | J. Christy | 19,640 | 1200 |
year discovered |
discoverer | distance from planet |
diameter |
orbital period |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earth - 1 Moon | |||||
Moon | ? | ? | 384,400 | 3476 | 27.322 |
Mars - 2 Moons | |||||
Deimos | 1877 | A. Hall | 23,460 | 8 | 1.263 |
Phobos | 1877 | A. Hall | 9,270 | 28 X 20 | 0.319 |
Jupiter - 16 Moons | |||||
Callisto | 1610 | Galileo | 1,883,000 | 4,800 | 16.689 |
Europa | 1610 | Galileo | 670,900 | 3126 | 3.551 |
Ganymede | 1610 | Galileo | 1,070,000 | 5276 | 7.155 |
Io | 1610 | Galileo | 421,600 | 1769 | 1.769 |
Saturn - 18 Moons | |||||
Dione | 1684 | G. Cassini | 377,400 | 1120 | 2.737 |
Enceladus | 1789 | W. Herschel | 238,020 | 498 | 1.370 |
Iapetus | 1671 | G. Cassini | 3,561,300 | 1436 | 14.72 |
Mimas | 1789 | W. Herschel | 185,520 | 398 | 0.942 |
Rhea | 1672 | G. Cassini | 527,040 | 1528 | 4.518 |
Tethys | 1684 | G. Cassini | 294,660 | 1060 | 1.888 |
Titan | 1655 | C. Huygens | 1,221,850 | 5150 | 15.945 |
Uranus - 15 Moons | |||||
Ariel | 1851 | W. Lassell | 191,240 | 1160 | 2.520 |
Miranda | 1948 | G. Kuiper | 129,780 | 472 | 1.414 |
Oberon | 1787 | W. Herschel | 582,600 | 1526 | 13.463 |
Titania | 1787 | W. Herschel | 435,840 | 1580 | 8.706 |
Umbriel | 1851 | W. Lassel | 265,970 | 1190 | 4.144 |
Neptune - 8 Moons | |||||
Nereid | 1949 | G. Kuiper | 5,513,400 | 340 | 360.16 |
Triton | 1846 | W. Lassel | 354,800 | 2705 | 5.877 |
Pluto - 1 Moon | |||||
Charon | 1978 | J. Christy | 19,640 | 1200 | 6.387 |
year discovered |
discoverer | distance from planet |
diameter |
orbital period |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earth - 1 Moon | |||||
Moon | ? | ? | 384,400 | 3476 | 27.322 |
Mars - 2 Moons | |||||
Deimos | 1877 | A. Hall | 23,460 | 8 | 1.263 |
Phobos | 1877 | A. Hall | 9,270 | 28 X 20 | 0.319 |
Jupiter - 16 Moons | |||||
Adrastea | 1979 | Jewitt & Danielson |
128,980 | 26 X 16 | 0.298 |
Amalthea | 1892 | E. Barnard | 181,300 | 262 X 134 | 0.498 |
Ananke | 1951 | S. Nicholson | 21,200,000 | 20 | 631 |
Callisto | 1610 | Galileo | 1,883,000 | 4,800 | 16.689 |
Carme | 1938 | S. Nicholson | 22,600,000 | 30 | 692 |
Elara | 1905 | C. Perrine | 11,737,000 | 80 | 259.65 |
Europa | 1610 | Galileo | 670,900 | 3126 | 3.551 |
Ganymede | 1610 | Galileo | 1,070,000 | 5276 | 7.155 |
Himalia | 1904 | C. Perrine | 11,480,000 | 170 | 250.57 |
Io | 1610 | Galileo | 421,600 | 1769 | 1.769 |
Leda | 1974 | C. Kowal | 11,094,000 | 10 | 238.72 |
Lysithea | 1938 | S. Nicholson | 11,720,000 | 24 | 259.22 |
Metis | 1979 | S. Sunnott | 127,960 | 40 | 0.295 |
Pasiphae | 1908 | P. Melotte | 23,500,000 | 36 | 735 |
Sinope | 1914 | S. Nicholson | 23,700,700 | 28 | 758 |
Thebe | 1979 | S. Synnott | 221,900 | 100 | 0.675 |
Saturn - 18 Moons | |||||
1981S13 | 1990 | Mark R. Showalter | 133,630 | 19.32 | 0.5750 |
Atlas | 1980 | R. Terrile | 137,640 | 37 X 27 | 0.602 |
Calypso | 1980 | B. Smith | 294,660 | 30 X 16 | 1.888 |
Dione | 1684 | G. Cassini | 377,400 | 1120 | 2.737 |
Enceladus | 1789 | W. Herschel | 238,020 | 498 | 1.370 |
Epimetheus | 1966 | R. Walker | 151,422 | 138 X 110 | 0.694 |
Helene | 1980 | Laques & Lecacheux |
377,400 | 36 X 28 | 2.737 |
Hyperion | 1848 | W. Bond | 1,481,000 | 360 X 226 | 21.277 |
Iapetus | 1671 | G. Cassini | 3,561,300 | 1436 | 14.72 |
Janus | 1966 | A. Dollfus | 151,472 | 190 X 154 | 0.695 |
Mimas | 1789 | W. Herschel | 185,520 | 398 | 0.942 |
Pandora | 1980 | S. Collins | 141,700 | 110 X 62 | 0.629 |
Phoebe | 1898 | W. Pickering | 12,952,000 | 220 | 550.48 |
Prometheus | 1980 | S. Collins | 139,350 | 148 X 68 | 0.613 |
Rhea | 1672 | G. Cassini | 527,040 | 1528 | 4.518 |
Telesto | 1980 | B. Smith | 294,660 | 30 X 16 | 1.888 |
Tethys | 1684 | G. Cassini | 294,660 | 1060 | 1.888 |
Titan | 1655 | C. Huygens | 1,221,850 | 5150 | 15.945 |
Uranus - 15 Moons | |||||
Ariel | 1851 | W. Lassell | 191,240 | 1160 | 2.520 |
Belinda | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 75,260 | 66 | 0.624 |
Bianca | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 75,260 | 42 | 0.433 |
Cordelia | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 49,750 | 26 | 0.335 |
Cressida | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 61,770 | 62 | 0.464 |
Desdemona | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 62,660 | 54 | 0.474 |
Juliet | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 64,360 | 84 | 0.493 |
Miranda | 1948 | G. Kuiper | 129,780 | 472 | 1.414 |
Oberon | 1787 | W. Herschel | 582,600 | 1526 | 13.463 |
Portia | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 66,085 | 108 | 0.513 |
Puck | 1985 | Voyager 2 | 86,010 | 154 | 0.762 |
Rosalind | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 69,941 | 54 | 0.558 |
Titania | 1787 | W. Herschel | 435,840 | 1580 | 8.706 |
Umbriel | 1851 | W. Lassel | 265,970 | 1190 | 4.144 |
Ophelia | 1986 | Voyager 2 | 53,440 | 30.4 | 0.3764 |
Neptune - 8 Moons | |||||
Despina | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 62,000 | 160 | 0.40 |
Galatea | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 52,500 | 140 | 0.33 |
Larissa | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 73,600 | 200 | 0.56 |
Naiad | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 48,200 | 50 | 0.30 |
Nereid | 1949 | G. Kuiper | 5,513,400 | 340 | 360.16 |
Proteus | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 117,600 | 420 | 1.12 |
Thalassa | 1989 | Voyager 2 | 50,000 | 90 | 0.31 |
Triton | 1846 | W. Lassel | 354,800 | 2705 | 5.877 |
Pluto - 1 Moon | |||||
Charon | 1978 | J. Christy | 19,640 | 1200 | 6.387 |