THE MOONS OF PLANETS

 THE MOONS OF PLANETS

WE KNOW ABOUT THE 198 MOON IN SOLAR SYSTEM WE SEE ABOUT THIS.

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Mercury Moon - 0

Mercury is too close to the Sun to hold on to a moon.

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Venus Moon - 0

Venus may have had a moon in the distant past, which collided with another object and then impacted Venus.

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Earth Moon - 1

Earth also has several quasi-satellites, asteroid 2016 HO3 being the closest with the most stable orbit.

Luna

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Mars Moons -2

Both moons may be captured asteroids, and can be viewed in most amateur telescopes.

Deimos

 

Phobos

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Jupiter Moons  79

Listed in order of size. The first 4 moons listed, the Galilean moons, are view with binoculars and any telescope, while Amalthea can be be viewed in larger amateur telescopes.

Ganymede

 

Callisto

 

Io

 

Europa

Amalthea

 

Himalia

 

Thebe

 

Elara

Pasiphae

 

Metis

 

Carme

 

Sinope

Lysithea

 

Ananke

 

Leda

 

Themisto

Praxidike

 

Locaste

 

Kalyke

 

Megaclite

Taygete

 

Callirrhoe

 

Autonoe

 

Harpalyke

Thyone

 

Hermippe

 

Chaldene

 

Aoede

Eukalade

 

Isonoe

 

Helike

 

Carpo

S/2003 J5

 

S/2000 J11

 

Aitne

 

Eurydome

Hegomone

 

Arche

 

Euanthe

 

Sponde

S/2003 J2

 

s/2003 J9

 

Euporie

 

Thelxinoe

S/2003 J3

 

S/2003 J18

 

Erinome

 

Pasithee

Kore

 

Cyllene

 

Mneme

 

Kale

Kallichore

 

S/2003 J16

 

S/2003 J19

 

S/2003 J15

S/2003 J10

 

S/2003 J23

 

S/2011 J2

 

S/2010 J1

S/2003 J4

 

S/2011 J1

 

S/2010 J2

 

S/2016 J1

Valetudo

 

S/2017 J1

 

S/2017 J2

 

S/2017 J3

S/2017 J4

 

S/2017 J5

 

S/2017 J6

 

S/2017 J7

S/2017 J8

 

S/2017 J9

 

S/2018 J1

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Saturn Moons - 62

Listed in order of size. The first 7 or 8 moons listed are view using a decent-sized telescope. Titan is view with binoculars. Saturn also has millions of moonlets embedded in its ring system.

Titan

 

Rhea

 

Iapetus

 

Dione

Tethys

 

Enceladus

 

Mimas

 

Hyperion

Phoebe

 

Janus

 

Epimetheus

 

Prometheus

Pandora

 

Siarnaq

 

Helene

 

Albiorix

Atlas

 

Pan

 

Telesto

 

Paaliaq

Calypso

 

Ymir

 

Kiviuq

 

Tarvos

Ijiraq

 

Erriapo

 

Skathi

 

Hyrrokkin

Tarqeq

 

Narvi

 

Mundilfari

 

Suttungr

Thymr

 

Bestla

 

Kari

 

Bergelmir

Greip

 

Jarnsaxa

 

Skoll

 

Bebhionm

Hati

 

Aegir

 

Surtur

 

Loge

Fornjot

 

Farbauti

 

Fenrir

 

Methone

Polydueces

 

Pallene

 

Aegaeon

 

Anthe

S/2004 S13

 

S/2006 S1

 

S/2004 S17

 

S/2004 S12

S/2007 S2

 

S/2007 S3

 

S/2004 S7

 

S/2006 S3

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Uranus Moons -27

Listed in order of size. The first 4 moons can be viewed in larger telescopes.

Titania

 

Oberon

 

Umbriel

 

Ariel

Miranda

 

Sycorax

 

Puck

 

Portia

Juliet

 

Caliban

 

Belinda

 

Cressida

Rosalind

 

Desdemona

 

Bianca

 

Ophelia

Cordelia

 

Perdita

 

Prospero

 

Setebos

Mab

 

Stephano

 

Cupid

 

Francisco

Ferdinand

 

Margeret

 

Trinculo

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Neptune Moons - 14

Listed in order of size. Triton is viewable using an 8-inch or larger telescope.

Triton
m=13.47

 

Proteus

 

Nereid

 

Larissa

Galatea

 

Despina

 

Thalassa

 

Naiad

Halimede

 

Neso

 

Sao

 

Laomedeia

Psamathe

 

S/2004 N1

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Dwarf Ceres Moon - 0

# KUIPER BELT REGION 

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Dwarf Pluto Moons - 5

Listed in order of size. Pluto and Charon are considered a binary dwarf planet system and are only visible in large amateur telescopes.

Charon
m=16.8

 

Hydra
m=23.3

 

Nix
m=23.7

 

Kerberos
m=26

Styx
m=27

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Dwarf Orcus Moons - 1

Orcus w/ Vanth

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Dwarf Haumea Moons - 2

Haumea w/ 
Hi'iaka, Namaka

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Dwarf Quaoar Moons - 1

Quaoar w/ Weywot

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Dwarf Makemake Moons - 1

Makemake w/ S/2015

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Dwarf 2007 OR₁₀ Moon - 1

2007 OR₁₀ w/ moon

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Dwarf Eris Moon - 1

Eris w/ Dysnomia

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Dwarf Salacia Moon - 1