MOONS OF
THE PLANETS
By Ted Peterson
The 10 planets (including Earth) have a total of 61 moons.
This page will list all of the moons that, as of this day, have names. There will be a line left open for any one that do not have name. The name will be entered when the information is known.
Mercury.
Does not have any moons.
Venus.
Does not have any moons.
Earth.
Has 1 moon – (see other web page).
Asteroid.
Does not have any moons. Most of the 18,000 Asteroids are very small.
Mars.
( Note: Column #1 size in k. Column #2 Distant from planet in K. )
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Phobos |
27X22X18 kilo |
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Deimos |
15X12X11 kilo |
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Jupiter.
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Adrastea |
20 |
128,980 |
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Metis |
40 |
127,960 |
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Io |
3,643 |
421,600 |
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Thebe |
100 |
221,900 |
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Himalia |
170 |
11,480,000 |
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Elara |
80 |
11,737.000 |
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Lysithea |
24 |
11,720,000 |
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Leda |
10 |
11,094,000 |
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Pasiphae |
36 |
23,500,000 |
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Carme |
30 |
22,600,000 |
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Sinope |
28 |
23,700,000 |
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Ananke |
20 |
21,200,000 |
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europa |
3,130 |
670,900 |
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Ganymede |
5,268 |
1,070,001 |
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Callisto |
4,809 |
1,883,010 |
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Amalthea |
200 |
181,300 |
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X |
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X |
NASSA have not |
Named these |
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Saturn.
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Titan |
5,120 |
1,221,850 |
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Dione |
1,120 |
377,400 |
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Rhea |
1,530 |
527,400 |
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Tethys |
1,048 |
294,660 |
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Mimas |
398 |
185,520 |
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Enceladus |
498 |
238,020 |
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Phoebe |
220 |
12,952,000 |
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Hyperion |
280 |
1,481,000 |
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Iapetus |
1,436 |
3,561,300 |
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Pandora |
88 |
141,700 |
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Janus |
191 |
151,472 |
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Epimetheus |
110 |
151,422 |
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Prometheus |
100 |
139,350 |
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Atlas |
34 |
137,640 |
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Calypso |
16 |
294,660 |
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Telesto |
25 |
294,660 |
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Helene |
32 |
377,400 |
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Pam |
20 |
133,583 |
Uranus.
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Miranda |
470 |
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Ariel |
1,160 |
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Umbriel |
1,160 |
No Distance given. |
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Titania |
1,578 |
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Oberon |
1,523 |
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Umbrielil |
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Ariel |
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Cordelia |
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Opnelia |
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Bianca |
Not available. |
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Cressida |
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Desdemona |
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Juluet |
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Portia |
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Rosalind |
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Belinda |
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Puck |
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S1998 U1 |
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S1997 U2 |
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2002-new |
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Neptune.
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Proteus |
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Triton |
Earth Size |
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Nereid |
340 |
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Larissa |
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Galatea |
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Despina |
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Thalassa |
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Naiad |
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Pluto.
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Charon |
All most same size as pluto |
The size and name of some of the moons are unknown. Some of them, we only have pictures taken far away by a NASA space ship. Some of them no one knows what they are made of. Pluto’s moon is almost the same size as Pluto and some people call it a double planet. It is made up of a moon of Neptune that was hit and then became a planet because it was knocked out of Neptune’s orbit over 1,000,000 years ago.
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