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Moons of the Planets
This table lists all the moons of all the planets in our solar system. Every year new moons are discovered for the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
| Planet |
Moons |
Names of Moons |
| Mercury |
0 |
- |
| Venus |
0 |
- |
| Earth |
1 |
Luna |
| Mars |
2 |
Phobos, Deimos |
| Jupiter |
61 |
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (Galilean moons);
Amalthea, Himalia,
Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda;
Metis, Adrastea (shepherd moons);
Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne
(+ 23 unnamed moons) |
| Saturn |
31 |
Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas, Hyperion;
Prometheus, Pandora (shepherd moons);
Phoebe, Janus, Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Pan, Ymir, Paaliaq, Siarnaq, Tarvos, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Thrymr, Skathi, Mundilfari, Erriapo, Albiorox, Suttung
(+ 1 unnamed moons) |
| Uranus |
27 |
Cordelia, Ophelia, (shepherd moons);
Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo
(+ 6 unnamed moons) |
| Neptune |
13 |
Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Larissa, Proteus, Galatea (shepherd moon)
(+ 5 unnamed moons) |
| Pluto |
1 |
Charon |
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