Planets And Their Satellites Names

The charts below list a few properties of the planets and their named satellites.

Planets and their satellites names.

Five other recently discovered satellites are still unnamed. They are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium jupiter and saturn or of ice rock hydrogen and helium uranus and neptune. And ida with moon dactyl. Numbering of natural satellites name approved for jovian satellite.

There are more than 200 moons in our solar system. Proteus a greek sea god. Nereid the nereids a group of fifty daughters were attendants of neptune. Name of all planets in our solar system.

2016 25 september 2018 numbered 19 august 2019 named unnamed jupiter lxiii. Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun. Kleopatra with 2 moons alexhelios cleoselene. Planet and satellite names and discoverers.

The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons. Sylvia with 2 moons romulus remus. Naiad a group of greek water nymphs who were guardians of lakes fountains springs and rivers. Thalassa greek sea goddess.

Triton the sea god son of poseidon neptune. Several of the largest ones are in hydrostatic equilibrium and would therefore be considered dwarf planets or planets if they were in direct orbit around the sun and not in their current states. Despina daughter of neptune. 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded.

Valetudo names approved for five jovian satellites name approved for neptunian satellite. Galatea one of the attendants of neptune. Planet and satellite names and discoverers mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets this page shows information about planetary bodies named by the iau working group for planetary system nomenclature wgpsn and about bodies named by the iau committee on small body nomenclature that have surface features named by the wgpsn. Larissa a lover of neptune.

In contrast the four outer planets also called the jovian or giant planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune are large objects with densities less than 2 grams per cubic cm. Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets. Minerva with 2 moons aegis gorgoneion. Moons are classed in two separate cat.

Daphne with moon peneius kalliope with moon linus. The solar system boasts a population of eight planets five dwarf planets dozens of satellites and countless small solar system bodies. Although the innermost six planets of the solar system were known from antiquity uranus was discovered in 1781 by w. Eugenia with 2 moons petit prince s 2004.

2017 unnamed jupiter lxvi. Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io. Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit. Gk on solar system planets and their satellites list.