Planets/Stars

Planets & Their Moons

Mercury

• (no moons)

Venus

• (no moons)

Earth

• The Moon

Mars

• Phobos
• Deimos

Jupiter

Orbital Order	Name	Diameter (km)	Mass (x 10^16kg)	Orbital Period	Discovered	Discoverer
1	Metis	45	3.6	+7h 4m 29s	1979	Synnott
2	Adrastea	17	0.2	+7h 9m 30s	1979	Jewitt
3	Amalthea	175	208	+11h 57m 23s	1892	Barnard
4	Thebe	100	43	+16h 11m 17s	1979	Synnott
5	Io	3642	8931900	+1.7691	1610	Galilei
6	Europa	3121.6	4800000	+3.5512	1610	Galilei
7	Ganymede	5262.4	14819000	+7.1546	1610	Galilei
8	Callisto	4820.6	10759000	+16.689	1610	Galilei
9	Themisto	8	0.069	+129.87	1975/2000	Kowal & Roemer/
10	Leda	16	0.6	+240.82	1974	Kowal
11	Himalia	170	670	+250.23	1904	Perrine
12	Lysithea	36	6.3	+259.89	1938	Nicholson
13	Elara	86	87	+257.62	1905	Perrine
14	Dia	4	0.009	+287.93	2001	Sheppard et al.
15	Carpo	3	0.0045	+458.62	2003	Sheppard et al.
16	S/2003 J 12	1	0.00015	-482.69	2003	Sheppard et al.
17	Euporie	2	0.0015	-538.78	2002	Sheppard et al.
18	S/2003 J 3	2	0.0015	-561.52	2003	Sheppard et al.
19	S/2003 J 18	2	0.0015	-569.73	2003	Gladman et al.
20	S/2011 J 1	1		-582.22	2011	Sheppard et al.
21	S/2010 J 2	1		-588.36	2010	Veillet
22	Thelxinoe	2	0.0015	-597.61	2003	Sheppard et al.
23	Euanthe	3	0.0045	-598.09	2002	Sheppard et al.
24	Helike	4	0.009	-601.40	2003	Sheppard et al.
25	Orthosie	2	0.0015	-602.62	2002	Sheppard et al.
26	Iocaste	5	0.019	-609.43	2001	Sheppard et al.
27	S/2003 J 16	2	0.0015	-610.36	2003	Gladman et al.
28	Praxidike	7	0.043	-613.90	2001	Sheppard et al.
29	Harpalyke	4	0.012	-624.54	2001	Sheppard et al.
30	Mneme	2	0.0015	-627.48	2003	Gladman et al.
31	Hermippe	4	0.009	-629.81	2002	Sheppard et al.
32	Thyone	4	0.009	-639.80	2002	Sheppard et al.
33	Ananke	28	3	-640.38	1951	Nicholson
34	Herse	2	0.0015	-672.75	2003	Gladman et al.
35	Aitne	3	0.0045	-679.64	2002	Sheppard et al.
36	Kale	2	0.0015	-685.32	2002	Sheppard et al.
37	Taygete	5	0.016	-686.67	2001	Sheppard et al.
38	S/2003 J 19	2	0.0015	-699.12	2003	Gladman et al.
39	Chaldene	4	0.0075	-699.33	2001	Sheppard et al.
40	S/2003 J 15	2	0.0015	-699.68	2003	Sheppard et al.
41	S/2003 J 10	2	0.0015	-700.13	2003	Sheppard et al.
42	S/2003 J 23	2	0.0015	-700.54	2004	Sheppard et al.
43	Erinome	3	0.0045	-711.96	2001	Sheppard et al.
44	Aoede	4	0.009	-714.66	2003	Sheppard et al.
45	Kallichore	2	0.0015	-717.81	2003	Sheppard et al.
46	Kalyke	5	0.019	-721.02	2001	Sheppard et al.
47	Carme	46	13	-763.95	1938	Nicholson
48	Callirrhoe	9	0.087	-727.11	2000	Spahr, Scotti
49	Eurydome	3	0.0045	-723.36	2002	Sheppard et al.
50	S/2011 J 2	1		-725.06	2011	Sheppard et al.
51	Pasithee	2	0.0015	-726.93	2002	Sheppard et al.
52	S/2010 J 1	2		-722.83	2010	Jacobson et al.
53	Kore	2	0.0015	-776.02	2003	Sheppard et al.
54	Cyllene	2	0.0015	-731.10	2003	Sheppard et al.
55	Eukelade	4	0.009	-735.20	2003	Sheppard et al.
56	S/2003 J 4	2	0.0015	-739.29	2003	Sheppard et al.
57	Pasiphae	60	30	-739.80	1908	Melotte
58	Hegemone	3	0.0045	-745.50	2003	Sheppard et al.
59	Arche	3	0.0045	-746.19	2002	Sheppard et al.
60	Isonoe	4	0.0075	-750.13	2001	Sheppard et al.
61	S/2003 J 9	1	0.00015	-752.84	2003	Sheppard et al.
62	S/2003 J 5	4	0.009	-758.34	2003	Sheppard et al.
63	Sinope	38	7.5	-739.33	1914	Nicholson
64	Sponde	2	0.0015	-771.60	2002	Sheppard et al.
65	Autonoe	4	0.009	-772.17	2002	Sheppard et al.
66	Megaclite	5	0.021	-792.44	2001	Sheppard et al.
67	S/2003 J 2	2	0.0015	-1077.02	2003	Sheppard et al.

Saturn

• Titan
• Rhea
• Iapetus
• Dione
• Tethys
• Enceladus
• Mimas
• Hyperion
• Prometheus
• Pandora
• Phoebe
• Janus
• Epimetheus
• Helene
• Telesto
• Calypso
• Atlas
• Pan
• Ymir
• Paaliaq
• Siarnaq
• Tarvos
• Kiviuq
• Ijiraq
• Thrym
• Skadi
• Mundilfari
• Erriapo
• Albiorix
• Suttung
• plus others yet to receive names

Uranus

• Cordelia
• Ophelia
• Bianca
• Cressida
• Desdemona
• Juliet
• Portia
• Rosalind
• Belinda
• Puck
• Miranda
• Ariel
• Umbriel
• Titania
• Oberon
• Caliban
• Sycorax
• Prospero
• Setebos
• Stephano
• Trinculo
• plus others yet to receive names

Neptune

• Triton
• Nereid
• Naiad
• Thalassa
• Despina
• Galatea
• Larissa
• Proteus
• plus others yet to receive names

Pluto

(although not strictly a planet any more, has been known as one for quite a while)

• Charon
• Hydra
• Nix
• Kerberos
• Styx

Moons/Asteroids

• Luna
• Phobos
• Deimos
• Ceres
• Pallas
• Vesta
• Juno
• Ganymede
• Io
• Europa
• Callisto
• Titan
• Mimas
• Enceladus
• Tethys
• Dione
• Iapetus
• Rhea
• Hyperion
• Miranda
• Ariel
• Umbriel
• Titania
• Oberon
• Triton
• Charon
• Sedna
• Calypso
• Janus
• Phoebe
• Pandora

Stars

(For a longer list, please see 57 Selected Stars for Navigation)

• Sol
• Aldebaran
• Altair
• Antares
• Arcturus
• Betelgeuse
• Canopus
• Capella
• Castor
• Deneb
• Markab
• Polaris
• Pollux
• Procyon
• Rigel
• Sirius
• Spica
• Vega

See Also

• Astronomical Bodies
• Constellations
• For a very long list of Minor planets names, see http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html