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==Planets & Their Moons==
==Planets & Their Moons==


See [[Solar System]].
===Mercury===
*(no moons)


==Moons of Jupiter==
===Venus===
*(no moons)


*Metis
===Earth===
*Adrastea
*The Moon
*Amalthea
 
*Thebe
===Mars===
*Phobos
*Deimos
 
===Jupiter===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Orbital Order
!Name
!Diameter (km)
!Mass (x 10<sup>^16</sup>kg)
!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===
<small>(although not strictly a planet any more, has been known as one for quite a while)</small>
*Charon
*Hydra
*Nix
*Kerberos
*Styx
 
==Moons/Asteroids==
*Luna
*Phobos
*Deimos
*Ceres
*Pallas
*Vesta
*Juno
*Ganymede
*Io
*Io
*Europa
*Europa
*Ganymede
*Callisto
*Callisto
*Themisto
*Titan
*Leda
*Mimas
*Himalia
*Enceladus
*Lysithea
*Tethys
*Elara
*Dione
*Dia
*Iapetus
*Carpo
*Rhea
*Euporie
*Hyperion
*Thelxinoe
*Miranda
*Euanthe
*Ariel
*Helike
*Umbriel
*Orthosie
*Titania
*Iocaste
*Oberon
*Praxidike
*Triton
*Harpalyke
*Charon
*Mneme
*Sedna
*Hermippe
*Calypso
*Thyone
*Janus
*Ananke
*Phoebe
*Herse
*Pandora
*Aitne
*Kale
*Taygete
*Chaldene
*Erinome
*Aoede
*Kallichore
*Kalyke
*Carme
*Callirrhoe
*Eurydome
*Pasithee
*Kore
*Cyllene
*Eukelade
*Pasiphaë
*Hegemone
*Arche
*Isonoe
*Sinope
*Sponde
*Autonoe
*Megaclite
 
==Moons/Asteroids==
 
→ [[Moons/Asteroids]]


==Stars==
==Stars==
[[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==
==See Also==
*[[Astronomical Bodies]]
*[[Astronomical Bodies]]
*[[Constellations]]
*[[Constellations]]
* For a very long list of [[Minor planets]] names, see http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html
* For a very long list of minor planet names, see http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html
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