Planets And Their Satellites Names

There are more than 200 moons in our solar system.

Planets and their satellites names.

Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun. Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets. The charts below list a few properties of the planets and their named satellites. Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit.

Although the innermost six planets of the solar system were known from antiquity uranus was discovered in 1781 by w. Moons also known as natural satellites orbit planets and asteroids. 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. Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and pluto currently consider as dwarf planet.

And ida with moon dactyl. Daphne with moon peneius kalliope with moon linus. Eugenia with 2 moons petit prince s 2004. Gk on solar system planets and their satellites list.

The solar system boasts a population of eight planets five dwarf planets dozens of satellites and countless small solar system bodies. 2016 25 september 2018 numbered 19 august 2019 named unnamed jupiter lxiii. Nereid the nereids a group of fifty daughters were attendants of neptune. Triton the sea god son of poseidon neptune.

Galatea one of the attendants of neptune. Numbering of natural satellites name approved for jovian satellite. Minerva with 2 moons aegis gorgoneion. Thalassa greek sea goddess.

Valetudo names approved for five jovian satellites name approved for neptunian satellite. Five other recently discovered satellites are still unnamed. Kleopatra with 2 moons alexhelios cleoselene. So now read about important gk on solar system planets and their satellites list and increase your gk about the solar system.

Planet and satellite names and discoverers. Naiad a group of greek water nymphs who were guardians of lakes fountains springs and rivers. Sylvia with 2 moons romulus remus. Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io.

2017 unnamed jupiter lxvi. Despina daughter of neptune. Larissa a lover of 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.

19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded. Moons are classed in two separate cat. The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons. They are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium jupiter and saturn or of ice rock hydrogen and helium uranus and neptune.