List of natural satellites
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The Solar System
is known to contain 176 natural satellite
s, or moons, excluding those in orbit around Small Solar System Bodies
. 19 moons in the Solar System are large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
, and thus would be considered planets or dwarf planets if they were in direct orbit around the Sun.
Moons are classed in two separate categories according to their orbits: regular
moons, which have prograde orbits (they orbit in the direction of their planets' rotation) and lie close to the plane of their equators, and irregular moons, whose orbits can be pro- or retrograde (against the direction of their planets' rotation) and often lie at extreme angles to their planets' equators. Irregular moons are probably minor planets that have been captured from surrounding space. Most irregular moons are less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter.
The earliest published discovery of a moon other than the Earth's was by Galileo Galilei
, who discovered the four Galilean moons
in 1610. Over the following three centuries only a few more moons were discovered. Missions to other planets in the 1970s, most notably the Voyager 1
and 2
missions, saw a surge in the number of moons detected, and observations since the year 2000 using mostly large ground-based optical telescope
s, have discovered many more, all of which are irregular.
Mercury
, the innermost planet, has no moons, or at least none that can be detected to a diameter of 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi). For a brief time in 1974, Mercury was thought to have a moon
.
Venus
has no moons, though reports of a moon around Venus
have circulated since the 17th century.
Earth
has one Moon
, the largest moon of any rocky planet in the Solar System. It also has at least two co-orbitals: the asteroid
s 3753 Cruithne
and 2002 AA29
; however, since they do not orbit Earth, they are not considered moons. (See Other moons of Earth and Quasi-satellite
.)
Mars
has two known satellites, Phobos
and Deimos
("fear" and "panic", after attendants of Ares
, the Greek god of war, equivalent to the Roman Mars). Searches for more satellites have been unsuccessful, putting the maximum radius of any other satellites at 90 m (98.4 yd).
Jupiter
has 64 known moons with secured orbits. Its eight regular moons are grouped into the planet-sized Galilean moons
and the far smaller Amalthea group. They are named after lovers of Zeus, the Greek equivalent of Jupiter. Its 54 known irregular moons are organized into two categories: prograde and retrograde
. The prograde satellites consist of the Himalia group
and two others in groups of one. The retrograde moons are grouped into the Carme
, Ananke
and Pasiphaë
groups, as well as some isolated moons.
Saturn
has 62 moons
with confirmed orbits, 53 of which have names, and most of which are quite small. Seven moons are large enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium
. Twenty-two of Saturn's moons are regular, and traditionally named after Titans
or other figures associated with the mythological Saturn
. The remaining thirty-eight, all small, are irregular, and classified by their orbital characteristics into Inuit
, Norse
, and Gallic
groups, and their names are chosen from the corresponding mythologies. The rings of Saturn
are made up of icy objects ranging in size from 1 centimetre to hundreds of metres, each of which is on its own orbit about the planet. Thus a precise number of Saturnian moons cannot be given, as there is no objective boundary between the countless small anonymous objects that form Saturn's ring system and the larger objects that have been named as moons. At least 150 "moonlet
s" embedded in the rings have been detected by the disturbance they create in the surrounding ring material, though this is thought to be only a small sample of the total population of such objects.
Uranus
has 27 named moons, five of which are massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
. There are 13 inner moons that orbit within Uranus's ring system
, and another nine outer irregular moons. Unlike most planetary moons, which are named from antiquity, all the moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare
and Alexander Pope
's work The Rape of the Lock
.
Neptune
has 13 named moons; the largest, Triton
, accounts for more than 99.5 percent of all the mass orbiting the planet. Triton is large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
, but, uniquely for a large moon, is irregular, suggesting it was captured. Neptune also has six known inner regular satellites, and six outer irregular satellites.
Among the dwarf planets, has no known moons. It is 90 percent certain that Ceres has no moons larger than 1 km in size, assuming that they would have the same albedo
as Ceres itself.
Pluto
has four moons. Its largest moon Charon
, named after the ferryman who took souls across the River Styx, is more than half as large as Pluto itself, and large enough to orbit a point outside Pluto's surface. In effect, each orbits the other, forming a binary system
informally referred to as a double-dwarf-planet
. Pluto's three other moons, Nix
, Hydra
and S/2011 P 1
, are far smaller and orbit the Pluto–Charon system.
has two moons, Namaka
and Hi'iaka
, of radii ~85 and ~155 km, respectively.
has no known moons. A satellite having 1% Makemake's brightness would have been detected if it had been located at an angular distance
from Makemake farther than 0.4 arcseconds (0.0001 degrees).
has one known moon, Dysnomia
. Its radius is currently not known, but is expected to be around 100 km.
As of October 2009, 190 asteroid moons and 63 trans-Neptunian moons had been discovered.
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
is known to contain 176 natural satellite
Natural satellite
A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called its primary. The two terms are used synonymously for non-artificial satellites of planets, of dwarf planets, and of minor planets....
s, or moons, excluding those in orbit around Small Solar System Bodies
Small solar system body
A small Solar System body is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet nor a dwarf planet, nor a satellite of a planet or dwarf planet:...
. 19 moons in the Solar System are large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium or hydrostatic balance is the condition in fluid mechanics where a volume of a fluid is at rest or at constant velocity. This occurs when compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient force...
, and thus would be considered planets or dwarf planets if they were in direct orbit around the Sun.
Moons are classed in two separate categories according to their orbits: regular
Regular moon
In astronomy, a regular moon is a natural satellite following a relatively close and generally prograde orbit with little orbital inclination or eccentricity...
moons, which have prograde orbits (they orbit in the direction of their planets' rotation) and lie close to the plane of their equators, and irregular moons, whose orbits can be pro- or retrograde (against the direction of their planets' rotation) and often lie at extreme angles to their planets' equators. Irregular moons are probably minor planets that have been captured from surrounding space. Most irregular moons are less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter.
The earliest published discovery of a moon other than the Earth's was by Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism...
, who discovered the four Galilean moons
Galilean moons
The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance...
in 1610. Over the following three centuries only a few more moons were discovered. Missions to other planets in the 1970s, most notably the Voyager 1
Voyager 1
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of...
and 2
Voyager 2
The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space...
missions, saw a surge in the number of moons detected, and observations since the year 2000 using mostly large ground-based optical telescope
Optical telescope
An optical telescope is a telescope which is used to gather and focus light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum for directly viewing a magnified image for making a photograph, or collecting data through electronic image sensors....
s, have discovered many more, all of which are irregular.
Moons
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
, the innermost planet, has no moons, or at least none that can be detected to a diameter of 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi). For a brief time in 1974, Mercury was thought to have a moon
Mercury's moon
A moon orbiting Mercury was, for a short time, believed to exist.On March 27, 1974, two days before Mariner 10 made its flyby of Mercury, instruments began registering large amounts of ultraviolet radiation in the vicinity of Mercury which, according to one astronomer, "had no right to be there"...
.
Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
has no moons, though reports of a moon around Venus
Neith (hypothetical moon)
Neith is the name given to an object first sighted by Giovanni Cassini, which he believed to be a moon of Venus. It has since been determined that no such moon exists.In 1672, Giovanni Cassini found a small object close to Venus...
have circulated since the 17th century.
Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
has one Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, the largest moon of any rocky planet in the Solar System. It also has at least two co-orbitals: the asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
s 3753 Cruithne
3753 Cruithne
3753 Cruithne is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun in approximate 1:1 orbital resonance with the Earth. It is a periodic inclusion planetoid orbiting the Sun in an apparent horseshoe orbit. It has been incorrectly called "Earth's second moon", but it is only a quasi-satellite. Cruithne never...
and 2002 AA29
2002 AA29
' is a small near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on January 9, 2002 by the LINEAR automatic sky survey. The diameter of the asteroid is only about 50 to 110 metres . It revolves about the Sun on an almost circular orbit very similar to that of the Earth...
; however, since they do not orbit Earth, they are not considered moons. (See Other moons of Earth and Quasi-satellite
Quasi-satellite
A quasi-satellite is an object in a 1:1 orbital resonance with its planet that stays close to the planet over many orbital periods.A quasi-satellite's orbit around the Sun takes exactly the same time as the planet's, but has a different eccentricity , as shown in the diagram on the right...
.)
Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
has two known satellites, Phobos
Phobos (moon)
Phobos is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars. Both moons were discovered in 1877. With a mean radius of , Phobos is 7.24 times as massive as Deimos...
and Deimos
Deimos (moon)
Deimos is the smaller and outer of Mars's two moons . It is named after Deimos, a figure representing dread in Greek Mythology. Its systematic designation is '.-Discovery:Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall, Sr...
("fear" and "panic", after attendants of Ares
Ares
Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and...
, the Greek god of war, equivalent to the Roman Mars). Searches for more satellites have been unsuccessful, putting the maximum radius of any other satellites at 90 m (98.4 yd).
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
has 64 known moons with secured orbits. Its eight regular moons are grouped into the planet-sized Galilean moons
Galilean moons
The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance...
and the far smaller Amalthea group. They are named after lovers of Zeus, the Greek equivalent of Jupiter. Its 54 known irregular moons are organized into two categories: prograde and retrograde
Retrograde motion
Retrograde motion is motion in the direction opposite to the movement of something else, and is the contrary of direct or prograde motion. This motion can be the orbit of one body about another body or about some other point, or the rotation of a single body about its axis, or other phenomena such...
. The prograde satellites consist of the Himalia group
Himalia group
The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.The known members of the group are :* Leda...
and two others in groups of one. The retrograde moons are grouped into the Carme
Carme group
The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin....
, Ananke
Ananke group
The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin....
and Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë group
The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin....
groups, as well as some isolated moons.
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
has 62 moons
Natural satellite
A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called its primary. The two terms are used synonymously for non-artificial satellites of planets, of dwarf planets, and of minor planets....
with confirmed orbits, 53 of which have names, and most of which are quite small. Seven moons are large enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium or hydrostatic balance is the condition in fluid mechanics where a volume of a fluid is at rest or at constant velocity. This occurs when compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient force...
. Twenty-two of Saturn's moons are regular, and traditionally named after Titans
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
or other figures associated with the mythological Saturn
Saturn (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Saturn was a major god presiding over agriculture and the harvest time. His reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace by many Roman authors. In medieval times he was known as the Roman god of agriculture, justice and strength. He held a sickle in...
. The remaining thirty-eight, all small, are irregular, and classified by their orbital characteristics into Inuit
Saturn's Inuit group of satellites
The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48....
, Norse
Saturn's Norse group of satellites
The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77....
, and Gallic
Saturn's Gallic group of satellites
The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53....
groups, and their names are chosen from the corresponding mythologies. The rings of Saturn
Rings of Saturn
The rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometres to metres, that form clumps that in turn orbit about Saturn...
are made up of icy objects ranging in size from 1 centimetre to hundreds of metres, each of which is on its own orbit about the planet. Thus a precise number of Saturnian moons cannot be given, as there is no objective boundary between the countless small anonymous objects that form Saturn's ring system and the larger objects that have been named as moons. At least 150 "moonlet
Moonlet
Moonlet is an informal term for a particularly small natural satellite. In astronomical literature, it has been used in at least two situations:...
s" embedded in the rings have been detected by the disturbance they create in the surrounding ring material, though this is thought to be only a small sample of the total population of such objects.
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
has 27 named moons, five of which are massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium or hydrostatic balance is the condition in fluid mechanics where a volume of a fluid is at rest or at constant velocity. This occurs when compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient force...
. There are 13 inner moons that orbit within Uranus's ring system
Rings of Uranus
The planet Uranus has a system of rings intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around Jupiter and Neptune. The rings of Uranus were discovered on March 10, 1977, by James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Douglas J. Mink...
, and another nine outer irregular moons. Unlike most planetary moons, which are named from antiquity, all the moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
and Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson...
's work The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 1712 in two cantos , but then revised, expanded and reissued under Pope's name on March 2, 1714, in a much-expanded 5-canto version...
.
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times...
has 13 named moons; the largest, Triton
Triton (moon)
Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation. At 2,700 km in diameter, it is...
, accounts for more than 99.5 percent of all the mass orbiting the planet. Triton is large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatic equilibrium or hydrostatic balance is the condition in fluid mechanics where a volume of a fluid is at rest or at constant velocity. This occurs when compression due to gravity is balanced by a pressure gradient force...
, but, uniquely for a large moon, is irregular, suggesting it was captured. Neptune also has six known inner regular satellites, and six outer irregular satellites.
Among the dwarf planets, has no known moons. It is 90 percent certain that Ceres has no moons larger than 1 km in size, assuming that they would have the same albedo
Albedo
Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it...
as Ceres itself.
Pluto
Pluto
Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...
has four moons. Its largest moon Charon
Charon (moon)
Charon is the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. Following the 2005 discovery of two other natural satellites of Pluto , Charon may also be referred to as Pluto I...
, named after the ferryman who took souls across the River Styx, is more than half as large as Pluto itself, and large enough to orbit a point outside Pluto's surface. In effect, each orbits the other, forming a binary system
Binary system (astronomy)
A binary system is an astronomical term referring to two objects in space which are so close that their gravitational interaction causes them to orbit about a common center of mass. Some definitions A binary system is an astronomical term referring to two objects in space (usually stars, but also...
informally referred to as a double-dwarf-planet
Double planet
In astronomy, double planet and binary planet are informal terms used to describe a binary system of two astronomical objects that each satisfy the definition of planet and that are near enough to each other to have a significant gravitational effect on each other compared with the effect of the...
. Pluto's three other moons, Nix
Nix (moon)
Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra in June 2005, and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015.- Discovery :...
, Hydra
Hydra (moon)
Hydra is the second outermost known natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015.- Discovery :...
and S/2011 P 1
S/2011 P 1
S/2011 P 1 is a small natural satellite of Pluto whose existence was announced on July 20, 2011...
, are far smaller and orbit the Pluto–Charon system.
has two moons, Namaka
Namaka (moon)
Namaka is the smaller, inner moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after Nāmaka, one of the daughters of Haumea, the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology.- Discovery :Namaka was discovered on 30 June 2005 and announced on November 29, 2005...
and Hi'iaka
Hi'iaka (moon)
Hiiaka is the larger, outer moon of the dwarf planet Haumea.- Discovery and naming :Hiiaka was the first satellite discovered around Haumea. It is named after one of the daughters of Haumea, Hiiaka, the patron goddess of the Big Island of Hawaii, though at first it had gone by the nickname...
, of radii ~85 and ~155 km, respectively.
has no known moons. A satellite having 1% Makemake's brightness would have been detected if it had been located at an angular distance
Angular distance
In mathematics and all natural sciences , the angular distance between two point objects, as observed from a location different from either of these objects, is the size of the angle between the two directions originating from...
from Makemake farther than 0.4 arcseconds (0.0001 degrees).
has one known moon, Dysnomia
Dysnomia (moon)
- References :...
. Its radius is currently not known, but is expected to be around 100 km.
As of October 2009, 190 asteroid moons and 63 trans-Neptunian moons had been discovered.
Moons of planets and dwarf planets
This is a list of all the moons of planets and dwarf planets in the Solar System. Those 19 moons that are large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium are listed in bold. The seven largest moons are listed in bold and italic. Sidereal period differs from semi-major axis because it depends on the mass of the primary as well as the satellite's distance from it.| Satellite of Earth Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets... |
Satellites of Mars Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance... |
| Satellites of Jupiter Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,... |
Satellites of Saturn Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,... |
| Satellites of Uranus Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus... |
Satellites of Neptune Neptune Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times... |
| Satellites of Pluto Pluto Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun... |
Satellites Moons of Haumea The outer Solar System dwarf planet Haumea has two known moons, Hiiaka and Namaka, named after Hawaiian goddesses. These small moons were discovered in 2005, from observations of Haumea made at the large telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.... of Haumea |
| Satellite of Eris Eris (dwarf planet) Eris, formal designation 136199 Eris, is the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth most massive body known to orbit the Sun directly... |
| Image | Numeral | Name | Mean radius (km) | Semi-major axis Semi-major axis The major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter, a line that runs through the centre and both foci, its ends being at the widest points of the shape... (km) |
Sidereal period (d Day A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun... ) (r = retrograde) |
Discovery date | Discovered by | Notes | Ref(s) | Planet |
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I | Moon Moon The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more... |
384,399 | 27.321582 | — | Synchronous rotation Synchronous rotation In astronomy, synchronous rotation is a planetological term describing a body orbiting another, where the orbiting body takes as long to rotate on its axis as it does to make one orbit; and therefore always keeps the same hemisphere pointed at the body it is orbiting... |
Earth | |||
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I | Phobos Phobos (moon) Phobos is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars. Both moons were discovered in 1877. With a mean radius of , Phobos is 7.24 times as massive as Deimos... |
9,380 | 0.319 | 1877 (18 August) | Hall Asaph Hall Asaph Hall III was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars in 1877... |
Mars | |||
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II | Deimos Deimos (moon) Deimos is the smaller and outer of Mars's two moons . It is named after Deimos, a figure representing dread in Greek Mythology. Its systematic designation is '.-Discovery:Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall, Sr... |
23,460 | 1.262 | 1877 (12 August) | Hall Asaph Hall Asaph Hall III was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars in 1877... |
Mars | |||
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I | Io Io (moon) Io ) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter and, with a diameter of , the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System. It was named after the mythological character of Io, a priestess of Hera who became one of the lovers of Zeus.... |
421,800 | 1.769 | 1610 | Galileo Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism... |
Main group moon (Galilean Galilean moons The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance... ) |
Jupiter | ||
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II | Europa Europa (moon) Europa Slightly smaller than Earth's Moon, Europa is primarily made of silicate rock and probably has an iron core. It has a tenuous atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen. Its surface is composed of ice and is one of the smoothest in the Solar System. This surface is striated by cracks and... |
671,100 | 3.551 | 1610 | Galileo Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism... |
Main group moon (Galilean Galilean moons The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance... ) |
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| III | Ganymede Ganymede (moon) Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. It is the seventh moon and third Galilean satellite outward from Jupiter. Completing an orbit in roughly seven days, Ganymede participates in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance with the moons Europa and Io, respectively... |
1,070,400 | 7.155 | 1610 | Galileo Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism... |
Main group moon (Galilean Galilean moons The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance... ) |
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IV | Callisto Callisto (moon) Callisto named after the Greek mythological figure of Callisto) is a moon of the planet Jupiter. It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. It is the third-largest moon in the Solar System and the second largest in the Jovian system, after Ganymede. Callisto has about 99% the diameter of the... |
1,882,700 | 16.69 | 1610 | Galileo Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism... |
Main group moon (Galilean Galilean moons The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance... ) |
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V | Amalthea Amalthea (moon) Amalthea is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on September 9, 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and named after Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology. It is also known as '.... |
181,400 | 0.498 | 1892 | Barnard | Inner moon (Amalthea) | Jupiter | ||
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VI | Himalia Himalia (moon) Himalia is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter, the sixth largest overall in size, and the fifth largest in mass. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 December 1904 and is named after the nymph Himalia, who bore three sons of Zeus .- Discovery... |
11,461,000 | 250.56 | 1904 | Perrine Charles Dillon Perrine Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer living in Argentina.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Peter and Elizabeth McCauley Perrine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot", he worked at Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of the Argentine National... |
Prograde irregular (Himalia Himalia group The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.The known members of the group are :* Leda... ) |
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| VII | Elara Elara (moon) Elara is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905. It is the eighth largest moon of Jupiter and is named after the mother by Zeus of the giant Tityus.... |
11,741,000 | 259.64 | 1905 | Perrine Charles Dillon Perrine Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer living in Argentina.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Peter and Elizabeth McCauley Perrine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot", he worked at Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of the Argentine National... |
Prograde irregular (Himalia Himalia group The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.The known members of the group are :* Leda... ) |
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| VIII | Pasiphaë Pasiphaë (moon) Pasiphaë is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte and later named after the mythological Pasiphaë, wife of Minos and mother of the Minotaur from Greek legend.... |
23,624,000 | 743.63 (r) | 1908 | Melotte Philibert Jacques Melotte Philibert Jacques Melotte was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium.In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975.The asteroid 676 Melitta, the only one he discovered, is... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| IX | Sinope Sinope (moon) Sinope is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914, and is named after Sinope of Greek mythology.... |
23,939,000 | 758.90 (r) | 1914 | Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| X | Lysithea Lysithea (moon) Lysithea is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory and is named after the mythological Lysithea, daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers.... |
11,717,000 | 259.20 | 1938 | Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois... |
Prograde irregular (Himalia Himalia group The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.The known members of the group are :* Leda... ) |
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| XI | Carme Carme (moon) Carme is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess.... |
23,404,000 | 734.17 (r) | 1938 | Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XII | Ananke Ananke (moon) Ananke is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the mythological Ananke, the personification of Necessity, and the mother of the Moirae by Zeus... |
21,276,000 | 629.77 (r) | 1951 | Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XIII | Leda Leda (moon) Leda , also known as ', is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken... |
11,165,000 | 240.92 | 1974 | Kowal Charles T. Kowal Charles Thomas Kowal was an American astronomer.He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.... |
Prograde irregular (Himalia Himalia group The Himalia group is a group of prograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Himalia and are thought to have a common origin.The known members of the group are :* Leda... ) |
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XIV | Thebe Thebe (moon) Thebe also known as ', is the fourth of Jupiter's moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in images from the Voyager 1 space probe taken on March 5, 1979, while orbiting around Jupiter... |
221,900 | 0.675 | 1979 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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XV | Adrastea Adrastea (moon) Adrastea , also known as ', is the second by distance, and the smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter. It was discovered in Voyager 2 probe photographs taken in 1979, making it the first natural satellite to be discovered from images taken by an interplanetary spacecraft, rather than... |
129,000 | 0.298 | 1979 | Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Danielson (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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XVI | Metis Metis (moon) Metis , also known as ', is the innermost moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the first wife of Zeus, Metis... |
128,000 | 0.295 | 1979 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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| XVII | Callirrhoe Callirrhoe (moon) Callirrhoe , also known as ' , is one of Jupiter's outermost named natural satellites. It is an irregular moon that orbits in a retrograde direction. Callirrhoe was imaged by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak National Observatory from October 6 through November 4, 1999, and originally designated as asteroid... |
24,103,000 | 758.77 (r) | 2000 | Scotti James V. Scotti James Vernon Scotti is an American astronomer. He was born in Bandon, Oregon and graduated from Woodway Senior High in Edmonds, Washington in 1978. He received his B.Sc. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1983. Ever since that time, he has worked on the Spacewatch project,... , Spahr Timothy B. Spahr Timothy B. Spahr is an American astronomer.He works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as director of the Minor Planet Center, has discovered numerous asteroids and is credited as a co-discoverer of one satellite of Jupiter and one of Saturn .He also discovered two periodic comets... , McMillan Robert S. McMillan Robert S. McMillan is an astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project, which studies minor planets. He has made various discoveries, including notably 20000 Varuna.... , Larsen, Montani, Gleason, Gehrels Tom Gehrels Tom Gehrels , was an American astronomer, Professor Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson.... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XVIII | Themisto Themisto (moon) Themisto , also known as ', is a small prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1975, lost, and then rediscovered in 2000.- Discovery and naming :... |
7,284,000 | 130.02 | 1975/2000 | Kowal Charles T. Kowal Charles Thomas Kowal was an American astronomer.He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.... and Roemer Elizabeth Roemer Elizabeth Roemer is an American astronomer whose research interests center on comets and asteroids.She discovered the asteroids 1930 Lucifer and 1983 Bok... (original); Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier (rediscovery) |
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| XIX | Megaclite Megaclite (moon) Megaclite , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,493,000 | 752.86 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XX | Taygete Taygete (moon) Taygete , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,280,000 | 732.41 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXI | Chaldene Chaldene (moon) Chaldene , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,100,000 | 723.72 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXII | Harpalyke Harpalyke (moon) Harpalyke , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation '... |
20,858,000 | 623.32 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXIII | Kalyke Kalyke (moon) Kalyke , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,483,000 | 742.06 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXIV | Iocaste Iocaste (moon) Iocaste , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
21,060,000 | 631.60 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXV | Erinome Erinome (moon) Erinome , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,196,000 | 728.46 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXVI | Isonoe Isonoe (moon) Isonoe , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,155,000 | 726.23 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXVII | Praxidike Praxidike (moon) Praxidike , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
20,908,000 | 625.39 (r) | 2001 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Magnier, Dahm, Evans |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXVIII | Autonoe Autonoe (moon) Autonoe , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
24,046,000 | 760.95 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXIX | Thyone Thyone (moon) Thyone , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al... |
20,939,000 | 627.21 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXX | Hermippe Hermippe (moon) Hermippe , or ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
21,131,000 | 633.9 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| XXXI | Aitne Aitne (moon) Aitne , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2001, and given the temporary designation '... |
23,229,000 | 730.18 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXII | Eurydome Eurydome (moon) Eurydome , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
22,865,000 | 717.33 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| XXXIII | Euanthe Euanthe (moon) Euanthe , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
20,797,000 | 620.49 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXIV | Euporie Euporie (moon) Euporie , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
19,304,000 | 550.74 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXV | Orthosie Orthosie (moon) Orthosie , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
20,720,000 | 622.56 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXVI | Sponde Sponde (moon) Sponde , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,487,000 | 748.34 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXVII | Kale Kale (moon) Kale , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2001 by astronomers S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt, and J... |
23,217,000 | 729.47 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXVIII | Pasithee Pasithee (moon) Pasithee , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,004,000 | 719.44 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XXXIX | Hegemone Hegemone (moon) Hegemone , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,577,000 | 739.88 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XL | Mneme Mneme (moon) Mneme , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al... |
21,035,000 | 620.04 (r) | 2003 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XLI | Aoede Aoede (moon) Aoede , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003... |
23,980,000 | 761.50 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XLII | Thelxinoe Thelxinoe (moon) Thelxinoe , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
21,164,000 | 628.09 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XLIII | Arche Arche (moon) Arche , also known as ', is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2002, and received the temporary designation '.... |
23,355,000 | 731.95 (r) | 2002 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Meech, Hsieh, Tholen David J. Tholen David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii, who specializes in planetary and solar system astronomy.-Professional life:... , Tonry |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XLIV | Kallichore Kallichore (moon) Kallichore , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003... |
23,288,000 | 728.73 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
Jupiter | |||
| XLV | Helike Helike (moon) Helike , also known as ', is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the temporary designation '.... |
21,069,000 | 626.32 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
Jupiter | |||
| XLVI | Carpo Carpo (moon) Carpo , also ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
17,058,000 | 456.30 | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen, Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Prograde irregular | Jupiter | |||
| XLVII | Eukelade Eukelade (moon) Eukelade , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,328,000 | 730.47 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
Jupiter | |||
| XLVIII | Cyllene Cyllene (moon) Cyllene , also known as ', is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
23,809,000 | 752 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| XLIX | Kore | 24,543,000 | 779.17 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| L | Herse | 22,983,000 | 714.51 (r) | 2003 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 2 S/2003 J 2 ' is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. The discovery, by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt, was announced on March 4, 2003... |
28,455,000 | 981.55 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular | Jupiter | |||
| — | S/2003 J 3 S/2003 J 3 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,622 Mm in 561.518 days, at an inclination of 146° to the ecliptic , in a... |
20,224,000 | 583.88 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 4 S/2003 J 4 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. is about 2 km in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,571 Mm in 739.294 days, at an inclination of 147° to the ecliptic , in a... |
23,933,000 | 755.26 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 5 S/2003 J 5 ' is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003.... |
23,498,000 | 738.74 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... , Hsieh |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 9 S/2003 J 9 ' is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003.... |
23,388,000 | 733.30 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 10 S/2003 J 10 ' is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in 2003.... |
23,044,000 | 716.25 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| — | S/2003 J 12 S/2003 J 12 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter, and is the smallest known satellite in the Solar System. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S... |
17,833,000 | 489.72 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 15 S/2003 J 15 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003.... |
22,630,000 | 689.77 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| — | S/2003 J 16 S/2003 J 16 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Brett J. Gladman in 2003. is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20,744 Mm in 610.362 days, at an inclination of 151° to the ecliptic , in a retrograde direction and with... |
20,956,000 | 616.33 (r) | 2003 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 18 S/2003 J 18 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Brett J. Gladman in 2003. is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,813 Mm in 569.728 days, at an inclination of 147° to the ecliptic , in a retrograde direction and with... |
20,426,000 | 596.58 (r) | 2003 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 19 S/2003 J 19 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003. is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,709 Mm in 699.125 days, at an inclination of 165° to the ecliptic , in a retrograde direction... |
23,535,000 | 740.43 (r) | 2003 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Allen |
Retrograde irregular (Carme Carme group The Carme group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2003 J 23 S/2003 J 23 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in 2004 from pictures taken in 2003.... |
23,566,000 | 732.45 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Fernández Yanga R. Fernández Yanga Roland Fernández is a Canadian-American astronomer at the University of Central Florida.Together with Scott S. Sheppard, he co-discovered the Carme group, a group of moons of the planet Jupiter.... |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ) |
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| — | S/2010 J 1 S/2010 J 1 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by R. Jacobson, M. Brozovic, B. Gladman, and M. Alexandersen in 2010.... |
23,314,335 | 723.2 (r) | 2010 | Jacobson, Brozovic, Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Alexandersen |
Retrograde irregular (Pasiphae Pasiphaë group The Pasiphaë group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphaë and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| — | S/2010 J 2 S/2010 J 2 ' is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Christian Veillet in 2010.... |
20,307,150 | 588.1 (r) | 2010 | Veillet | Retrograde irregular (Ananke Ananke group The Ananke group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke and are thought to have a common origin.... ?) |
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| I | Mimas Mimas (moon) Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I.... |
185,540 | 0.942 | 1789 | Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
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| II | Enceladus Enceladus (moon) Enceladus is the sixth-largest of the moons of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. Until the two Voyager spacecraft passed near it in the early 1980s very little was known about this small moon besides the identification of water ice on its surface... |
238,040 | 1.370 | 1789 | Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
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III | Tethys Tethys (moon) Tethys or Saturn III is a mid-sized moon of Saturn about across. It was discovered by G. D. Cassini in 1684 and is named after titan Tethys of Greek mythology. Tethys is pronounced |Odysseus]] is about 400 km in diameter, while the largest graben—Ithaca Chasma is about 100 km wide and... |
294,670 | 1.888 | 1684 | Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer... |
Main group moon (Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de Saturne in 1673 and in the Journal des sçavans in 1686... ) |
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IV | Dione Dione (moon) Dione is a moon of Saturn discovered by Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn IV.- Name :... |
377,420 | 2.737 | 1684 | Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer... |
Main group moon (Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de Saturne in 1673 and in the Journal des sçavans in 1686... ) |
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V | Rhea Rhea (moon) Rhea is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth largest moon in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.-Name:Rhea is named after the Titan Rhea of Greek mythology, "mother of the gods"... |
527,070 | 4.518 | 1672 | Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer... |
Main group moon (Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de Saturne in 1673 and in the Journal des sçavans in 1686... ) |
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VI | Titan Titan (moon) Titan , or Saturn VI, is the largest moon of Saturn, the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.... |
1,221,870 | 15.95 | 1655 | Huygens | Main group moon | Saturn | ||
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VII | Hyperion Hyperion (moon) Hyperion , also known as Saturn VII, is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is distinguished by its irregular shape, its chaotic rotation, and its unexplained sponge-like appearance... |
1,500,880 | 21.28 | 1848 | W.Bond William Cranch Bond William Cranch Bond was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory.- Upbringing :William Cranch Bond was born in Falmouth, Maine on September 9, 1789... , G. Bond George Phillips Bond George Phillips Bond was an American astronomer. He was the son of William Cranch Bond. Some sources give his year of birth as 1826.... , and Lassell William Lassell William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy... |
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VIII | Iapetus Iapetus (moon) Iapetus ), occasionally Japetus , is the third-largest moon of Saturn, and eleventh in the Solar System. It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671... |
3,560,840 | 79.33 | 1671 | Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer... |
Main group moon (Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de Saturne in 1673 and in the Journal des sçavans in 1686... ) |
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IX | Phoebe Phoebe (moon) Phoebe is an irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by William Henry Pickering on 17 March 1899 from photographic plates that had been taken starting on 16 August 1898 at the Boyden Observatory near Arequipa, Peru, by DeLisle Stewart... |
12,947,780 | 550.31 (r) | 1899 | Pickering William Henry Pickering William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer, brother of Edward Charles Pickering. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1883.-Work:... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| X | Janus Janus (moon) Janus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn X . It is named after the mythological Janus.-Discovery and orbit:Janus occupies practically the same orbit as the moon Epimetheus... |
151,460 | 0.695 | 1966 | Dollfus Audouin Dollfus Audouin Charles Dollfus was a French astronomer and aeronaut, specialist in studies of the solar system and discoverer of Janus, a moon of Saturn.-Astronomical Career and Research:... ; Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... |
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XI | Epimetheus Epimetheus (moon) Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn XI. It is named after the mythological Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.-Discovery:Epimetheus occupies essentially the same orbit as the moon Janus... |
151,410 | 0.694 | 1980 | Walker; Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... |
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| XII | Helene Helene (moon) Helene is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated . In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus in Greek mythology... |
377,420 | 2.737 | 1980 | Laques, Lecacheux | Main group trojan | Saturn | |||
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XIII | Telesto Telesto (moon) Telesto is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Smith, Reitsema, Larson and Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations, and was provisionally designated '. In the following months, several other apparitions were observed: , , and .... |
294,710 | 1.888 | 1980 | Smith, Reitsema, Larson, Fountain (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
Main group trojan | Saturn | ||
| XIV | Calypso Calypso (moon) Calypso is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980, from ground-based observations, by Dan Pascu, P. Kenneth Seidelmann, William A. Baum, and Douglas G. Currie, and was provisionally designated ' . Several other apparitions of it were recorded in the following months: , , , and... |
294,710 | 1.888 | 1980 | Pascu, Seidelmann, Baum, Currie | Main group trojan | Saturn | |||
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XV | Atlas Atlas (moon) Atlas is an inner satellite of Saturn.Atlas was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos and was designated '. In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it "holds the rings on its shoulders" like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth... |
137,670 | 0.602 | 1980 | Terrile Richard J. Terrile Richard John Terrile is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.-References:... (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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| XVI | Prometheus Prometheus (moon) -Animations:-External links:* at ** anaglyph view of Prometheus... |
139,380 | 0.613 | 1980 | Collins (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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XVII | Pandora Pandora (moon) Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated '. In late 1985 it was officially named after Pandora from Greek mythology. It is also designated as '.Pandora is the outer shepherd satellite of the F Ring... |
141,720 | 0.629 | 1980 | Collins (Voyager 1 Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA in 1977, to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. Operating for as of today , the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. At a distance of as of... ) |
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XVIII | Pan Pan (moon) Pan is the innermost moon of Saturn. It is a walnut-shaped small moon about 35 kilometres across and 23 km high that orbits within the Encke Gap in Saturn's A Ring. Pan acts as a ring shepherd and is responsible for keeping the Encke Gap free of ring particles.It was discovered by Mark R... |
133,580 | 0.575 | 1990 | Showalter (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
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| XIX | Ymir Ymir (moon) Ymir , or Saturn XIX, is a retrograde irregular moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 1... |
23,040,000 | 1,315.14 (r) | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XX | Paaliaq Paaliaq (moon) Paaliaq is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, Jean-Marc Petit, Hans Scholl, Matthew J. Holman, Brian G. Marsden, Philip D. Nicholson and Joseph A. Burns in early October 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 2... |
15,200,000 | 686.95 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... |
Prograde irregular (Inuit Saturn's Inuit group of satellites The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48.... ) |
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| XXI | Tarvos Tarvos (moon) Tarvos , or Saturn XXI, is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by John J. Kavelaars et al. on September 23, 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 4... |
17,983,000 | 926.23 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Prograde irregular (Gallic Saturn's Gallic group of satellites The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53.... ) |
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| XXII | Ijiraq Ijiraq (moon) Ijiraq , or Saturn XXII , is small prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by the team ofBrett Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation '... |
11,124,000 | 451.42 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Prograde irregular (Inuit Saturn's Inuit group of satellites The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48.... ) |
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| XXIII | Suttungr Suttungr (moon) Suttungr , or Saturn XXIII, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 12... |
19,459,000 | 1,016.67 (r) | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXIV | Kiviuq Kiviuq (moon) Kiviuq is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 5. It was named after Kiviuq, a hero of Inuit mythology.... |
11,110,000 | 449.22 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... |
Prograde irregular (Inuit Saturn's Inuit group of satellites The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48.... ) |
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| XXV | Mundilfari Mundilfari (moon) Mundilfari , or Saturn XXV, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 9.... |
18,628,000 | 952.77 (r) | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXVI | Albiorix Albiorix (moon) Albiorix is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Holman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 11.Albiorix is the largest member of the Gallic group of irregular satellites.... |
16,182,000 | 783.45 | 2000 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Spahr Timothy B. Spahr Timothy B. Spahr is an American astronomer.He works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as director of the Minor Planet Center, has discovered numerous asteroids and is credited as a co-discoverer of one satellite of Jupiter and one of Saturn .He also discovered two periodic comets... |
Prograde irregular (Gallic Saturn's Gallic group of satellites The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53.... ) |
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| XXVII | Skathi Skathi (moon) Skathi , or Saturn XXVII, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett Gladman, Kavelaars, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 8.... |
15,540,000 | 728.20 (r) | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXVIII | Erriapus | 17,343,000 | 871.19 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Prograde irregular (Gallic Saturn's Gallic group of satellites The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53.... ) |
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| XXIX | Siarnaq Siarnaq (moon) Siarnaq , or Saturn XXIX, is a prograde irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 S 3.... |
17,531,000 | 895.53 | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Prograde irregular (Inuit Saturn's Inuit group of satellites The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48.... ) |
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| XXX | Thrymr | 20,314,000 | 1,094.11 (r) | 2000 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXXI | Narvi Narvi (moon) Narvi , or Saturn XXXI, is a natural satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the temporary designation S/2003 S 1.- Description :... |
19,007,000 | 1,003.86 (r) | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXXII | Methone Methone (moon) Methone is a very small natural satellite of Saturn lying between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus.It was first seen by the Cassini Imaging Team and given the temporary designation '. Methone is also named '.... |
194,440 | 1.010 | 2004 | Porco, Charnoz Sébastien Charnoz Dr. Sébastien Charnoz is a planetary scientist who studies planetary dynamics at the Université Paris 7, in Paris . He also works for the CEA in France. His work covers problems relating to collisional-dynamics such as the physics of planetary rings and the formation of the Solar System. He is a... , Brahic, Dones (Cassini–Huygens) |
Alkyonide moon | Saturn | |||
| XXXIII | Pallene Pallene (moon) Pallene is a very small natural satellite of Saturn. It is one of three small moons known as the Alkyonides that lie between the orbits of the larger Mimas and Enceladus. It is also designated as '.-Discovery:... |
212,280 | 1.154 | 2004 | Gordon, Murray, Beurle Kevin Beurle Dr Kevin Beurle was a British space scientist and programmer at Queen Mary, University of London, who played a key role in the Cassini–Huygens mission to study Saturn and its moons. He was a specialist in space imaging systems... , et al. (Cassini–Huygens) |
Alkyonide moon | Saturn | |||
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XXXIV | Polydeuces Polydeuces (moon) Polydeuces is a very small natural satellite of Saturn that is co-orbital with Dione and librates around the trailing Lagrangian point . Its diameter is estimated to be about 3.5 km.... |
377,200 | 2.737 | 2004 | Porco et al. (Cassini–Huygens) | Main group trojan | Saturn | ||
| XXXV | Daphnis Daphnis (moon) Daphnis is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as '; its provisional designation was '. Daphnis is about 8 kilometres in diameter, and orbits the planet in the Keeler Gap within the A ring.- Naming :... |
136,500 | 0.594 | 2005 | Porco et al. (Cassini–Huygens) | Inner moon (shepherd) | Saturn | |||
| XXXVI | Aegir | 20,751,000 | 1,117.52 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXXVII | Bebhionn | 17,119,000 | 834.84 | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Prograde irregular (Gallic Saturn's Gallic group of satellites The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53.... ) |
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| XXXVIII | Bergelmir | 19,336,000 | 1,005.74 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XXXIX | Bestla | 20,192,000 | 1,088.72 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XL | Farbauti | 20,377,000 | 1,085.55 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLI | Fenrir | 22,454,000 | 1,260.35 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLII | Fornjot | 25,146,000 | 1,494.2 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLIII | Hati | 19,846,000 | 1,038.61 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLIV | Hyrrokkin | 18,437,000 | 931.86 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLV | Kari | 22,089,000 | 1,230.97 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLVI | Loge | 23,058,000 | 1,311.36 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLVII | Skoll | 17,665,000 | 878.29 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| XLVIII | Surtur | 22,704,000 | 1,297.36 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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XLIX | Anthe Anthe (moon) Anthe is a very small natural satellite of Saturn lying between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus. It is also known as Saturn XLIX; its provisional designation was S/2007 S 4. It is named after one of the Alkyonides; the name means flowery. It is the sixtieth confirmed moon of Saturn.It was... |
197,700 | 1.0365 | 2007 | Porco et al. (Cassini–Huygens) | Alcyonid moon | Saturn | ||
| L | Jarnsaxa | 18,811,000 | 964.74 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| LI | Greip | 18,206,000 | 921.19 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| LII | Tarqeq Tarqeq (moon) Tarqeq , also known as Saturn LII is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on April 13, 2007, from observations taken between January 5, 2006, and March 22, 2007... |
18,009,000 | 887.48 | 2007 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Prograde irregular (Inuit Saturn's Inuit group of satellites The Inuit group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites Saturn which follow similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 11 and 18 Gm, their inclinations between 40° and 50°, and their eccentricities between 0.15 and 0.48.... ) |
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LIII | Aegaeon | 167,500 | 0.808 | 2008 | Cassini Imaging Science Team Cassini–Huygens | G-ring moonlet | Saturn | ||
| — | S/2004 S 7 S/2004 S 7 S/2004 S 7 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 8, 2005.... |
20,999,000 | 1,140.24 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2004 S 12 S/2004 S 12 S/2004 S 12 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 9, 2005.... |
19,878,000 | 1,046.19 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2004 S 13 S/2004 S 13 S/2004 S 13 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 9, 2005.... |
18,404,000 | 933.48 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2004 S 17 S/2004 S 17 S/2004 S 17 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005 from observations taken between December 13, 2004 and March 5, 2005.... |
19,447,000 | 1,014.70 (r) | 2004 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Marsden Brian G. Marsden Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer born in Cambridge, England, and educated at The Perse School in Cambridge, New College, Oxford and Yale University. Dr... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2006 S 1 S/2006 S 1 S/2006 S 1 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January 4 and April 30, 2006.... |
18,790,000 | 963.37 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2006 S 3 S/2006 S 3 S/2006 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on June 26, 2006 from observations taken between January and April 2006.... |
22,096,000 | 1,227.21 (r) | 2006 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2007 S 2 S/2007 S 2 S/2007 S 2 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 1, 2007, from observations taken between January 18 and April 19, 2007.... |
16,725,000 | 808.08 (r) | 2007 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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| — | S/2007 S 3 S/2007 S 3 S/2007 S 3 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 1, 2007 from observations taken between January 18 and April 19, 2007.... |
18,975,000 | 977.8 (r) | 2007 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... |
Retrograde irregular (Norse Saturn's Norse group of satellites The Norse group is a large group of retrograde irregular satellites of Saturn. Their semi-major axes range between 12 and 24 Gm, their inclinations between 136° and 175° and their eccentricities between 0.13 and 0.77.... ) |
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117,000 | 0.471 | 2009 | Cassini Imaging Science Team Cassini–Huygens | B-ring | Saturn | |||
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I | Ariel Ariel (moon) Ariel is the brightest and fourth-largest of the 27 known moons of Uranus. Ariel orbits and rotates in the equatorial plane of Uranus, which is almost perpendicular to the orbit of Uranus, and so has an extreme seasonal cycle.... |
190,900 | 2.520 | 1851 | Lassell William Lassell William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy... |
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| II | Umbriel Umbriel (moon) Umbriel is a moon of Uranus discovered on October 24, 1851, by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel and named after a character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock. Umbriel consists mainly of ice with a substantial fraction of rock, and may be differentiated into a... |
266,000 | 4.144 | 1851 | Lassell William Lassell William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy... |
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III | Titania Titania (moon) Titania is the largest of the moons of Uranus and the eighth largest moon in the Solar System at a diameter of 1578 km. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, Titania is named after the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream... |
436,300 | 8.706 | 1787 | Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
Main group moon | Uranus | ||
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IV | Oberon Oberon (moon) Oberon , also designated ', is the outermost major moon of the planet Uranus. It is the second largest and second most massive of the Uranian moons, and the ninth most massive moon in the Solar System. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, Oberon is named after the mythical king of the fairies... |
583,500 | 13.46 | 1787 | Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
Main group moon | Uranus | ||
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V | Miranda Miranda (moon) -External links:* at * at The Nine8 Planets* at Views of the Solar System* * from the... |
129,900 | 1.413 | 1948 | Kuiper | Main group moon | Uranus | ||
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VI | Cordelia Cordelia (moon) Cordelia is the innermost moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 7. It was not detected again until the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1997... |
49,800 | 0.335 | 1986 | Terrile Richard J. Terrile Richard John Terrile is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon (shepherd) | Uranus | ||
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VII | Ophelia Ophelia (moon) Ophelia is a moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 8. It was not seen until the Hubble Space Telescope recovered it in 2003. Ophelia was named after the daughter of Polonius, Ophelia, in... |
53,800 | 0.376 | 1986 | Terrile Richard J. Terrile Richard John Terrile is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon (shepherd) | Uranus | ||
| VIII | Bianca Bianca (moon) Bianca is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 23, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew... |
59,200 | 0.435 | 1986 | Smith (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
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IX | Cressida Cressida (moon) Cressida is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 9 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 3. It was named after the Trojan daughter of Calchas, a tragic heroine who appears in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and... |
61,800 | 0.464 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | ||
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X | Desdemona Desdemona (moon) Desdemona is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 6. Desdemona is named after the wife of Othello in William Shakespeare's play Othello... |
62,700 | 0.474 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | ||
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XI | Juliet Juliet (moon) Juliet is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 2. It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet... |
64,400 | 0.493 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | ||
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XII | Portia Portia (moon) Portia is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 1. The moon is named after Portia, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice... |
66,100 | 0.513 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | ||
| XIII | Rosalind Rosalind (moon) Rosalind is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4. It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It... |
69,900 | 0.558 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | |||
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XIV | Belinda Belinda (moon) - External links :* by *... |
75,300 | 0.624 | 1986 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
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XV | Puck Puck (moon) Puck is an inner moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The name Puck comes from Celtic mythology and English folklore. The orbit of Puck lies between the rings of Uranus and the first of Uranus' large moons, Miranda. Puck is approximately spherical in... |
86,000 | 0.762 | 1985 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | ||
| XVI | Caliban Caliban (moon) Caliban is the second largest retrograde irregular moon of Uranus. It was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, and John J... |
7,231,000 | 579.73 (r) | 1997 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Nicholson, Burns Joseph A. Burns Joseph Burns is a professor at Cornell University with a dual appointment in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the Astronomy department. His primary area of research is dynamics in planetary sciences.- Professional biography :... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XVII | Sycorax Sycorax (moon) Sycorax is the largest retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. Sycorax was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, and John J... |
12,179,000 | 1,288.3 (r) | 1997 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Nicholson, Burns Joseph A. Burns Joseph Burns is a professor at Cornell University with a dual appointment in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the Astronomy department. His primary area of research is dynamics in planetary sciences.- Professional biography :... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XVIII | Prospero Prospero (moon) Prospero is a relatively small retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus discovered on 18 July 1999 by the astrophysicist Matthew Holman and his team, and given the provisional designation S/1999 U 3... |
16,256,000 | 1,978.29 (r) | 1999 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Scholl Hans Scholl (astronomer) Hans Scholl, born 1942, is a German astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.-External links:*-References:... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XIX | Setebos Setebos (moon) Setebos is one of the outermost retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered on 18 July 1999 by John J. Kavelaars et al. and provisionally designated S/1999 U 1.... |
17,418,000 | 2,225.21 (r) | 1999 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Scholl Hans Scholl (astronomer) Hans Scholl, born 1942, is a German astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.-External links:*-References:... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XX | Stephano Stephano (moon) Stephano is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 1999, and given the provisional designation S/1999 U 2.... |
8,004,000 | 677.36 (r) | 1999 | Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... , Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Petit, Scholl Hans Scholl (astronomer) Hans Scholl, born 1942, is a German astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.-External links:*-References:... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XXI | Trinculo Trinculo (moon) Trinculo is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Holman, et al. on 13 August 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 U 1.... |
8,504,000 | 749.24 (r) | 2001 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XXII | Francisco Francisco (moon) Francisco is the innermost irregular satellite of Uranus.Francisco was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, et al. and Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003 from pictures taken in 2001 and given the provisional designation S/2001 U 3.... |
4,276,000 | 266.56 (r) | 2001 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... , Gladman Brett J. Gladman Brett J. Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy.-Career:... |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XXIII | Margaret Margaret (moon) Margaret is the only prograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003 and given the provisional designation S/2003 U 3.... |
14,345,000 | 1,687.01 | 2003 | Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... |
Prograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XXIV | Ferdinand Ferdinand (moon) Ferdinand is the outermost retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Dan Milisavljevic, and Brett J. Gladman on August 13, 2001, and given the provisional designation S/2001 U 2.... |
20,901,000 | 2,887.21 (r) | 2001 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... , et al. |
Retrograde irregular | Uranus | |||
| XXV | Perdita Perdita (moon) Perdita is an inner satellite of Uranus. Perdita's discovery was complicated. The first photographs of Perdita were taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, but it was not recognized from the photographs for more than a decade. In 1999, the moon was noticed by Erich Karkoschka and reported... |
76,417 | 0.638 | 1986 | Karkoschka Erich Karkoschka Erich Karkoschka is a planetary researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona. He discovered a satellite of Uranus, S/1986 U 10 on photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Uranus | |||
| XXVI | Mab Mab (moon) Mab , or Uranus XXVI , is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope... |
97,736 | 0.923 | 2003 | Showalter, Lissauer Jack J. Lissauer Jack Jonathan Lissauer is an American research scientist who has worked for the NASA's Ames Research Center since 1996. He is a science co-investigator on the Kepler space telescope mission.-Biography:... |
Inner moon | Uranus | |||
| XXVII | Cupid Cupid (moon) Cupid is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after a character in William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens.... |
74,392 | 0.613 | 2003 | Showalter, Lissauer Jack J. Lissauer Jack Jonathan Lissauer is an American research scientist who has worked for the NASA's Ames Research Center since 1996. He is a science co-investigator on the Kepler space telescope mission.-Biography:... |
Inner moon | Uranus | |||
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I | Triton Triton (moon) Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation. At 2,700 km in diameter, it is... |
354,800 | 5.877 (r) | 1846 | Lassell William Lassell William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy... |
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II | Nereid Nereid (moon) Nereid , also known as Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has a highly eccentric orbit. Nereid was discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949 and was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered.- Discovery and naming :... |
5,513,400 | 360.14 | 1949 | Kuiper | Prograde irregular | Neptune | ||
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III | Naiad Naiad (moon) Naiad , also known as Neptune III, is the innermost satellite of Neptune, named after the Naiads of Greek legend.Naiad was discovered sometime before mid-September 1989 from the images taken by the Voyager 2 probe. The last moon to be discovered during the flyby, it was designated... |
48,227 | 0.294 | 1989 | Terrile Richard J. Terrile Richard John Terrile is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
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IV | Thalassa Thalassa (moon) Thalassa , also known as Neptune IV, is the second innermost satellite of Neptune. Thalassa was named after sea goddesss Thalassa, a daughter of Aether and Hemera from Greek mythology. "Thalassa" is also the Greek word for "sea".... |
50,075 | 0.311 | 1989 | Terrile Richard J. Terrile Richard John Terrile is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
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V | Despina Despina (moon) Despina , also known as Neptune V, is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despoina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon and Demeter.... |
52,526 | 0.335 | 1989 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
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VI | Galatea Galatea (moon) Galatea , also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the Nereids of Greek legend.Galatea was discovered in late July 1989 from the images taken by the Voyager 2 probe... |
61,953 | 0.429 | 1989 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
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VII | Larissa Larissa (moon) Larissa , also known as Neptune VII, is the fifth-closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon in Greek mythology and eponymous nymph of the city in Thessaly.- Discovery :... |
73,548 | 0.555 | 1989 | Reitsema, Hubbard, Lebofsky, Tholen David J. Tholen David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii, who specializes in planetary and solar system astronomy.-Professional life:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
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VIII | Proteus Proteus (moon) Proteus , also known as Neptune VIII, is the second largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. Discovered by Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989, it is named after Proteus, the shape-changing sea god of Greek mythology... |
117,647 | 1.122 | 1989 | Synnott Stephen P. Synnott Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.He discovered Metis, Puck, Larissa , Proteus, and Thebe.-References:... (Voyager 2 Voyager 2 The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space... ) |
Inner moon | Neptune | ||
| IX | Halimede | 15,728,000 | 1,879.71 (r) | 2003 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... |
Retrograde irregular | Neptune | |||
| X | Psamathe Psamathe (moon) Psamathe , also known as Neptune X, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It is named after Psamathe, one of the Nereids. This moon was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt in 2003 using the 8.2 meter Subaru telescope... |
46,695,000 | 9,115.91 (r) | 2003 | Jewitt David C. Jewitt David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy formerly at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, now at UCLA. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in... , Kleyna Jan Kleyna Jan Kleyna is a postdoctoral astronomy researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His area of interest is galaxy dynamics, and he has worked to develop codes for the real-time detection of moving objects such as Jovian satellites. He has also co-discovered several of... , Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and... , Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... |
Retrograde irregular | Neptune | |||
| XI | Sao | 22,422,000 | 2,914.07 | 2003 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... |
Prograde irregular | Neptune | |||
| XII | Laomedeia | 23,571,000 | 3,167.85 | 2003 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... |
Prograde irregular | Neptune | |||
| XIII | Neso | 48,387,000 | 9,373.99 (r) | 2003 | Holman Matthew J. Holman Matthew J. Holman is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994.... , Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars John J. Kavelaars, better known as JJ Kavelaars, is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic Dan Milisavljevic is a Canadian astronomer known for aiding in the discovery of Uranus's moons Ferdinand, Trinculo, and Francisco; and Neptune's moons Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia and Neso.... |
Retrograde irregular | Neptune | |||
| I | Charon Charon (moon) Charon is the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. Following the 2005 discovery of two other natural satellites of Pluto , Charon may also be referred to as Pluto I... |
17,536 | 6.387 | 1978 | Christy James W. Christy James Walter Christy is an American astronomer.On June 22, 1978 while working at the United States Naval Observatory, he discovered that Pluto had a moon, which he named Charon shortly afterwards... |
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II | Nix Nix (moon) Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra in June 2005, and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015.- Discovery :... |
48,708 | 24.86 | 2005 | Weaver, Stern, Buie Marc W. Buie Marc W. Buie is an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and went on to get a B.S. in Physics from Louisiana State University in 1980. After that he switched fields and earned his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona in... , et al. |
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III | Hydra Hydra (moon) Hydra is the second outermost known natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015.- Discovery :... |
64,749 | 38.20 | 2005 | Weaver, Stern, Buie Marc W. Buie Marc W. Buie is an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and went on to get a B.S. in Physics from Louisiana State University in 1980. After that he switched fields and earned his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona in... , et al. |
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| IV | S/2011 P 1 S/2011 P 1 S/2011 P 1 is a small natural satellite of Pluto whose existence was announced on July 20, 2011... |
59,000 | 32.1 | 2011 | Showalter (Hubble Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared... ) |
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I | Hiiaka Hi'iaka (moon) Hiiaka is the larger, outer moon of the dwarf planet Haumea.- Discovery and naming :Hiiaka was the first satellite discovered around Haumea. It is named after one of the daughters of Haumea, Hiiaka, the patron goddess of the Big Island of Hawaii, though at first it had gone by the nickname... |
49,500 ± 400 | 49.12 ± 0.03 | 2005 | Brown et al. | Haumea | |||
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II | Namaka Namaka (moon) Namaka is the smaller, inner moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after Nāmaka, one of the daughters of Haumea, the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology.- Discovery :Namaka was discovered on 30 June 2005 and announced on November 29, 2005... |
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I | Dysnomia Dysnomia (moon) - References :... |
37,370 ± 150 | 15.774 ± 0.002 | 2005 | Brown Michael E. Brown Michael E. Brown has been a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology since 2003.... , Rabinowitz David L. Rabinowitz David Lincoln Rabinowitz is a researcher at Yale University. He has built CCD cameras and software for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects, and his research has helped reduce the assumed number of near-Earth asteroids by half, from 1,000-2,000 to 500-1,000 He has also... , Trujillo et al. |
SDO Scattered disc The scattered disc is a distant region of the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy minor planets, a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects have orbital eccentricities ranging as high as 0.8, inclinations as high as 40°, and perihelia greater... moon |
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