Triton the sea god son of poseidon neptune.
Planets and their satellites names.
And ida with moon dactyl.
Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit.
Eugenia with 2 moons petit prince s 2004.
The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons.
They are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium jupiter and saturn or of ice rock hydrogen and helium uranus and neptune.
Larissa a lover of neptune.
Planet and satellite names and discoverers mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets this page shows information about planetary bodies named by the iau working group for planetary system nomenclature wgpsn and about bodies named by the iau committee on small body nomenclature that have surface features named by the wgpsn.
Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io.
Daphne with moon peneius kalliope with moon linus.
Although the innermost six planets of the solar system were known from antiquity uranus was discovered in 1781 by w.
Planet and satellite names and discoverers.
There are more than 200 moons in our solar system.
19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded.
Naiad a group of greek water nymphs who were guardians of lakes fountains springs and rivers.
Numbering of natural satellites name approved for jovian satellite.
The solar system boasts a population of eight planets five dwarf planets dozens of satellites and countless small solar system bodies.
Thalassa greek sea goddess.
The charts below list a few properties of the planets and their named satellites.
In contrast the four outer planets also called the jovian or giant planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune are large objects with densities less than 2 grams per cubic cm.
Five other recently discovered satellites are still unnamed.
Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and pluto currently consider as dwarf planet.
Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets.
Valetudo names approved for five jovian satellites name approved for neptunian satellite.
So now read about important gk on solar system planets and their satellites list and increase your gk about the solar system.
Name of all planets in our solar system.
Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun.
Despina daughter of neptune.
Moons are classed in two separate cat.
Galatea one of the attendants of neptune.
Proteus a greek sea god.
Several of the largest ones are in hydrostatic equilibrium and would therefore be considered dwarf planets or planets if they were in direct orbit around the sun and not in their current states.
Nereid the nereids a group of fifty daughters were attendants of neptune.
Kleopatra with 2 moons alexhelios cleoselene.
Moons also known as natural satellites orbit planets and asteroids.
2016 25 september 2018 numbered 19 august 2019 named unnamed jupiter lxiii.
Sylvia with 2 moons romulus remus.
