It also lists the names and locations of each planet and satellite discoverer if known and provides the meaning derivation for each name.
Solar system list of planets and moons.
Moons also known as natural satellites orbit planets and asteroids.
This is a list of the recognized moons of the planets and of the largest potential dwarf planets of the solar system ordered by their official roman numeral designations the 19 moons that are large enough to have been rounded by their own gravity are listed in bold the seven largest moons which are larger than any of the known dwarf planets are listed in bold and italic.
These are the planets mercury and venus and the dwarf planets ceres and makemake.
There are currently 181 known moons in our solar system orbiting the various planets and dwarf planets.
Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging observation and publication differ identified through its various designations including temporary and permanent schemes and the.
Asteroid spectral types are mostly tholen but some might be smass.
The solar system s major moons the solar system contains 18 or 19 natural satellites of planets that are large enough for self gravity to make them round.
The position of the planets moons and spacecraft are shown where they are right now.
M apparent magnitude mercury moons 0.
Names of all the planets of the solar system.
List of gravitationally rounded objects of the solar system for a list of objects in the solar system once but no longer considered planets see.
Well here they are.
Why the uncertain number.
List of former planets for a list of objects in the solar system including planets that have been or are believed to exist but either have not been proven or have been disproven see.
Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun.
Of the 13 planets and dwarf planets there are four which don t have any moons.
Moons come in many shapes sizes and types.
The timeline of discovery of solar system planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history.
Neptune s moon proteus is on the edge they are shown here to scale with each other.
Know all 219 known moons of all the planets in our solar system.
Moons in the solar system.
This simulated view of our solar system runs on real data.
For a list of planets in the solar system see.
This digital orrery a model of the solar system runs on a light mobile mobile friendly version of nasa s eyes on the solar system software.
The planets are in order of the date of discovery.
There are more than 200 moons in our solar system.
Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit.
This page shows the names of all the planets and also the names of the currently known moons.
Every so often new moons are discovered for saturn and the dwarf planets.
