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A complete list of the 181 moons that are orbiting planets and dwarf planets in our solar system, with facts and information about each moon.
Do you know all 294 moons of the planets (and dwarf planets) in our solar system? Well here they are! Every so often new moons are discovered for Jupiter and Saturn. Moons are listed by size from largest to smallest for a given planet. Planet Mercury is too close to the Sun to hold on to a moon.
The links below list all the moons for each of the letters of the Latin alphabet. You will also find some general information about each, including the meaning of their name, key characteristics, year of discovery, etc.
There are 171 moons, or natural satellites, orbiting the planets in our solar system; Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have 1, 2, 66, 62, 27, and 13 moons, respectively. The following is a list of some of the major planetary moons, including those of the dwarf planet Pluto.
This is a list of named solar system objects, including planets, moons, dwarf planets, and trans-Neptunian objects, ordered alphabetically. For asteroids and other minor planets not listed here, see List of named asteroids.
We have compiled a list of all the natural satellites (moons) in the Solar system. It is ordered by the distance to the Sun of their parent planet. Some of Jupiter’s and Saturn’s moons have been discovered so recently that they have yet to be named so at the moment they only have a scientific designation.
There are 290 confirmed moons in our Solar System. This number includes only the planetary moons. Here is the complete list of the moons in the Solar System.
There are 181 known moons in our Solar System which are orbiting planets and dwarf planets. Despite there being so many moons not every planet or dwarf planet has a moon. A table of planets and dwarf planets with the number of moons is below.
This pages lists the 182 moons of all the planets in our solar system. Every year or so new moons are discovered for the outer planets. The first 4 moons listed, the Galilean moons, are viewable with binoculars and any telescope. The first 6 moons listed are viewable using a decent-sized telescope. Titan is viewable with binoculars.
This page shows the names of all the planets and also the names of the currently known moons. It also lists the names and locations of each Planet and Satellite discoverer (if known) and provides the meaning/derivation for each name.