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Moons of the Solar System Overview

This document provides information about the moons of the 8 planets in our solar system. It lists the number of moons each planet has and names some of the largest and most notable moons, including details about their sizes and visibility from Earth with different sized telescopes. The moon counts range from Mercury having 0 to Jupiter having 79 named moons.

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Moons of the Solar System Overview

This document provides information about the moons of the 8 planets in our solar system. It lists the number of moons each planet has and names some of the largest and most notable moons, including details about their sizes and visibility from Earth with different sized telescopes. The moon counts range from Mercury having 0 to Jupiter having 79 named moons.

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☿ Mercury Moons = 0

Mercury is too close to the Sun to hold on to a moon.

♀ Venus Moons = 0
Venus may have had a moon in the distant past, which collided with another object and then impacted Venus.

♁ Earth Moons = 1
Earth has several quasi-satellites - asteroid 2016 HO3 is the closest with the most stable orbit.

Luna
(-12.9m)
♂ Mars Moons = 2
Both moons of Mars may be captured asteroids, and can be viewed in small (4-inch) telescopes.

Deimos
(12.4m)
 
Phobos
(11.3m)

♃ Jupiter Moons = 79
Moons of Jupiter are listed in order of size. The first 4 moons listed, the Galilean moons, are viewable naked
eye under dark skies, while Amalthea can be be viewed in 8- to 10-inch telescopes.
Ganymede
(4.61m)
 

Callisto
(5.65m)
 
Io
(5.02m)
 

Europa
(5.29m)

♄ Saturn Moons = 62
Moons of Saturn are listed in order of size. The first four moons are viewable with good binoculars and the next
four moons with a 4- to 8-inch telescope. Saturn also has hundreds to thousands of moonlets embedded in its
ring system.
Titan
(8.28m)
 
Rhea
(9.7m)
 

Iapetus
(10-12m)
 

Tethys
(10.2m)
  
Prometheus

Pandora
     

♅ Uranus Moons = 27
Moons of Uranus are listed in order of size. The first 4 moons can be viewed in medium-sized (8- to 10-inch)
telescopes.
Titania
(13.7m)
 
Oberon
(13.9m)
 

Umbriel
(14.8m)
 
Ariel
(14.16m)
Miranda
 

Sycorax
 

Puck
Portia

Juliet
 
Caliban
 

Belinda
Cressida
Rosalind
 

Desdemona
 
Bianca
 

Ophelia
Cordelia
 
Perdita
 

Prospero
Setebos
Mab
 

Stephano
 
Cupid

Francisco
Ferdinand
 

Margeret
 

Trinculo
♆ Neptune Moons = 14
Moons of Neptune are listed in order of size. Triton is viewable using a medium-sized (8-inch) telescope. Triton
is believed to be a dwarf planet from the Kuiper Belt captured by Neptune.

Triton
(13.4m)
 
Proteus
(19.7m)
 
Nereid
(19.2m)
 

Larissa
(21.5m)
Galatea
(21.9m)
 
Despina
(22.0m)
 

Thalassa
(23.3m)
Naiad
(23.9m)
Halimede
(24.5m)
 

Neso
(24.6m)
 
Sao
(25.4m)

Laomedeia
(25.4m)
Psamathe
(25.6m)
 

8 planets

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