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Moons
The Moons of our Solar System
Planet | Moon | Discoverer | Year Discovered |
---|---|---|---|
Jupiter | Io | Galileo Galilei | 1610 |
Jupiter | Europa | Galileo Galilei | 1610 |
Jupiter | Ganymede | Galileo Galilei | 1610 |
Jupiter | Callisto | Galileo Galilei | 1610 |
Jupiter | Metis | Synnott | 1979 |
Jupiter | Thebe | Synnott | 1979 |
Jupiter | Adrastea | Barnard | 1892 |
Jupiter | Amalthea | Jewitt | 1979 |
Earth | Moon | (blank) | (blank) |
Mars | Phobos | Hall | 1877 |
Mars | Deimos | Hall | 1877 |
Saturn | Mimas | Herschel | 1789 |
Saturn | Enceladus | Herschel | 1789 |
Saturn | Tethys | Cassini | 1684 |
Saturn | Dione | Cassini | 1684 |
Saturn | Rhea | Cassini | 1672 |
Saturn | Titan | Huygen | 1655 |
Saturn | Hyperion | Bond and Lassell | 1848 |
Saturn | Iapetus | Cassini | 1671 |
Uranus | Ariel | Lassell | 1851 |
Uranus | Umbriel | Lassell | 1851 |
Uranus | Titania | Herschel | 1787 |
Uranus | Oberon | Herschel | 1787 |
Uranus | Miranda | Kuiper | 1948 |
Neptune | Triton | Lassell | 1846 |
Pluto | Charon | Christy | 1978 |