Astronomy and Space

Planets and Moons

How many moons does each planet have?

Planet   Number of Moons Names of Some of the Moons
Mercury   0
Venus   0
Earth   1 The Moon (sometimes called Luna)
Mars   2 Phobos, Deimos
Jupiter   63 Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, Sinope, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Harpalyke, Kalkye
Saturn   61 Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Pan, Ymir, Paaliaq
Uranus   27 Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Perdita, Cupid, Francisco, Stephano, Margaret
Neptune   13 Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Psamathe, Sao, Laomedeia, Neso

The four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Calisto, and Ganymede—were discovered by Galileo in 1610.



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