| satellites of inner planets | |
|---|---|
| planet | satellites |
| Mercury | (no satellites) |
| Venus | (no satellites) |
| Earth | Moon ** |
| Mars | Phobos Deimos |
| Includes all known satellites of inner planets. Large satellites--over 2000 km diameter--indicated by ** | |
| selected asteroids | ||
|---|---|---|
| Earth-approaching asteroids | main-belt asteroids | Jupiter Trojan asteroids |
| (433) Eros
(1036) Ganymed (1221) Amor (1566) Icarus (1620) Geographos (1627) Ivar (1862) Apollo (1866) Sisyphus (1980) Tezcatlipoca (2062) Aten (2340) Hathor (3200) Phaethon (3552) Don Quixote (4179) Toutatis (4769) Castalia (4954) Eric (5143) Heracles (6489) Golevka (9969) Braille (25143) Itokawa (69230) Hermes (99942) Apophis |
(1) Ceres *
(2) Pallas (3) Juno (4) Vesta (10) Hygeia (15) Eunomia (16) Psyche (24) Themis (31) Euphrosyne (48) Doris (52) Europa (65) Cybele (87) Sylvia (107) Camilla (243) Ida (254) Mathilde (324) Bamberga (451) Patientia (511) Davida (532) Herculina (704) Interamnia (951) Gaspra (5535) Annefrank |
(624) Hector
(911) Agamemnon (1437) Diomedes |
| Includes Earth-approaching asteroids over 5 km in diameter, visited by space probes, or well studied by radar; main belt asteroids over 200 km in diameter or visited by space probes; Jupiter Trojan asteroids over 160 km in diameter. Dwarf planets are indicated by *. A total of 14,045 asteroids (excluding outer solar system objects) are named. | ||
| named satellites of asteroids | |
|---|---|
| asteroid | satellite |
| (22) Kalliope | Linus |
| (45) Eugenia | Petit-Prince |
| (87) Sylvia | Remus Romulus |
| (243) Ida | Dactyl |
| (617) Patroclus | Menoetius |
| Includes all named asteroid satellites. Another 83 provisional or probable asteroid satellites are reported. | |
| satellites of outer planets | ||
|---|---|---|
| planet | named satellites | provisional satellites |
| Jupiter | Metis
Adrastea Amalthea Thebe Io ** Europa ** Ganymede ** Callisto ** Themisto Leda Himalia Lysithea Elara Carpo Euporie Orthosie Euanthe Thyone Mneme Helike Harpalyke Praxidike Hermippe Iocaste Ananke Kallichore Pasithee Arche Kale Chaldene Isonoe Eurydome Erinome Taygete Carme Aitne Kalyke Pasiphae Megaclite Aoede Sponde Sinope Cyllene Callirrhoe Autonoe Hegemone Eukelade Thelxinoe Kore |
S/2000 J11
S/2003 J3 S/2003 J12 S/2003 J18 S/2003 J16 S/2003 J15 S/2003 J17 S/2003 J9 S/2003 J19 S/2003 J4 S/2003 J5 S/2003 J10 S/2003 J2 S/2003 J23 |
| Saturn | Pan
Daphnis Atlas Prometheus Pandora Epimetheus Janus Mimas * Methone Anthe Pallene Enceladus * Tethys * Telesto Calypso Dione * Helene Polydeuces Rhea * Titan ** Hyperion Iapetus * Kiviuq Ijiraq Phoebe Paaliaq Skathi Albiorix Bebhionn Erriapo Siarnaq Skoll Tarqeq Tarvos Greip Hyrokkin Jarnsaxa Mundilfari Narvi Bergelmir Suttungr Hati Bestla Farbauti Thrymr Aegir Kari Fenrir Surtur Ymir Loge Fornjot |
S/2007 S2 S/2004 S13 S/2004 S17 S/2006 S1 S/2004 S12 S/2004 S7 S/2007 S3 S/2006 S3 |
| Uranus | Cordelia
Ophelia Bianca Cressida Desdemona Juliet Portia Rosalind Cupid Belinda Perdita Puck Mab Miranda * Ariel * Umbriel * Titania * Oberon * Francisco Caliban Stephano Trinculo Sycorax Margaret Prospero Setebos Ferdinand |
|
| Neptune | Naiad
Thalassa Despina Galatea Larissa Proteus * Triton ** Nereid Halimede Sao Laomedeia Psamathe Neso |
|
| Includes all known satellites of outer planets. Large satellites--over 2000 km in diameter--indicated by **; medium-sized satellites--between 350 and 2000 km in diameter--indicated by * | ||
| satellites of dwarf planet trans-Neptunian objects | ||
|---|---|---|
| dwarf planet | satellites | |
| Pluto | Charon
Nix Hydra |
|
| Eris | Dysnomia | |
| Includes all TNOs confirmed as dwarf planets by the International Astronomical Union. | ||
| Outer solar system objects | ||
|---|---|---|
| damocloids and others | centaurs and scattered disk objects | trans-Neptunian objects |
|
(944) Hidalgo
(5335) Damocles (20461) Dioretsa |
(2060) Chiron
(5145) Pholus (7066) Nessus (8405) Asbolus (10199) Chariklo (10370) Hylonome (31824) Elatus (32532) Thereus (42355) Typhon (49036) Pelion (52872) Okyrhoe (52975) Cyllarus (54598) Bienor (55576) Amycus (60558) Echeclus (65489) Ceto (83982) Crantor (90377) Sedna |
(19521) Chaos
(20000) Varuna (28978) Ixion (38083) Rhadamanthus (38638) Huya (50000) Quaoar (53311) Deucalion (58534) Logos (66652) Borasisi (88611) Teharonhiawako (90482) Orcus |
| Includes all named outer solar system minor planets other than dwarf planets. "Damocloid" class is unofficial; "other" includes other objects which approach or cross the orbit of Saturn; "centaur" class has mean distance within the orbit of Neptune; "trans-Neptunian objects" have mean distance outside the orbit of Neptune | ||
| named satellites of outer solar system objects | |
|---|---|
| primary | satellite |
| (42355) Typhon | Echidna |
| (58534) Logos | Zoe |
| (65489) Ceto | Phorcys |
| (88611) Teharonhiawako | Sawiskera |
| Includes all named outer solar system satellites other than those of dwarf planets. Another 44 provisional or probable outer solar system satellites are reported. | |
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