Some named solar system objects


compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 December 2005

satellites of inner planets
planetsatellites
Mercury(no satellites)
Venus(no satellites)
EarthMoon **
MarsPhobos
Deimos
Includes all known satellites of inner planets. Planet-sized satellites--over 2000 km diameter--indicated by **

selected asteroids
Earth-approaching asteroidsmain-belt asteroidsJupiter 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. A total of 12,753 asteroids (excluding outer solar system objects) are named.

named satellites of asteroids
asteroidsatellite
(22) KalliopeLinus
(45) EugeniaPetit-Prince
(87) SylviaRemus
Romulus
(243) IdaDactyl
Includes all named asteroid satellites. Another 52 provisional or probable asteroid satellites are reported, plus 22 satellites of trans-Neptunian objects.

satellites of outer planets
planetnamed satellitesprovisional 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
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 J14
S/2003 J2
S/2003 J23
Saturn Pan
Daphnis
Atlas
Prometheus
Pandora
Epimetheus
Janus
Mimas *
Methone
Pallene
Enceladus *
Tethys *
Telesto
Calypso
Dione *
Helene
Polydeuces
Rhea *
Titan **
Hyperion
Iapetus *
Kiviuq
Ijiraq
Phoebe
Paaliaq
Skathi
Albiorix
Erriapo
Siarnaq
Tarvos
Mundilfari
Narvi
Suttungr
Thrymr
Ymir

S/2004 S3
S/2004 S4
S/2004 S6
S/2004 S11
S/2004 S13
S/2004 S17
S/2004 S15
S/2004 S10
S/2004 S12
S/2004 S18
S/2004 S7
S/2004 S9
S/2004 S14
S/2004 S8
S/2004 S16
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
Psamathe
S/2002 N1
S/2002 N2
S/2002 N3
S/2002 N4
PlutoCharon S/2005 P2
S/2005 P1
Includes all known satellites of outer planets. Planet-sized satellites--over 2000 km in diameter--indicated by **; medium-sized satellites--between 350 and 2000 km in diameter--indicated by *

Note: a trans-Neptunian object larger than Pluto was discovered in 2005 and provisionally designated 2003 UB313. The International Astronomical Union has not yet determined whether it will be officially designated a planet. A satellite to this object has been discovered and is provisionally designated S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1.

Outer solar system objects
damocloids
and others
centaurstrans-Neptunian objects
(944) Hidalgo
(5335) Damocles
(20461) Dioretsa
(2060) Chiron
(5145) Pholus
(7066) Nessus
(8405) Asbolus
(10199) Chariklo
(10370) Hylonome
(31824) Elatus
(32532) Thereus
(49036) Pelion
(52872) Okyrhoe
(52975) Cyllarus
(54598) Bienor
(55576) Amycus
(83982) Crantor
(19521) Chaos
(20000) Varuna
(28978) Ixion
(38083) Rhadamanthus
(38638) Huya
(50000) Quaoar
(53311) Deucalion
(90377) Sedna
(90482) Orcus
Includes all named outer solar system minor 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


© 2003-2004, 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 30 December 2005.
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