| satellites of inner planets | |
|---|---|
| planet | satellites |
| Mercury | (no satellites) |
| Venus | (no satellites) |
| Earth | Moon ** |
| Mars | Phobos Deimos |
| Includes all known satellites of inner planets. Planet-sized 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. A total of 12,753 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 |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
| Pluto | Charon | 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 * | ||
| Outer solar system objects | ||
|---|---|---|
| damocloids and others | centaurs | 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 (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 | ||
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