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A body orbiting a planet is called a satellite. In the post-Sputnik era, the word "moon" or "natural
satellite" is sometimes used to mean a planetary body orbiting a planet. The known satellite are given in the
following table.
| planet |
# satellites |
satellites |
| Mercury |
0 |
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| Venus |
0 |
|
| Earth |
1 |
moon |
| Mars |
2 |
Deimos |
| |
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Phobos |
| Jupiter |
16 |
Metis |
| |
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Adrastea |
| |
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Amalthea |
| |
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Thebe |
| |
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Io |
| |
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Europa |
| |
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Ganymede |
| |
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Callisto |
| |
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Leda |
| |
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Himalia |
| |
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Lysithea |
| |
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Elara |
| |
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Ananke |
| |
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Carme |
| |
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Pasiphae |
| |
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Sinope |
| Saturn |
|
S/1995 S4 |
| |
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1981 S13 |
| |
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Atlas |
| |
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Prometheus |
| |
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Pandora |
| |
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Epimetheus |
| |
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Janus |
| |
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Mimas |
| |
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Enceladus |
| |
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Tethys |
| |
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Telesto |
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Calypso |
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Dione |
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Helene |
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Rhea |
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Titan |
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Hyperion |
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Iapetus |
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Phoebe |
| Uranus |
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Ariel |
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Belinda |
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Bianca |
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Cordelia |
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Cressida |
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Desdemona |
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Juliet |
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Miranda |
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Oberon |
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Ophelia |
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Portia |
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Puck |
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Rosalind |
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Titania |
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Umbriel |
| Neptune |
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Despina |
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Galeta |
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Larissa |
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Naiad |
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Nereid |
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Proteus |
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Thalassa |
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Triton |
| Pluto |
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Charon |
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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