Planets in our solar system and their natural satellites
With the exception of Mercury and Venus, all the planets in our solar
system have at least one natural satellite in orbit. The gas giants have
dozens of known satellites. Many other objects, such as asteroids, dwarf
planets and trans-Neptunian objects (aka TNOs) also have known
satellites but they are (almost certainly) beyond my ability to observe.
Some planetary satellites are very often observed by amateur
astronomers, especially the Earth's mooon Luna. The four bright
Gallilean satellites of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) are
frequently to be seen on websites. Images of the brightest satellites of
Saturn are fairly common. As for satellites of Uranus and Neptune, a few
images of Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon and Triton may be found
without too much effort. Everything else is very uncommon. I
decided to remedy this lack of effort by attempting to track down every
satellite within range of the telescopes at Tacande.
Active links in the tables below lead to an image and some information
about the object in question. The lack of an active link usually means
that the satellite is either far too faint to be detectable by the
equipment at Tacande or is too close to its planet and so lost in the
glare, or both. However, the lack may just be because a successful
observation has not yet been made.
Jupiter | | | | |
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I | Io |
II | Europa |
III | Ganymede |
IV | Callisto |
V | Amalthea |
VI | Himalia |
VII | Elara |
VIII | Pasiphae |
IX | Sinope |
X | Lysithea |
XI | Carme |
XII | Ananke |
XIII | Leda |
XIV | Thebe |
XV | Adrastea |
XVI | Metis |
XVII | Callirrhoe |
XVIII | Themisto |
XIX | Megaclite |
XX | Taygete |
XXI | Chaldene |
XXII | Harpalyke |
XXIII | Kalyke |
XXIV | Iocaste |
XXV | Erinome |
XXVI | Isonoe |
XXVII | Praxidike |
XXVIII | Autonoe |
XXIX | Thyone |
XXX | Hermippe |
XXXI | Aitne |
XXXII | Eurydome |
XXXIII | Euanthe |
XXXIV | Euporie |
XXXV | Orthosie |
XXXVI | Sponde |
XXXVII | Kale |
XXXVIII | Pasithee |
XXXIX | Hegemone |
XL | Mneme |
XLI | Aoede |
XLII | Thelxinoe |
XLIII | Arche |
XLIV | Kallichore |
XLV | Helike |
XLVI | Carpo |
XLVII | Eukelade |
XLVIII | Cyllene |
XLIX | Kore |
L | Herse |
LI | Greip |
LII | Tarqeq J 2 |
LIII | Dia |
LIV | S/2016 J 1 |
LV | S/2003 J 18 |
LVI | S/2011 J 2 |
LVII | Eirene |
LVIII | Philophrosyne |
LIX | Eupheme |
LX | S/2003 J 3 |
LXI | S/2003 J 19 |
LXII | Valetudo |
LXIII | S/2017 J 2 |
LXIV | S/2017 J 3 |
LXV | Pandia |
LXVI | S/2017 J 5 |
LXVII | S/2017 J 6 |
LXVIII | S/2017 J 7 |
LXIX | S/2017 J 8 |
LXX | S/2017 J 9 |
LXXI | Ersa J 1 |
LXXII | S/2011 J 1 |
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Saturn | | | | |
| | | | |
I | Mimas |
II | Enceladus |
III | Tethys |
IV | Dione |
V | Rhea |
VI | Titan |
VII | Hyperion |
VIII | Iapetus |
IX | Phoebe |
X | Janus |
XI | Epimetheus |
XII | Helene |
XIII | Telesto |
XIV | Calypso |
XV | Atlas |
XVI | Prometheus |
XVII | Pandora |
XVIII | Pan |
XIX | Ymir |
XX | Paaliaq |
XXI | Tarvos |
XXII | Ijiraq |
XXIII | Suttungr |
XXIV | Kiviuq |
XXV | Mundilfari |
XXVI | Albiorix |
XXVII | Skathi |
XXVIII | Erriapus |
XXIX | Siarnaq |
XXX | Thrymr |
XXXI | Narvi |
XXXII | Methone |
XXXIII | Pallene |
XXXIV | Polydeuces |
XXXV | Daphnis |
XXXVI | Aegir |
XXXVII | Bebhionn |
XXXVIII | Bergelmir |
XXXIX | Bestla |
XL | Farbauti |
XLI | Fenrir |
XLII | Fornjot |
XLIII | Hati |
XLIV | Hyrrokkin |
XLV | Kari |
XLVI | Loge |
XLVII | Skoll |
XLVIII | Surtur |
XLIX | Anthe |
L | Jarnsaxa |
LI | Greip |
LII | Tarqeq |
LIII | Aegaeon |
LIV | S/2004 S 20 |
LV | S/2004 S 22 |
LVI | S/2004 S 23 |
LVII | S/2004 S 25 |
LVIII | S/2004 S 26 |
LIX | S/2004 S 27 |
LX | S/2004 S 29 |
LXI | S/2004 S 30 |
LXII | S/2004 S 32 |
LXIII | S/2004 S 33 |
LXIV | S/2004 S 34 |
LXV | S/2004 S 35 |
LXVI | S/2004 S 38 |
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Uranus | | | | |
| | | | |
I | Ariel |
II | Umbriel |
III | Titania |
IV | Oberon |
V | Miranda |
VI | Cordelia |
VII | Ophelia |
VIII | Bianca |
IX | Cressida |
X | Desdemona |
XI | Juliet |
XII | Portia |
XIII | Rosalind |
XIV | Belinda |
XV | Puck |
XVI | Caliban |
XVII | Sycorax |
XVIII | Prospero |
XIX | Setebos |
XX | Stephano |
XXI | Trinculo |
XXII | Francisco |
XXIII | Margaret |
XXIV | Ferdinand |
XXV | Perdita |
XXVI | Mab |
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Neptune | | | | |
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I | Triton |
II | Nereid |
III | Naiad |
IV | Thalassa |
V | Despina |
VI | Galatea |
VII | Larissa |
VIII | Proteus |
IX | Halimede |
X | Psamathe |
XI | Sao |
XII | Laomedeia |
XIII | Neso |
XIV | Hippocamp |
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