Planets And Their Satellites Names

19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded.

Planets and their satellites names.

2017 unnamed jupiter lxvi. Thalassa greek sea goddess. Galatea one of the attendants of neptune. Name of all planets in our solar system.

There are more than 200 moons in our solar system. Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets. Moons are classed in two separate cat. Daphne with moon peneius kalliope with moon linus.

Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io. And ida with moon dactyl. Kleopatra with 2 moons alexhelios cleoselene. Although the innermost six planets of the solar system were known from antiquity uranus was discovered in 1781 by w.

Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit. They are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium jupiter and saturn or of ice rock hydrogen and helium uranus and neptune. So now read about important gk on solar system planets and their satellites list and increase your gk about the solar system. Minerva with 2 moons aegis gorgoneion.

Planet and satellite names and discoverers. In contrast the four outer planets also called the jovian or giant planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune are large objects with densities less than 2 grams per cubic cm. Moons also known as natural satellites orbit planets and asteroids. The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons.

Proteus a greek sea god. 2016 25 september 2018 numbered 19 august 2019 named unnamed jupiter lxiii. Naiad a group of greek water nymphs who were guardians of lakes fountains springs and rivers. Despina daughter of neptune.

Larissa a lover of neptune. Numbering of natural satellites name approved for jovian satellite. Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and pluto currently consider as dwarf planet. Nereid the nereids a group of fifty daughters were attendants of neptune.

Planet and satellite names and discoverers mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets this page shows information about planetary bodies named by the iau working group for planetary system nomenclature wgpsn and about bodies named by the iau committee on small body nomenclature that have surface features named by the wgpsn. Several of the largest ones are in hydrostatic equilibrium and would therefore be considered dwarf planets or planets if they were in direct orbit around the sun and not in their current states. Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun. Gk on solar system planets and their satellites list.

Sylvia with 2 moons romulus remus. The charts below list a few properties of the planets and their named satellites. Valetudo names approved for five jovian satellites name approved for neptunian satellite. Triton the sea god son of poseidon neptune.