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Moon list
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for the Astronomy domain
A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbit a planet or smaller body, which is called the primary. Technically, the term natural...
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The Moon is the earth's companion satellite, though some astronomers believe that it approaches being a planet in its own right. The Moon is large enough for its gravity to affect the Earth, stabilising its orbit and producing the regular ebb and...
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Titan ( -tən, or as ) or 'Saturn VI''' is the largest moon of Saturn, the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.
Titan is the...
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Phobos ( -bəs, or as Greek Φόβος) (systematic designation: ) is the larger and closer of Mars' two moon (the other being Deimos). It is named after the Greek god Phobos (which means "fear"), a son of Ares (Mars). A small, irregularly shaped object,...
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Deimos ( -məs, also -məs as in Greek Δείμος), is the smaller and outer of Mars’ two moons (the other being Phobos). It is named after Deimos, a figure representing dread in Greek Mythology. Its systematic designation is .
Deimos was discovered by...
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| Triton |
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Triton (, or as in Greek Τρίτων), is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846 by William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its...
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Naiad (nye'-əd, [UK, US], or nay'-əd [US]; Greek Ναϊάδ-ες), or Neptune III, is the innermost satellite of Neptune named after the Naiads of Greek legend.
Naiad was discovered sometime before mid-September, 1989 from the images taken by the...
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Thalassa (thə-las'-ə, , Greek Θάλασσα), or Neptune IV, is the second innermost satellite of Neptune.Thalassa was named after a daughter of Aether and Hemera from Greek mythology."Thalassa" is also the Greek word for "sea".
Thalassa was discovered...
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Despina (, or sometimes , Latin Despœna from Greek Δέσποινα), or Neptune V, is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despoina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon and Demeter.
Despina was discovered in late July, 1989...
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Galatea (gal'-ə-tee'-ə, , Greek Γαλάτεια), or Neptune VI, is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the Nereids of Greek legend.
Galatea was discovered in late July, 1989 from the images taken by the...
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Larissa (lə-ris'-ə, , Greek Λάρισα), or Neptune VII, is the fifth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon (Neptune) in Greek mythology.
It was first discovered by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard,...
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Proteus (, Greek Πρωτεύς), or Neptune VIII, is the second largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. It is the largest known non-spherical moon in the solar system. It is named after Proteus, the shape-changing sea god of Greek...
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Nereid ( [UK, US], or [UK]; Greek Νηρηΐδα), or Neptune II, is a moon of Neptune.
Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper, who proposed the name in the report of his discovery. It is named after the Nereids, sea-nymphs of Greek...
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Halimede (; Greek Αλιμήδη) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman et al. on August 14, 2002.
Halimede has the second most eccentric and third most inclined orbit around Neptune. This is illustrated on...
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Sao ( -oh, Greek Σαώ) is a prograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman et al. on August 14, 2002. Sao orbits Neptune at a distance of about 22.4 million km and is about 44 kilometers in diameter (assuming an...
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Laomedeia ( or ; Greek Λαομέδεια), also Neptune XII, is a prograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, et al. on August 13, 2002. Before the announcement of its name on February 3, 2007 (IAUC 8802), it was known...
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Psamathe ( -ə-thee, Latin Psamathē, from Greek Ψαμάθη), or Neptune X, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune.
Psamathe was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt in 2003. It orbits Neptune at a distance of about 46,695,000 km...
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Neso ( -soh, Greek Νησώ), also known as Neptune XIII, is the outermost irregular natural satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, Brett J. Gladman, et al. on August 14, 2002, though it went unnoticed until 2003.Neso orbits...
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Rhea ( -ə, or as Greek ) is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth largest moon in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
Rhea is named after the Titan Rhea of Greek mythology, "mother of the gods". It is...
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Phoebe ( -bee, or as Greek Φοίβη) is an irregular satellite of Saturn. It was discovered by William Henry Pickering on March 17, 1899 from photographic plates that had been taken starting on August 16, 1898 at Arequipa, Peru by DeLisle Stewart. It...
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Tethys ( -this, also -is, or as Greek Τηθύς) is a moon of Saturn that was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684.
Tethys is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn III or S III Tethys.
Cassini named...
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| Mimas |
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Mimas ( -məs, or as Greek Μίμᾱς, rarely Μίμανς) is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas, a son of Gaia in Greek mythology, and is also designated Saturn I.
Mimas is the smallest known...
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| Calypso |
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Calypso ( kə--soe, or as Greek Καλυψώ) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pascu, Seidelmann, Baum and Currie in 1980 from ground-based observations, and was provisionally designated . Several other apparitions of it were recorded in the...
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Io ( -oe, or as Greek Ἰώ [iː.ɔɔ̗]) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter and, with a diameter of 3,642 kilometers, the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System. It was named after Io, a priestess of Hera that became one of the lovers...
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Ariel ( -ee-əl) is a moon of Uranus discovered on 24 October 1851 by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Umbriel.
Ariel is named after the leading sylph in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock. It is also the name of the...
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