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 their satellites names.
Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and pluto currently consider as dwarf planet.
Proteus a greek sea god.
Eugenia with 2 moons petit prince s 2004.
Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets.
Triton the sea god son of poseidon neptune.
Planet and satellite names and discoverers.
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.
Five other recently discovered satellites are still unnamed.
Name of all planets in our solar system.
Naiad a group of greek water nymphs who were guardians of lakes fountains springs and rivers.
There are more than 200 moons in our solar system.
The solar system boasts a population of eight planets five dwarf planets dozens of satellites and countless small solar system bodies.
They are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium jupiter and saturn or of ice rock hydrogen and helium uranus and neptune.
Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the sun.
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.
Numbering of natural satellites name approved for jovian satellite.
And ida with moon dactyl.
Nereid the nereids a group of fifty daughters were attendants of neptune.
Daphne with moon peneius kalliope with moon linus.
Despina daughter of neptune.
2017 unnamed jupiter lxvi.
Kleopatra with 2 moons alexhelios cleoselene.
The charts below list a few properties of the planets and their named satellites.
2016 25 september 2018 numbered 19 august 2019 named unnamed jupiter lxiii.
Gk on solar system planets and their satellites list.
Galatea one of the attendants of neptune.
19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded.
Moons also known as natural satellites orbit planets and asteroids.
Moons are classed in two separate cat.
Thalassa greek sea goddess.
The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons.
Larissa a lover of neptune.
Most orbit the giant planets with saturn and jupiter leading moon counts but even smaller worlds like pluto can have five moons in orbit.
So now read about important gk on solar system planets and their satellites list and increase your gk about the solar system.
Although the innermost six planets of the solar system were known from antiquity uranus was discovered in 1781 by w.
Minerva with 2 moons aegis gorgoneion.
