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Historical Data

Name # Orbits Date Discoverer
Sun - - -
Mercury I Sun - -
Venus II Sun - -
Earth III Sun - -
Moon I Earth - -
Mars IV Sun - -
Phobos I Mars 1877 Asaph Hall
Deimos II Mars 1877 Asaph Hall
Jupiter V Sun - -
Metis XVI Jupiter 1979 Stephen Synnott
Adrastea XV Jupiter 1979 D. Jewitt & E. Danielson
Amalthea V Jupiter 1892 Edward Emerson Barnard
Thebe XIV Jupiter 1979 Stephen Synnott
Io I Jupiter 1610 Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei
Europa II Jupiter 1610 Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei
Ganymede III Jupiter 1610 Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei
Callisto IV Jupiter 1610 Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei
Leda XIII Jupiter 1974 C. Kowal
Himalia VI Jupiter 1904 C. Perrine
Lysithea X Jupiter 1938 S. Nicholson
Elara VII Jupiter 1905 C. Perrine
Ananke XII Jupiter 1951 S. Nicholson
Carme XI Jupiter 1938 S. Nicholson
Pasiphae VIII Jupiter 1908 P. Melotte
Sinope IX Jupiter 1914 S. Nicholson
Saturn VI Sun - -
Pan XVIII Saturn 1990 Mark R. Showalter
Atlas XV Saturn 1980 R. Terrile
Prometheus XVI Saturn 1980 S. Collins & others
Pandora XVII Saturn 1980 S. Collins & others
Epimetheus XI Saturn 1980 R. Walker
Janus X Saturn 1966 Audouin Dollfus
Mimas I Saturn 1789 William Herschel
Enceladus II Saturn 1789 William Herschel
Tethys III Saturn 1684 Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Telesto XIII Saturn 1980 B. Smith & others
Calypso XIV Saturn 1980 B. Smith & others
Dione IV Saturn 1684 Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Helene XII Saturn 1980 P. Laques & J. Lecacheus
Rhea V Saturn 1672 Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Titan VI Saturn 1655 Christiaan Huygens
Hyperion VII Saturn 1848 William Cranch Bond
Iapetus VIII Saturn 1671 Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Phoebe IX Saturn 1898 William Henry Pickering
Uranus VII Sun 1781 William Herschel
Cordelia VI Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Ophelia VII Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Bianca VIII Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Cressida IX Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Desdemona X Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Juliet XI Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Portia XII Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Rosalind XIII Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Belinda XIV Uranus 1986 Voyager 2
Puck XV Uranus 1985 Stephen Synnott
Miranda V Uranus 1948 Gerard Kuiper
Ariel I Uranus 1851 William Lassell
Umbriel II Uranus 1851 William Lassell
Titania III Uranus 1787 William Herschel
Oberon IV Uranus 1787 William Herschel
Neptune VIII Sun 1846 Johann Gotfried Galle
Naiad III Neptune 1989 Voyager 2
Thalassa IV Neptune 1989 Voyager 2
Despina V Neptune 1989 Voyager 2
Galatea VI Neptune 1989 Voyager 2
Larissa VII Neptune 1989 Stephen Synnott
Proteus VIII Neptune 1989 Stephen Synnott
Triton I Neptune 1846 William Lassell
Nereid II Neptune 1949 Gerard Kuiper
Pluto IX Sun 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh
Charon I Pluto 1978 J. Christy
Key:
Name          Name of the planet or satellite.
Orbits        Sun or planet about which it orbits.
Date          Date of discovery.
Discoverer    Discoverer.

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