{"id":30,"date":"2016-11-15T21:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T21:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/astronomy\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=30"},"modified":"2017-07-26T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T18:33:56","slug":"selected-moons-of-the-planets","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ncc-astronomy\/chapter\/selected-moons-of-the-planets\/","title":{"raw":"Selected Moons of the Planets","rendered":"Selected Moons of the Planets"},"content":{"raw":"<p id=\"fs-id1172466806590\">Note: As this book goes to press, nearly two hundred moons are now known in the solar system and more are being discovered on a regular basis. Of the major planets, only Mercury and Venus do not have moons. In addition to moons of the planets, there are many moons of asteroids. In this appendix, we list only the largest and most interesting objects that orbit each planet (including dwarf planets). The number given for each planet is discoveries through 2015. For further information see https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/solarsystem\/moons and https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_natural_satellites.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<table id=\"fs-id1172467109614\" class=\"span-all\" summary=\"A table titled \">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Selected Moons of the Planets<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Planet (moons)<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Satellite Name<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Discovery<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Semimajor Axis (km \u00d7 1000)<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Period (d)<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Diameter (km)<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Mass (10<sup>20<\/sup> kg)<\/th>\r\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Density (g\/cm<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Earth (1)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Moon<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">384<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">27.32<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3476<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">735<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Mars (2)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Phobos<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hall (1877)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">9.4<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.32<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">23<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22124<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Deimos<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hall (1877)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">23.5<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.26<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22125<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.7<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"7\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Jupiter (67)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Amalthea<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Barnard (1892)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">181<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.50<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">200<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Thebe<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1979)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">222<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.67<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">90<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Io<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">422<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.77<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3630<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">894<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Europa<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">671<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.55<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3138<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">480<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Ganymede<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1070<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">7.16<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5262<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1482<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Callisto<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1883<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">16.69<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4800<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1077<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Himalia<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Perrine (1904)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">11,460<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">251<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">170<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"15\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Saturn (62)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pan<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1985)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">133.6<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.58<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22125<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Atlas<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">137.7<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.60<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">40<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Prometheus<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">139.4<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.61<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">80<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pandora<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">141.7<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.63<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">100<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Janus<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dollfus (1966)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">151.4<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.69<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">190<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Epimetheus<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Fountain, Larson (1980)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">151.4<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.69<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">120<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Mimas<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1789)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">186<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.94<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">394<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Enceladus<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1789)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">238<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.37<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">502<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Tethys<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1684)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">295<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.89<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1048<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">7.5<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dione<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1684)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">377<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.74<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1120<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">11<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Rhea<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1672)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">527<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4.52<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1530<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">25<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Titan<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Huygens (1655)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1222<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">15.95<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5150<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1346<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hyperion<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Bond, Lassell (1848)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1481<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">21.3<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">270<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Iapetus<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1671)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3561<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">79.3<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1435<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">19<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Phoebe<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pickering (1898)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">12,950<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">550 (R)<a href=\"#footnote1\" name=\"footnote-ref1\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup>[footnote]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"#footnote1\" name=\"footnote-ref1\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup>R stands for retrograde rotation (backward from the direction that most objects in the solar system revolve and rotate). [\/footnote]<\/sup><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">220<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"6\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Uranus (27)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Puck<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1985)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">86.0<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.76<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">170<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Miranda<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kuiper (1948)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">130<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.41<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">485<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Ariel<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1851)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">191<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.52<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1160<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Umbriel<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1851)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">266<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4.14<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1190<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Titania<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1787)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">436<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">8.71<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1610<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">35<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Oberon<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1787)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">583<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13.5<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1550<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">29<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"5\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Neptune (14)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Despina<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">53<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.33<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">150<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galatea<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">62<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.40<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">150<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Larissa<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">118<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.12<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">400<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Triton<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1846)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">355<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5.88 (R)<a href=\"#footnote2\" name=\"footnote-ref2\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup>[footnote]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"#footnote2\" name=\"footnote-ref2\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup>R stands for retrograde rotation (backward from the direction that most objects in the solar system revolve and rotate). [\/footnote]<\/sup><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2720<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">220<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.1<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Nereid<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kuiper (1949)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5511<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">360<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">340<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"5\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pluto (5)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Charon<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Christy (1978)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">19.7<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">6.39<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1200<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.7<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Styx<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Showalter et al (2012)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">42<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Nix<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Weaver et al (2005)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">48<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">24<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">46<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.1<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kerberos<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Showalter et al (2011)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">58<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">24<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">28<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hydra<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Weaver et al (2005)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">65<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">61<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Eris (1)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dysnomea<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">16<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">684<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Makemake (1)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">(MK2)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Parker et al (2016)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">160<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Haumea (2)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hi\u2019iaka<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">50<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">49<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">400<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr valign=\"top\">\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Namaka<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">39<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">35<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">200<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"<p id=\"fs-id1172466806590\">Note: As this book goes to press, nearly two hundred moons are now known in the solar system and more are being discovered on a regular basis. Of the major planets, only Mercury and Venus do not have moons. In addition to moons of the planets, there are many moons of asteroids. In this appendix, we list only the largest and most interesting objects that orbit each planet (including dwarf planets). The number given for each planet is discoveries through 2015. For further information see https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/solarsystem\/moons and https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_natural_satellites.<\/p>\n<table id=\"fs-id1172467109614\" class=\"span-all\" summary=\"A table titled\">\n<thead>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Selected Moons of the Planets<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Planet (moons)<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Satellite Name<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Discovery<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Semimajor Axis (km \u00d7 1000)<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Period (d)<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Diameter (km)<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Mass (10<sup>20<\/sup> kg)<\/th>\n<th data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"center\">Density (g\/cm<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Earth (1)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Moon<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">384<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">27.32<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3476<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">735<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"2\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Mars (2)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Phobos<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hall (1877)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">9.4<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.32<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">23<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22124<\/sup><\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Deimos<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hall (1877)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">23.5<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.26<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22125<\/sup><\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"7\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Jupiter (67)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Amalthea<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Barnard (1892)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">181<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.50<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">200<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Thebe<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1979)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">222<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.67<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">90<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Io<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">422<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.77<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3630<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">894<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Europa<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">671<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.55<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3138<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">480<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Ganymede<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1070<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">7.16<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5262<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1482<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Callisto<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galileo (1610)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1883<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">16.69<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4800<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1077<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Himalia<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Perrine (1904)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">11,460<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">251<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">170<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"15\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Saturn (62)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pan<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1985)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">133.6<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.58<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010<sup>\u22125<\/sup><\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Atlas<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">137.7<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.60<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">40<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Prometheus<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">139.4<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.61<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">80<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pandora<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1980)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">141.7<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.63<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">100<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Janus<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dollfus (1966)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">151.4<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.69<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">190<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Epimetheus<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Fountain, Larson (1980)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">151.4<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.69<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">120<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Mimas<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1789)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">186<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.94<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">394<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.4<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Enceladus<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1789)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">238<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.37<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">502<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Tethys<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1684)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">295<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.89<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1048<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">7.5<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dione<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1684)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">377<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.74<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1120<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">11<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Rhea<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1672)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">527<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4.52<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1530<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">25<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Titan<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Huygens (1655)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1222<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">15.95<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5150<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1346<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hyperion<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Bond, Lassell (1848)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1481<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">21.3<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">270<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Iapetus<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Cassini (1671)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">3561<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">79.3<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1435<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">19<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Phoebe<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pickering (1898)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">12,950<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">550 (R)<a href=\"#footnote1\" name=\"footnote-ref1\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"R stands for retrograde rotation (backward from the direction that most objects in the solar system revolve and rotate).\" id=\"return-footnote-30-1\" href=\"#footnote-30-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/a><\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">220<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"6\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Uranus (27)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Puck<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1985)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">86.0<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.76<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">170<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Miranda<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kuiper (1948)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">130<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.41<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">485<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Ariel<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1851)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">191<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.52<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1160<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Umbriel<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1851)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">266<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">4.14<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1190<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Titania<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1787)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">436<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">8.71<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1610<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">35<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Oberon<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Herschel (1787)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">583<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">13.5<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1550<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">29<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"5\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Neptune (14)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Despina<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">53<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.33<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">150<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Galatea<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">62<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.40<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">150<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Larissa<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Voyager (1989)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">118<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.12<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">400<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Triton<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Lassell (1846)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">355<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5.88 (R)<a href=\"#footnote2\" name=\"footnote-ref2\" data-type=\"footnote-number\"><sup><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"R stands for retrograde rotation (backward from the direction that most objects in the solar system revolve and rotate).\" id=\"return-footnote-30-2\" href=\"#footnote-30-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/a><\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2720<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">220<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Nereid<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kuiper (1949)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">5511<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">360<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">340<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"5\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Pluto (5)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Charon<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Christy (1978)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">19.7<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">6.39<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1200<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Styx<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Showalter et al (2012)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">42<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Nix<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Weaver et al (2005)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">48<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">24<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">46<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Kerberos<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Showalter et al (2011)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">58<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">24<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">28<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hydra<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Weaver et al (2005)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">65<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">61<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">0.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Eris (1)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Dysnomea<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">16<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">684<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Makemake (1)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">(MK2)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Parker et al (2016)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">160<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td rowspan=\"2\" data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Haumea (2)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Hi\u2019iaka<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">50<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">49<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">400<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Namaka<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">Brown et al (2005)<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">39<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">35<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">200<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<td data-valign=\"top\" data-align=\"left\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Astronomy. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: OpenStax CNX. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" 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