Sun, Planet and Satellite Data

## Table of Contents

- Historical Data
- Orbital Data
- Physical Data

Historical Data

Name | # | Orbits | Date | Discoverer
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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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