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Subject is part of has diameter has orbital period has inclination is an instance of has rotation period has mean density has eccentricity has dicoverer has albedo has crust thickness has radiu has mean distance from Earth has obliquity has surface composition has mean radiu has synodic period has core temperature has sidereal period has center of mass location has period has diameter about has atmosphere composition has surface gravity has orbital velocity has discoverer has rotational period is a kind of has eccetricity has V< i>_esc has mass has dicovery date has inclination of orbital plane to ecliptic has mantle thickness has synonym has definition has discovery date

Amalthea Jupiter 140 km 0.498 days i = 0°.4 natural satellite e = 0.0028 Barnard Barnard's satellite The innermost satellite of Jupiter. 1892

Ariel Uranus 1600 km natural satellite 2.52 days Lassell Second satellite of Uranus. 1851

Deimos Mars P = 1.26 days 1°.6 natural satellite e = 0.003 0.06 12 × 13 km A. Hall The outer satellite of Mars. Mariner 9 has shown that both Phobos and Deimos are locked in synchronous rotation with Mars. 1897

Demeter Jupiter P = 259.2 days i = 29° natural satellite e = 0.12 Nicholson Unofficial name for Jupiter X. 1938

Dione Saturn P = 4.5 days natural satellite 440 km Cassini Fifth satellite of Saturn 1684

Enceladus Saturn 500 km 1.37 days natural satellite Herschel Third satellite of Saturn 1789

Galilean satellite Jupiter Galileo natural satellite The largest satellites of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All are locked in synchronous rotation with Jupiter. 1610

Hades Jupiter P = 758 days retrograde i = 156° natural satellite e = 0.28 Nicholson Jupiter IX An unofficial name for Jupiter IX, the outermost satellite of Jupiter. 1914

Hera Jupiter P = 259.65 days i = 28° natural satellite e = 0.21 Perrine Jupiter VII Unofficial name for Jupiter VII. 1905

Hestia Jupiter P = 250 days i = 29° natural satellite e = 0.16 Perrine Jupiter VI Unofficial name for Jupiter VI. 1904

Hyperion Saturn 160 km P = 21^d6^h38^m natural satellite Bond Eighth satellite of Saturn 1848.

Iapetus Saturn inclination 14°.7 to Saturn's orbital plane natural satellite 850±100 km 79^d7^h55^m e = 0.028 The ninth satellite of Saturn. It has the most extreme variation in albedo of any satellite in the solar system (0.04 for the leading side, 0.28 for the trailing side). Discovered by Cassini in 1671.

Janus Saturn i ≈ 0 natural satellite e ≈ 0 R = 175 km P = 0.75 days Dollfus The innermost satellite of Saturn, just outside Saturn's rings. Named Janus for the first and the last. 1966

Mimas Saturn P = 0^d.94 natural satellite 0.49 R ≈ 250 km Herschel 1789 The second innermost satellite of Saturn. The perturbations of Mimas and Janus produce the divisions in Saturn's rings.

Miranda Uranus 500 km P = 1^d10^h natural satellite Kuiper The innermost satellite of Uranus. 1948

Moon Earth natural satellite 3.34 g cm^-3 e = 0.0549 0.07 60 km 384404.377 ± 0.001 km (1.28 lt-sec) 6°41' 1738 km 29^d12^h44^m2^s.9 1500 K 27^d7^h43^m11^s displaced about 2 km from geometrical center towards the direction of Earth 162.2 cm s^-2 = 0.165 Earth's V_orb = 1.02 km s^-1 2.38 km s^-1 7.35 × 10²⁵ g = 0.0123 M_Earth 5°8'43" 1000 km Natural satellite of Earth. Studies of lunar rocks have shown that melting and separation must have begun at least 4.5 × 10⁹ years ago,so the crust of the Moon was beginning to form a very short time after the solar system itself. It would have taken only 10⁷ years to slow the Moon's rotation into its present lock with its orbital period. The Moon's orbit is always concave toward the Sun.

Nereid Neptune about 360 days direct natural satellite e = 0.76 150-250 km Kuiper The outer satellite of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of any natural satellite. 1950

Oberon Uranus P = 13.46 days natural satellite R ≥ 500 km Herschel 13.46 days Outermost satellite of Uranus. 1787

Pan Jupiter P = 692^d i = 163° natural satellite e = 0.2 Nicholson Jupiter XI Unofficial name for Jupiter XI. 1938

Phobos Mars 7^h39^m14^s i = 1°.1 natural satellite 7^h39^m14^s e = 0.021 0.06 about 18 × 22 km dust (from Infrared observations) A. Hall The potato-shaped inner satellite of Mars. Phobos lies just outside the Martian Roche limit. 1877

Phoebe Saturn 550 days natural satellite 100 km Pickering The outermost satellite of Saturn. Has retrograde orbit. 1898

Poseidon Jupiter P = 737^d i = 147° natural satellite e = 0.4 Melotte Jupiter VIII Unofficial name for J VIII, the next outermost satellite of Jupiter. 1908

Rhea Saturn natural satellite 4^d12^h25^m 0.57 1500 km Cassini Sixth satellite of Saturn 1672

Tethys Saturn 1000 km P = 1.87 days natural satellite Cassini Fourth satellite of Saturn 1684

Themis Saturn natural satellite A satellite of Saturn discovered by Pickering in 1900, but since lost.

Titan Saturn 15^d22^h41^m natural satellite 15^d22^h41^m 0.21 R ≈ 2900 km H₂ and CH₄ Huyghens S VI Seventh (known) moon out from Saturn, its largest and brightest. It is possibly also the largest satellite in the Solar System. 1655

Titania Uranus P = 8^d17^h natural satellite R ≈ 850 km Herschel Fourth satellite of Uranus. 1787

Triton Neptune natural satellite The inner satellite of Neptune, discovered by Lassell in 1846. It is larger than the Moon (R ≈ 2900 km), with an almost circular retrograde orbit of 5 days 21 hours.

Umbriel Uranus 4.1 days natural satellite 200 km Lassell A satellite of Uranus. 1851

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Subject	is part of	has diameter	has orbital period	has inclination	is an instance of	has rotation period	has mean density	has eccentricity	has dicoverer	has albedo	has crust thickness	has radiu	has mean distance from Earth	has obliquity	has surface composition	has mean radiu	has synodic period	has core temperature	has sidereal period	has center of mass location	has period	has diameter about	has atmosphere composition	has surface gravity	has orbital velocity	has discoverer	has rotational period	is a kind of	has eccetricity	has V< i>_esc	has mass	has dicovery date	has inclination of orbital plane to ecliptic	has mantle thickness	has synonym	has definition	has discovery date
Amalthea	Jupiter	140 km	0.498 days	i = 0°.4	natural satellite			e = 0.0028																		Barnard									Barnard's satellite	The innermost satellite of Jupiter.	1892
Ariel	Uranus	1600 km			natural satellite																2.52 days					Lassell										Second satellite of Uranus.	1851
Deimos	Mars		P = 1.26 days	1°.6	natural satellite			e = 0.003		0.06		12 × 13 km														A. Hall										The outer satellite of Mars. Mariner 9 has shown that both Phobos and Deimos are locked in synchronous rotation with Mars.	1897
Demeter	Jupiter		P = 259.2 days	i = 29°	natural satellite			e = 0.12																		Nicholson										Unofficial name for Jupiter X.	1938
Dione	Saturn		P = 4.5 days		natural satellite							440 km														Cassini										Fifth satellite of Saturn	1684
Enceladus	Saturn	500 km	1.37 days		natural satellite																					Herschel										Third satellite of Saturn	1789
Galilean satellite	Jupiter																									Galileo		natural satellite								The largest satellites of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All are locked in synchronous rotation with Jupiter.	1610
Hades	Jupiter		P = 758 days retrograde	i = 156°	natural satellite			e = 0.28																		Nicholson									Jupiter IX	An unofficial name for Jupiter IX, the outermost satellite of Jupiter.	1914
Hera	Jupiter		P = 259.65 days	i = 28°	natural satellite			e = 0.21																		Perrine									Jupiter VII	Unofficial name for Jupiter VII.	1905
Hestia	Jupiter		P = 250 days	i = 29°	natural satellite			e = 0.16																		Perrine									Jupiter VI	Unofficial name for Jupiter VI.	1904
Hyperion	Saturn	160 km	P = 21^d6^h38^m		natural satellite																					Bond										Eighth satellite of Saturn	1848.
Iapetus	Saturn			inclination 14°.7 to Saturn's orbital plane	natural satellite							850±100 km									79^d7^h55^m								e = 0.028							The ninth satellite of Saturn. It has the most extreme variation in albedo of any satellite in the solar system (0.04 for the leading side, 0.28 for the trailing side). Discovered by Cassini in 1671.
Janus	Saturn			i ≈ 0	natural satellite			e ≈ 0				R = 175 km									P = 0.75 days					Dollfus										The innermost satellite of Saturn, just outside Saturn's rings. Named Janus for the first and the last.	1966
Mimas	Saturn		P = 0^d.94		natural satellite					0.49		R ≈ 250 km														Herschel						1789				The second innermost satellite of Saturn. The perturbations of Mimas and Janus produce the divisions in Saturn's rings.
Miranda	Uranus	500 km	P = 1^d10^h		natural satellite																					Kuiper										The innermost satellite of Uranus.	1948
Moon	Earth				natural satellite		3.34 g cm^-3	e = 0.0549		0.07	60 km		384404.377 ± 0.001 km (1.28 lt-sec)	6°41'		1738 km	29^d12^h44^m2^s.9	1500 K	27^d7^h43^m11^s	displaced about 2 km from geometrical center towards the direction of Earth				162.2 cm s^-2 = 0.165 Earth's	V_orb = 1.02 km s^-1					2.38 km s^-1	7.35 × 10²⁵ g = 0.0123 M_Earth		5°8'43"	1000 km		Natural satellite of Earth. Studies of lunar rocks have shown that melting and separation must have begun at least 4.5 × 10⁹ years ago,so the crust of the Moon was beginning to form a very short time after the solar system itself. It would have taken only 10⁷ years to slow the Moon's rotation into its present lock with its orbital period. The Moon's orbit is always concave toward the Sun.
Nereid	Neptune		about 360 days direct		natural satellite			e = 0.76				150-250 km														Kuiper										The outer satellite of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of any natural satellite.	1950
Oberon	Uranus		P = 13.46 days		natural satellite							R ≥ 500 km														Herschel	13.46 days									Outermost satellite of Uranus.	1787
Pan	Jupiter		P = 692^d	i = 163°	natural satellite			e = 0.2	Nicholson																										Jupiter XI	Unofficial name for Jupiter XI.	1938
Phobos	Mars		7^h39^m14^s	i = 1°.1	natural satellite	7^h39^m14^s		e = 0.021		0.06		about 18 × 22 km			dust (from Infrared observations)											A. Hall										The potato-shaped inner satellite of Mars. Phobos lies just outside the Martian Roche limit.	1877
Phoebe	Saturn		550 days		natural satellite							100 km														Pickering										The outermost satellite of Saturn. Has retrograde orbit.	1898
Poseidon	Jupiter		P = 737^d	i = 147°	natural satellite			e = 0.4																		Melotte									Jupiter VIII	Unofficial name for J VIII, the next outermost satellite of Jupiter.	1908
Rhea	Saturn				natural satellite	4^d12^h25^m				0.57												1500 km				Cassini										Sixth satellite of Saturn	1672
Tethys	Saturn	1000 km	P = 1.87 days		natural satellite																					Cassini										Fourth satellite of Saturn	1684
Themis	Saturn				natural satellite																															A satellite of Saturn discovered by Pickering in 1900, but since lost.
Titan	Saturn		15^d22^h41^m		natural satellite	15^d22^h41^m				0.21		R ≈ 2900 km											H₂ and CH₄			Huyghens									S VI	Seventh (known) moon out from Saturn, its largest and brightest. It is possibly also the largest satellite in the Solar System.	1655
Titania	Uranus		P = 8^d17^h		natural satellite							R ≈ 850 km														Herschel										Fourth satellite of Uranus.	1787
Triton	Neptune				natural satellite																															The inner satellite of Neptune, discovered by Lassell in 1846. It is larger than the Moon (R ≈ 2900 km), with an almost circular retrograde orbit of 5 days 21 hours.
Umbriel	Uranus		4.1 days		natural satellite							200 km														Lassell										A satellite of Uranus.	1851