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A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...
The classical planets are Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, and they take rulership over the hours in this sequence. The sequence is from slowest- to fastest-moving as the planets appear in the night sky, and so is from furthest to nearest in the planetary spheres model. This order has come to be known as the ...
Of the Solar System's eight planets and its nine most likely dwarf planets, six planets and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 300 natural satellites, or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded; of these, all are covered by a crust of ice except for Earth's Moon and Jupiter's Io. [1]
Jupiter has surpassed Saturn with the record for the planet with the most moons in our solar system. The gas giant has a total of 92 confirmed moons, according to new observations by astronomers.
Date Time UTC Planet Angle distance Planet Elongation to Sun January 18, 2007 18:10:50 Venus 1°25' south of Neptune 20.1° East January 26, 2007 06:46:07 Mercury 1°28' south of Neptune 12.7° East February 7, 2007 13:13:57 Venus 44' south of Uranus 24.6° East March 25, 2007 07:23:59 Mars 1°00' south of Neptune 43.2° West April 1, 2007
Here are the 12 full moon dates of 2025, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac full moon calendar. January 13: Wolf Moon. February 12: Snow Moon. March 14: Worm Moon. April 12: Pink Moon. May 12 ...
The dates of the 12 full moons of 2024 and the meaning of their names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.