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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 ...
For instance, for a large portion of names ending in -s, the oblique stem and therefore the English adjective changes the -s to a -d, -t, or -r, as in Mars–Martian, Pallas–Palladian and Ceres–Cererian; [note 1] occasionally an -n has been lost historically from the nominative form, and reappears in the oblique and therefore in the English ...
IAU Names - 20th century Date Name Image Planet/Number Designation Discovery date References/Notes 7 October 1975: Himalia: Jupiter VI: 1904: IAUC 2846: Satellites of Jupiter. Also confirmed the name Amalthea. Elara: Jupiter VII: 1905 Pasiphaë: Jupiter VIII: 1908 Sinope: Jupiter IX: 1914 Lysithea: Jupiter X: 1938 Carme: Jupiter XI Ananke ...
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.
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]
The dates of the 12 full moons of 2024 and the meaning of their names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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 ...