Planetary Satellites
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Planetary Satellites
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Satellite Name
Diameter (Km)
Density
Distance from planet (Thousand Km)
Orbital period (Earth Days)
Eccentricity of Orbit
Inclination of orbit to parent planet's equatorial plane
Earth
Moon
3476
3.34
384.4
27.322
0.05
5.145º
Mars
Phobos
28 x 20
2.0
9.38
0.319
0.01
1.0º
Deimos
16 x 12
1.7
23.46
1.263
0.00
0.9º
Jupiter
Metis
40
127.94
0.295
0.00
Adrastea
24 x 14
128.92
0.298
Amalthea
270 x 150
181.2
0.498
0.00
0.4º
Thebe
100
221.8
0.765
0.01
Io
3629
3.57
421.3
1.769
0.00
0.04º
Europa
3136
2.97
670.5
3.551
0.01
0.47º
Ganymede
5258
1.94
1069.3
7.155
0.00
0.19º
Callisto
4796
1.86
1881
16689
0.01
0.288º
Leda
16
11087
238.72
0.15
27º
Himalia
180
11472
250.57
0.16
28º
Lysithea
40
11713
259.22
0.11
29º
Elara
80
11730
259.65
0.21
28º
Ananke
31
21185
631
0.17
147º
Carme
43
22586
692
0.21
163º
Pasiphae
35
23485
735
0.38
147º
Sinope
40
23684
758
0.28
153º
Callirrhoe
10
24200
774
Chaldene
3.8
23179
741
Erinome
3.2
23279
672
Harpalyke
4.3
21105
595
Iocaste
5.2
21269
657
Isonone
3.8
23217
712
Kalyke
5.2
23583
760
Magaclite
5.4
23806
771
Praxidike
36
23500
735
Taygete
5
23360
687
Themisto
8
7507
130.07
S/2000 J11
4
12555
284.3
0.22
29º
S/2001 J1
4
24122
753
S/2001 J2
4
21312
615
S/2001 J3
4
21252
630
S/2001 J4
3
23219
713
S/2001 J5
2
23808
732
S/2001 J6
2
23029
715
S/2001 J7
3
21017
622
S/2001 J8
2
23124
609
S/2001 J9
2
21168
617
S/2001 J10
2
19394
534
S/2001 J11
3
23547
736
S/2002 J1
3
23064
715.6
S/2003 J1
4
24557
237
S/2003 J2
2
28570
982.5
S/2003 J3
2
18340
504
S/2003 J4
2
23258
723.2
S/2003 J5
4
21084
759.7
S/2003 J6
4
10973
233.8
S/2003 J7
4
23807
748.8
S/2003 J8
3
24514
781.6
S/2003 J9
1
22441
683
S/2003 J10
2
24249
767
S/2003 J11
2
22395
683
S/2003 J12
1
19002
533.3
Saturn
Pan
20
133.4
0.58
Atlas
40 x 31
137.55
0.602
Prometheus
140 x 80
139.26
0.613
0.00
Pandora
109 x 69
141.61
0.629
0.00
Epimetheus
140 x 100
151.33
0.694
0.01
0.34º
Janus
220 x 160
151.37
0.695
0.01
0.14º
Mimas
389
1.17
185.4
0.942
0.02
1.53º
Enceladus
500
1.24
237.8
1.370
0.00
0.02º
Tethys
1049
1.26
294.4
1.888
0.00
1.09º
Telesto
24
294.4
1.888
Calypso
31 x 19
294.4
1.888
Dione
1120
1.44
377.1
2.737
0.00
0.02º
Helene
35 x 31
377.1
2737
0.01
0.2º
Rhea
1529
1.33
526.1
4.518
0.00
0.35º
Titan
5150
1.88
1221.1
15.945
0.03
0.33º
Hyperion
349 x 200
1480.1
21.277
0.10
14.72º
Lapetus
1438
1.21
3559
79331
0.03
14.72
Phoebe
220
12944
175.3
0.16
175.3
S/2000 S1
20
23096
1312.37
S/2000 S2
25
15199
686.92
S/2000 S3
45
18160
893.07
S/2000 S4
16
18239
925.7
S/2000 S5
17
11365
449.22
S/2000 S6
14
11440
451.48
S/2000 S7
7
20470
1088.89
S/2000 S8
8
15645
728.93
S/2000 S9
7
18709
951.38
S/2000 S10
10
17611
871.11
S/2000 S11
30
16392
783
S/2000 S12
7
19470
1016.8
Uranus
Cordelia
31
49.72
0.335
0.14º
Ophelia
31
53.72
0.376
0.01
0.09º
Bianca
40
59.13
0.435
0.16º
Cressida
69
61.74
0.464
0.04º
Desdemona
60
62.62
0.474
0.016º
Juliet
80
64.33
0.493
0.06º
Portia
109
66.07
0.513
0.09º
Rosalind
60
69.88
0.558
0.28º
Belinda
69
75.22
0.624
0.03º
Puck
150
85.95
0.762
0.31º
Miranda
470
1.35
129.70
1.414
0.00
3.40º
Ariel
1.158
1.66
191.1
2.520
0.00
0.00º
Umbriel
1168
1.51
264.2
4.144
0.00
0.00º
Titania
1578
1.68
435.6
8.706
0.00
0.00º
Oberon
1519
1.58
582.3
13.463
0.00
0.00º
Caliban
80
7200
Sycorax
160
12200
Prospero
30
10-25 mil
5.346
Setebos
30
10-25 mil
6.42
Stephano
20
10-25 mil
1.85
Neptune
Naiad
60
47.9
0.296
Thalassa
80
50
0.312
4.5º
Despina
180
52.5
0.333
Galatea
150
61.9
0.429
Larissa
190
73.5
0.554
Proteus
399
117.5
1.121
Triton
2700
2.07
354.6
5.877
0.00
157º
Nereid
340
5510
360.16
0.75
29º
S/2002 N1
30-40
21990
2868.23
S/2002 N2
30-40
20151
2515.96
S/2002 N3
30-40
21365
2746.72
Pluto
Charon
1189
2
19.6
6.387
0.00
98.8º
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