Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons
2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Space (Astronomy); The Planets
This timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history.
Historically the naming of natural satellites did not always match the times of their discovery.
In the following tables, planetary satellites are indicated in bold type (e.g. Moon) while planets, major or minor, which directly circle the Sun are in italic type (e.g. Earth). The tables are sorted by publication/announcement date. Dates are annotated with the following symbols:
- i: for date of first imaging (photography, etc.);
- o: for date of first human visual observation, either through telescope or on photographic plate (the true "discovery" moment);
- p: for date of announcement or publication.
*Note: Marked moons had complicated discoveries. Several moons took several years to be confirmed, and in several cases were actually lost and rediscovered. Others were found in Voyager photographs years after they were taken.
- Colour legend
The planets and their natural satellites are marked in the following colors:
- Planets
Mercury Venus Earth and satellite Mars and satellites Jupiter and satellites Saturn and satellites Uranus and satellites Neptune and satellites
- Dwarf planets
Ceres Pluto and satellites Eris and satellite
Prehistory
Prehistory | ||||
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Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes | |
Sun | Star | In the Ptolemaic system, the Earth was believed to be at the centre of the cosmos. Seven planets were placed in orbit around it in an order of increasing distance from the Earth, first established by the Greek Stoics: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This list included two objects, the Sun and the Moon, which are no longer considered to be planets; it also excluded the Earth. | ||
Mercury | 1st Planet | In Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric system ( De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, 1543) the Earth came to be considered a planet revolving with the other planets around the Sun, in the following order of distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Sun, now situated near the centre of revolution, was no longer considered a planet. | ||
Venus | 2nd Planet | |||
Earth | 3rd Planet | |||
Mars | 4th Planet | |||
Jupiter | 5th Planet | |||
Saturn | 6th Planet | |||
Moon | Earth I | In the Copernican system, the Moon was considered to be no longer a planet but a natural satellite of the Earth, and was the only body in that system whose revolution was not centered on the Sun. |
17th century
17th century | |||||
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Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes | |
1610s | |||||
o: January 7, 1610 p: March 13, 1610 |
Callisto | Jupiter IV | Galileo. The Galilean moons. Note: One of the moons may have been recorded by the Chinese astronomer Gan De in 364 BC. The Galilean satellites were the first celestial objects that were confirmed to orbit an object other than the Earth. | ||
Io | Jupiter I | ||||
Europa | Jupiter II | ||||
o: January 11, 1610 p: March 13, 1610 |
Ganymede | Jupiter III | |||
1650s | |||||
o: March 25, 1655 p: March 5, 1656 |
Titan | Saturn VI Saturn II (1673–1684), Saturn IV (1686–1789) |
Huygens. He first "published" his discovery as an anagram, sent out on June 13, 1655; later published in pamphlet form as De Saturni luna Observatio Nova and in full in Systema Saturnium (July 1659). | ||
1670s | |||||
o: October 25, 1671 p: 1673 |
Iapetus | Saturn VIII Saturn III (1673–1684), Saturn V (1686–1789), Saturn VII (1789–1848) |
Cassini | ||
o: December 23, 1672 p: 1673 |
Rhea | Saturn V Saturn I (1673–1684), Saturn III (1686–1789) |
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1680s | |||||
o: March 21, 1684 p: April 22, 1686 |
Tethys | Saturn III Saturn I (1686–1789) |
Cassini. Together with his previous two discoveries, Cassini named these satellites Sidera Lodoicea. In his work Kosmotheôros (published posthumously in 1698), Christiaan Huygens relates "Jupiter you see has his four, and Saturn his five Moons about him, all plac’d in their Orbits." |
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Dione | Saturn IV Saturn II (1686–1789) |
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Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
18th century
18th century | |||||
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Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes | |
1780s | |||||
o: March 13, 1781 p: April 26, 1781 |
Uranus | 7th Planet | Herschel first reported the discovery of Uranus on April 26, 1781, initially believing it a comet | ||
o: January 11, 1787 p: February 15, 1787 |
Titania | Uranus III | Herschel. He later reported four more spurious satellites. | ||
Oberon | Uranus IV | ||||
o: August 28, 1789 p: November 12, 1789 |
Enceladus | Saturn II | Herschel | ||
o: September 17, 1789 p: November 12, 1789 |
Mimas | Saturn I | |||
Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
19th century
19th century | ||||
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Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
1800s | ||||
o: January 1, 1801 p: January 24, 1801 |
Ceres | 8th Planet (1801) Asteroid (1851) Dwarf planet (2006) |
Giuseppe Piazzi. He first announced his discovery on January 24, 1801, in letters to fellow astronomers. The first formal publication was the September 1801 issue of the Monatliche Correspondenz. | |
1840s | ||||
o: September 23, 1846 p: November 13, 1846 |
Neptune | 13th Planet (1846) 8th Planet (1851) |
Galle and Le Verrier | |
o: October 10, 1846 p: November 13, 1846 |
Triton | Neptune I | Lassell | |
o: September 16, 1848 p: October, 1848 |
Hyperion | Saturn VII | Bond, Bond, Lassell | |
1850s | ||||
o: October 24, 1851 | Ariel | Uranus I | Lassell | |
Umbriel | Uranus II | |||
1870s | ||||
o: August 12, 1877 | Deimos | Mars II | Hall | |
o: August 18, 1877 | Phobos | Mars I | ||
1890s | ||||
o: September 9, 1892 p: October 4, 1892 |
Amalthea | Jupiter V | Barnard | |
i: August 16, 1898 o: March 17, 1899 |
Phoebe | Saturn IX | Pickering | |
Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
Early 20th century
Early 20th century | |||||
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Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes | |
1900s | |||||
i: December 3, 1904 p: January 6, 1905 |
Himalia (Hestia 1955-1975) | Jupiter VI | Perrine | ||
i: January 2, 1905 p: February 27, 1905 |
Elara (Hera 1955-1975) | Jupiter VII | Perrine | ||
i: January 27, 1908 o: February 28, 1908 p: March 1-6 1908 |
Pasiphaë (Poseidon 1955-1975) | Jupiter VIII | Melotte | ||
1910s | |||||
i: July 21, 1914 p: September 17, 1914 |
Sinope (Hades 1955-1975) | Jupiter IX | Nicholson | ||
1930s | |||||
i: January 23, 1930 o: February 18, 1930 p: March 13, 1930 |
Pluto |
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9th Planet (1930) Dwarf planet (2006) |
Tombaugh | |
i: July 6, 1938 p: August 1938 |
Lysithea (Demeter 1955-1975) | Jupiter X | Nicholson | ||
i: July 30, 1938 p: August 1938 |
Carme (Pan 1955-1975) | Jupiter XI | Nicholson | ||
1940s | |||||
i: February 16, 1948 p: June 1949 |
Miranda | Uranus V | Kuiper | ||
i: May 1, 1949 p: August 1949 |
Nereid | Neptune II | Kuiper | ||
1950s | |||||
i: September 28, 1951 p: December 1951 |
Ananke (Adrastea 1955-1975) | Jupiter XII | Nicholson | ||
Date | Name | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
Later 20th century
Later 20th century | |||||
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Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
1960s | |||||
i: December 15, 1966 p: January 3, 1967 |
Janus* | S/1966 S 2 | Saturn X | Dollfus (Dollfus may have seen either Janus or Epimetheus) |
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i: December 18, 1966 p: January 6, 1967 |
Epimetheus* | S/1980 S 3 | Saturn XI | Walker | |
1970s | |||||
i: September 11, 1974 p: September 20, 1974 |
Leda | Jupiter XIII | Kowal | ||
i: September 30, 1975 p: October 3, 1975 |
Themisto* | S/1975 J 1 | Jupiter XVIII | Kowal (Discovered and then lost) |
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i: April 13, 1978 o: June 22, 1978 |
Charon | S/1978 P 1 | Pluto I | Christy | |
i: July 8, 1979 p: November 23, 1979 |
Adrastea | S/1979 J 1 | Jupiter XV | Jewitt, Danielson / Voyager 2 | |
1980s | |||||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: February 26, 1980 p: March 6, 1980 |
Epimetheus* | S/1980 S 3 | Saturn XI | (Confirmed by Voyager 1) |
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i: March 1, 1980 p: March 6, 1980 |
Helene | S/1980 S 6 | Saturn XII | Laques, Lecacheux | |
i: April 8, 1980 p: April 10, 1980 |
Telesto | S/1980 S 13 | Saturn XIII | Smith, Reitsema, Larson, Fountain, Voyager 1 | |
i: March 5, 1979 p: April 28, 1980 |
Thebe | S/1979 J 2 | Jupiter XIV | Synnott, Voyager 1 | |
i: February 19, 1980 p: June 6, 1980 |
Janus* | S/1980 S 1 | Saturn X | (Confirmed by Voyager 1) |
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i: March 13, 1980 p: July 31, 1980 |
Calypso | S/1980 S 25 | Saturn XIV | Pascu, Seidelmann, Baum, Currie | |
i: March 4, 1979 p: August 26, 1980 |
Metis | S/1979 J 3 | Jupiter XVI | Synnott, Voyager 1 | |
o: October, 1980 p: October 31, 1980 |
Prometheus | S/1980 S 27 | Saturn XVI | Collins, Voyager 1 | |
Pandora | S/1980 S 26 | Saturn XVII | Collins, Voyager 1 | ||
o: October, 1980 p: November 13, 1980 |
Atlas | S/1980 S 28 | Saturn XV | Terrile, Voyager 1 | |
i: May 24, 1981 p: 29 May 1981 |
Larissa* | S/1981 N 1 = S/1989 N 2 |
Neptune VII | Reitsema, Hubbard, Lebofsky, Tholen, Voyager 2 | |
i: December 30, 1985 p: January 9, 1986 |
Puck | S/1985 U 1 | Uranus XV | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
i: January 3, 1986 p: January 16, 1986 |
Juliet | S/1986 U 2 | Uranus XI | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
Portia | S/1986 U 1 | Uranus XII | Synnott, Voyager 2 | ||
i: January 9, 1986 p: January 16, 1986 |
Cressida | S/1986 U 3 | Uranus IX | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
i: January 13, 1986 p: January 16, 1986 |
Desdemona | S/1986 U 6 | Uranus X | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
Rosalind | S/1986 U 4 | Uranus XIII | Synnott, Voyager 2 | ||
Belinda | S/1986 U 5 | Uranus XIV | Synnott, Voyager 2 | ||
i: January 20, 1986 p: January 27, 1986 |
Cordelia | S/1986 U 7 | Uranus VI | Terrile, Voyager 2 | |
Ophelia | S/1986 U 8 | Uranus VII | Terrile, Voyager 2 | ||
i: January 23, 1986 p: January 27, 1986 |
Bianca | S/1986 U 9 | Uranus VIII | Smith, Voyager 2 | |
i: June 16, 1989 p: July 7, 1989 |
Proteus | S/1989 N 1 | Neptune VIII | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
i: July 28, 1989 p: August 2, 1989 |
Despina | S/1989 N 3 | Neptune V | Synnott, Voyager 2 | |
Galatea | S/1989 N 4 | Neptune VI | Synnott, Voyager 2 | ||
i: September 18, 1989 p: September 29, 1989 |
Thalassa | S/1989 N 5 | Neptune IV | Terrile, Voyager 2 | |
Naiad | S/1989 N 6 | Neptune III | Terrile, Voyager 2 | ||
1990s | |||||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: August 22, 1981 p: July 16, 1990 |
Pan* | S/1981 S 13 | Saturn XVIII | Showalter, Voyager 2 | |
i: August 23, 1981 p: April 14, 1995 |
Pallene* (see below) | S/1981 S 14 | Gordon, Murray and Beurle | ||
i: September 6, 1997 p: October 31, 1997 |
Caliban | S/1997 U 1 | Uranus XVI | Gladman, Nicholson, Burns, Kavelaars | |
Sycorax | S/1997 U 2 | Uranus XVII | Gladman, Nicholson, Burns, Kavelaars | ||
i: January 18, 1986 p: May 18, 1999 |
Perdita* | S/1986 U 10 | Uranus XXV | Karkoschka, Voyager 2 | |
i: July 18, 1999 p: July 27, 1999 |
Setebos | S/1999 U 1 | Uranus XIX | Kavelaars, Gladman, Holman, Petit, Scholl | |
Stephano | S/1999 U 2 | Uranus XX | Gladman, Holman, Kavelaars, Petit, Scholl | ||
i: July 18, 1999 p: September 4, 1999 |
Prospero | S/1999 U 3 | Uranus XVIII | Holman, Kavelaars, Gladman, Petit, Scholl | |
2000s | |||||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: October 6, 1999 p: July 20, 2000 |
Callirrhoe | S/1999 J 1 | Jupiter XVII | Scotti, Spahr, McMillan, Larsen, Montani, Gleason, Gehrels | |
i: August 7, 2000 p: October 25, 2000 |
Ymir | S/2000 S 1 | Saturn XIX | Gladman | |
Paaliaq | S/2000 S 2 | Saturn XX | Gladman | ||
i: September 23, 2000 p: October 25, 2000 |
Siarnaq | S/2000 S 3 | Saturn XXIX | Gladman, Kavelaars | |
Tarvos | S/2000 S 4 | Saturn XXI | Kavelaars, Gladman | ||
i: August 7, 2000 p: November 18, 2000 |
Kiviuq | S/2000 S 5 | Saturn XXIV | Gladman | |
i: September 23, 2000 p: November 18, 2000 |
Ijiraq | S/2000 S 6 | Saturn XXII | Kavelaars, Gladman | |
i: November 21, 2000 p: November 25, 2000 |
Themisto* | S/2000 J 1 | Jupiter XVIII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Fernández, Magnier (Rediscovered) | |
i: September 23, 2000 p: December 7, 2000 |
Thrymr | S/2000 S 7 | Saturn XXX | Gladman, Kavelaars | |
Skathi | S/2000 S 8 | Saturn XXVII | Kavelaars, Gladman | ||
Mundilfari | S/2000 S 9 | Saturn XXV | Gladman, Kavelaars | ||
Erriapus | S/2000 S 10 | Saturn XXVIII | Kavelaars, Gladman | ||
i: November 9, 2000 p: December 19, 2000 |
Albiorix | S/2000 S 11 | Saturn XXVI | Holman, Spahr | |
i: September 23, 2000 p: December 22, 2000 |
Suttungr | S/2000 S 12 | Saturn XXIII | Gladman, Kavelaars | |
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
21st century
21st century | |||||
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Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
Kalyke | S/2000 J 2 | Jupiter XXIII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Fernández, Magnier, Dahm, Evans | ||
Iocaste | S/2000 J 3 | Jupiter XXIV | |||
Erinome | S/2000 J 4 | Jupiter XXV | |||
Harpalyke | S/2000 J 5 | Jupiter XXII | |||
Isonoe | S/2000 J 6 | Jupiter XXVI | |||
Praxidike | S/2000 J 7 | Jupiter XXVII | |||
i: November 25, 2000 p: January 5, 2001 |
Megaclite | S/2000 J 8 | Jupiter XIX | Sheppard, Jewitt, Fernández, Magnier, Dahm, Evans | |
Taygete | S/2000 J 9 | Jupiter XX | |||
i: November 26, 2000 p: January 5, 2001 |
Chaldene | S/2000 J 10 | Jupiter XXI | ||
i: December 5, 2000 p: January 5, 2001 |
S/2000 J 11 | ||||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: December 9, 2001 p: May 16, 2002 |
Hermippe | S/2001 J 3 | Jupiter XXX | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
Eurydome | S/2001 J 4 | Jupiter XXXII | |||
Sponde | S/2001 J 5 | Jupiter XXXVI | |||
Kale | S/2001 J 8 | Jupiter XXXVII | |||
i: December 10, 2001 p: May 16, 2002 |
Autonoe | S/2001 J 1 | Jupiter XXVIII | ||
i: December 11, 2001 p: May 16, 2002 |
Thyone | S/2001 J 2 | Jupiter XXIX | ||
Pasithee | S/2001 J 6 | Jupiter XXXVIII | |||
Euanthe | S/2001 J 7 | Jupiter XXXIII | |||
Orthosie | S/2001 J 9 | Jupiter XXXV | |||
Euporie | S/2001 J 10 | Jupiter XXXIV | |||
Aitne | S/2001 J 11 | Jupiter XXXI | |||
i: August 13, 2001 p: September 30, 2002 |
Trinculo | S/2001 U 1 | Uranus XXI | Holman, Kavelaars, Milisavljevic | |
i: October 31, 2002 p: December 18, 2002 |
Arche | S/2002 J 1 | Jupiter XLIII | Sheppard, Meech, Hsieh, Tholen, Tonry | |
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: July 23, 2002 p: January 13, 2003 |
Sao | S/2002 N 2 | Neptune XI | Holman, Kavelaars, Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic | |
i: August 10, 2002 p: January 13, 2003 |
Halimede | S/2002 N 1 | Neptune IX | ||
i: August 11, 2002 p: January 13, 2003 |
Laomedeia | S/2002 N 3 | Neptune XII | ||
i: February 5, 2003 p: March 4, 2003 |
Eukelade | S/2003 J 1 | Jupiter XLVII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Fernández, Hsieh | |
S/2003 J 2 | |||||
S/2003 J 3 | |||||
S/2003 J 4 | |||||
i: February 6, 2003 p: March 4, 2003 |
S/2003 J 5 | ||||
Helike | S/2003 J 6 | Jupiter XLV | |||
i: February 8, 2003 p: March 4, 2003 |
Aoede | S/2003 J 7 | Jupiter XLI | ||
i: February 8, 2003 p: March 6, 2003 |
Hegemone | S/2003 J 8 | Jupiter XXXIX | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Fernández | |
i: February 6, 2003 p: March 7, 2003 |
S/2003 J 9 | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Fernández | |||
S/2003 J 10 | |||||
Kallichore | S/2003 J 11 | Jupiter XLIV | |||
i: February 8, 2003 p: March 7, 2003 |
S/2003 J 12 | ||||
i: February 9, 2003 p: April 2, 2003 |
Cyllene | S/2003 J 13 | Jupiter XLVIII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: February 8, 2003 p: April 3, 2003 |
Kore | S/2003 J 14 | Jupiter XLIX | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: February 6, 2003 p: April 3, 2003 |
S/2003 J 15 | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Fernández | |||
S/2003 J 16 | Gladman, Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen | ||||
i: February 8, 2003 p: April 3, 2003 |
S/2003 J 17 | Gladman, Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen | |||
i: February 6, 2003 p: April 4, 2003 |
S/2003 J 18 | Gladman, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen, Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |||
i: February 5, 2003 p: April 8, 2003 |
Narvi | S/2003 S 1 | Saturn XXXI | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: February 6, 2003 p: April 12, 2003 |
S/2003 J 19 | Gladman, Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen | |||
i: February 9, 2003 p: April 14, 2003 |
Carpo | S/2003 J 20 | Jupiter XLVI | Sheppard, Gladman, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: February 6, 2003 p: May 29, 2003 |
Mneme | S/2003 J 21 | Jupiter XL | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Gladman, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen | |
i: January 18, 1986 p: September 3, 2003 |
Perdita* | S/1986 U 10 | Uranus XXV | Karkoschka (Recovered by the Hubble Space Telescope) | |
i: August 29, 2003 p: September 3, 2003 |
Psamathe | S/2003 N 1 | Neptune X | Jewitt, Kleyna, Sheppard, Holman, Kavelaars | |
i: August 25, 2003 p: September 25, 2003 |
Mab | S/2003 U 1 | Uranus XXVI | Showalter, Lissauer | |
Cupid | S/2003 U 2 | Uranus XXVII | |||
i: August 13, 2001 p: September 30, 2003 |
Ferdinand* | S/2001 U 2 | Uranus XXIV | 2001: Holman, Kavelaars, Milisavljevic; 2003: Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt |
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i: August 14, 2002 p: September 30, 2003 |
Neso* | S/2002 N 4 | Neptune XIII | Holman, Kavelaars, Grav, Fraser, Milisavljevic | |
i: August 13, 2001 p: October 8, 2003 |
Francisco* | S/2001 U 3 | Uranus XXII | Holman, Kavelaars, Milisavljevic, Gladman | |
i: August 29, 2003 p: October 9, 2003 |
Margaret | S/2003 U 3 | Uranus XXIII | Sheppard, Jewitt | |
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: February 9, 2003 p: January 24, 2004 |
Thelxinoe* | S/2003 J 22 | Jupiter XLII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Gladman, Kavelaars, Petit, Allen (From images taken in 2003) |
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i: February 6, 2003 p: January 31, 2004 |
S/2003 J 23* | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Fernández | |||
i: June 1, 2004 p: August 16, 2004 |
Methone* | S/2004 S 1 | Saturn XXXII | Porco, Charnoz, Brahic, Dones / Cassini-Huygens | |
Pallene | S/2004 S 2 =S/1981 S 14 |
Saturn XXXIII | |||
i: June 21, 2004 p: September 9, 2004 |
S/2004 S 3 | Murray, Porco et al. / Cassini-Huygens | |||
i: June 21?, 2004 p: September 9, 2004 |
S/2004 S 4 | Spitale, Porco et al. / Cassini-Huygens | |||
i: October 21, 2004 o: October 24, 2004 p: November 8, 2004 |
Polydeuces | S/2004 S 5 | Saturn XXXIV | Porco et al. / Cassini-Huygens | |
i: October 28, 2004 p: November 8, 2004 |
S/2004 S 6 | ||||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: December 12, 2004 p: May 3, 2005 |
S/2004 S 7 | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna, Marsden | |||
Fornjot | S/2004 S 8 | Saturn XLII | |||
Farbauti | S/2004 S 9 | Saturn XL | |||
Aegir | S/2004 S 10 | Saturn XXXVI | |||
Bebhionn | S/2004 S 11 | Saturn XXXVII | |||
S/2004 S 12 | |||||
S/2004 S 13 | |||||
Hati | S/2004 S 14 | Saturn XLIII | |||
Bergelmir | S/2004 S 15 | Saturn XXXVIII | |||
i: December 13, 2004 p: May 3, 2005 |
Fenrir | S/2004 S 16 | Saturn XLI | ||
S/2004 S 17 | |||||
Bestla | S/2004 S 18 | Saturn XXXIX | |||
i: May 1, 2005 p: May 6, 2005 |
Daphnis | S/2005 S 1 | Saturn XXXV | Porco et al. / Cassini-Huygens | |
i: October 21, 2003 o: January 5, 2005 p: July 29, 2005 |
Eris | 2003 UB313 | Dwarf planet | Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz | |
i: September 10, 2005 p: October 3, 2005 |
Dysnomia | S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1 | Eris I | Brown, van Dam, Bouchez, Le Mignant, Campbell, Chin, Conrad, Hartman, Johansson, Lafon, Rabinowitz, Stomski, Summers, Trujillo, Wizinowich |
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i: May 15, 2005 o: June 15, 2005 p: October 31, 2005 |
Nix | S/2005 P 2 | Pluto II | Weaver, Stern, Mutchler, Steffl, Buie, Merline, Spencer, Young, Young |
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Hydra | S/2005 P 1 | Pluto III | |||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: December 12, 2004 o: March 6, 2006(?) p: June 26, 2006 |
Hyrrokkin | S/2004 S 19 | Saturn XLIV | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: January 4, 2006 o: March 6, 2006(?) p: June 26, 2006 |
S/2006 S 1 | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |||
Kari | S/2006 S 2 | Saturn XLV | |||
i: January 5, 2006 o: March 6, 2006 (?) p: June 26, 2006 |
S/2006 S 3 | ||||
Greip | S/2006 S 4 | Saturn LI | |||
Loge | S/2006 S 5 | Saturn XLVI | |||
Jarnsaxa | S/2006 S 6 | Saturn L | |||
Surtur | S/2006 S 7 | Saturn XLVIII | |||
Skoll | S/2006 S 8 | Saturn XLVII | |||
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |
i: January 5, 2006 o: January 16, 2007 (?) p: April 13, 2007 |
Tarqeq | S/2007 S 1 | Saturn LII | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |
i: January 18, 2007 o: p: May 1, 2007 |
S/2007 S 2 | Sheppard, Jewitt, Kleyna | |||
S/2007 S 3 | |||||
i: June, 2004 o: May 30, 2007 p: July 18, 2007 |
Anthe | S/2007 S 4 | Saturn XLIX | Porco / Cassini-Huygens | |
Date | Name | Designation | Image | Planet/Number Designation | References/Notes |