Planetary Satellites   

 

 

 

Orbital Eccentricity

Orbital Inclination

°

Radius (km)

Mass

B

Mass of Planet

Mean Density (g/cm3)

Discoverer

Visible Magnitude at Mean Opposition Distance

Satellite

Semimajor Axis of Orbit (km)

Sidereal

 Rev

Period

(d        h        m)

Satellites of the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Moon

384,400

27

07

43

0.055

18-29

1738

0.01230002

3.34

¾

-12.7

Satellites of Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Phobos

  9,378

0

07

39

0.015

1.0

13x11x9

1.5x10-8

1.95

Hall (1877)

11.8

2

Deimos

23,459

1

06

18

0.0005

0.9-2.7

8x6x5

3x10-9

2

Hall (1877)

12.9

Satellites of Jupiter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVI

Metis

128,000

0

07

04

 

 

20

0.5x10-10

 

Synnott/Voyager 2 (1980)

17.5

XV

Adrastea

129,000

0

07

06

 

 

13x10x8

0.1x10-10

 

Jewett/Danielson (1979)

19.1

V

Amalthea

181,000

0

11

57

0.003

0.4

131x73x67

38x10-10

 

Barnard (1892)

14.1

XIV

Thebe

222,000

0

16

11

0.015

0.8

55x45

4x10-10

 

Synnott/Voyager 2 (1980)

15.6

I

Io

422,000

1

18

28

0.004

0.0

1830x1819x1813

4.68x10-5

3.5

Galileo (1610)

5.0

II

Europa

671,000

3

13

14

0.009

0.5

1565

2.52x10-5

3.0

Galileo (1610)

5.3

III

Ganymede

1,070,000

7

03

43

0.002

0.2

2634

7.80x10-5

1.9

Galileo (1610)

4.6

IV

Callisto

1,883,000

16

16

32

0.007

0.5

2403

5.66x10-5

1.8

Galileo (1610)

5.7

XIII

Leda

11,094,000

240

 

 

0.148

26.1

5

0.03x10-10

 

Kowal (1974)

20

VI

Himalia

11,480,000

251

 

 

0.158

27.6

85

50x10-10

 

Perrine (1904)

14.8

X

Lysithea

11,720,000

260

 

 

0.107

29.0

12

0.4x10-10

 

Nicholson (1938)

18.4

VII

Elara

11,737,000

260

 

 

0.207

24.8

40

4x10-10

 

Perrine (1905)

16.8

XII

Ananke

21,200,000

671R

 

 

0.169

147

10

0.2x10-10

 

Nicholson (1951)

18.9

XI

Carme

22,600,000

692R

 

 

0.207

164

15

0.5x10-10

 

Nicholson (1938)

18.0

VIII

Pasiphae

23,500,000

735R

 

 

0.378

145

18

1x10-10

 

Melotte (1908)

17.0

IX

Sinope

23,700,000

758R

 

 

0.275

153

14

0.4x10-10

 

Nicholson (1914)

18.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kowal (1975)

20

Satellites of Saturn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Pan

     133,583

 

13

48

 

 

10

8x10-12

 

Showalter/Voyager 2 (1990)

 

15

Atlas

     137,670

 

14

27

0.000

    0.3

20x10

 

 

Terrile/Voyager 1

18

16

Prometheus

     139,353

 

14

43

0.003

    0.0

70x50x40

 

 

Collins/Voyager 1

16

17

Pandora

     141,700

 

15

05

0.004

    0.0

55x45x35

 

 

Collins/Voyager 1

16

11

Epimetheus

     151,422

 

16

40

0.009

    0.3

70x60x50

 

 

Fountain, Larson/ Reitsema /Smith

15

10

Janus

     151,472

 

16

40

0.007

    0.1

110x100x80

 

 

Dollfus (1966/80)

14

1

Mimas

     185,520

 

22

37

0.0202

    1.5

209x196x191

8x10-8

1.2

W. Herschel (1789)

12.9

2

Enceladus

     238,020

1h

08 m

32 s

0.00452

    0.0

256x247x245

1.3x10-7

1.1

W. Herschel (1789)

11.7

3

Tethys

     294,660

1 h

22 m

15 s

0.00000

    1.9

528x526

1.3x10-6

1.0

Cassini (1684)

10.2

13

Telesto

     294,660

1 h

22 m

15 s

 

 

15x13x8

 

 

Smith, Reitsema, Larson, Fountain (1980)

19

14

Calypso

     294,660

1 h

22 m

15 s

 

 

15x8x8

 

 

Pascu, Seidelmann, Baum, Currie (1980)

19

4

Dione

     377,400

2 h

17 m

36 s

0.002230

    0.02

560

1.96x10-6

1.4

Cassini (1684)

10.4

12

Helene

     377,400

2 h

17 m

45 s

0.005

    0.0

18x16x15

 

 

Laques and Lecacheux (1980)

18

5

Rhea

     527,040

4 h

12 m

16 s

0.00100

    0.