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A Guide to Planetary Satellites
by the Editors of Sky & Telescope

Confirmed List of Planetary Satellites
 
Satellite
Diameter
(km)
Visual
magnitude
Distance
(km)
Orbital
period (days)
Eccen-
tricity
Inclina-
tion (°)
URANUS      
Cordelia4023.649,8000.30.0000.1
Ophelia2323.353,8000.40.0100.1
Bianca5122.559,2000.40.0010.2
Cressida8021.661,8000.50.0000.0
Desdemona6422.062,7000.50.0000.1
Juliet9421.164,4000.50.0010.1
Portia13520.466,1000.50.0000.1
Rosalind7221.869,9000.60.0000.3
Cupid102674,3900.60.0010.1
Belinda8121.575,3000.60.0000.0
Perdita4023.676,4200.60.0000.5
Puck16219.886,0000.80.0000.3
Mab102697,7400.900.1
Miranda47215.8129,9001.40.0014.3
Ariel1,15813.7190,9002.50.0010.0
Umbriel1,16914.5266,0004.10.0040.1
Titania1,57813.5436,3008.70.0010.1
Oberon1,52313.7583,50013.50.0010.1
Francisco12254,282,900267.10.132147.2
Caliban8922.47,231,100579.70.181140.9
Stephano2024.18,007,400677.50.225143.8
Trinculo1025.48,505,200749.40.219167.0
Sycorax19020.812,179,4001,288.40.522159.4
Margaret1125.214,146,7001,661.00.67757.4
Prospero3020.816,267,8001,978.40.444151.2
Setebos3023.317,420,4002,225.10.591158.2
Ferdinand1225.120,430,0002,790.00.399169.8
       
NEPTUNE      
Naiad5824.648,2300.30.0004.7
Thalassa8023.950,0700.30.0000.1
Despina14822.552,5300.30.0000.1
Galatea15822.461,9500.40.0010.0
Larissa19222.073,5500.60.0010.2
Proteus41620.3117,6501.10.0010.1
Triton2,70713.5354,7605.90.000156.9
Nereid34019.75,513,820360.10.7517.1
Halimede5424.216,611,0001,879.10.265112.7
Sao3125.422,228,0002,912.70.13753.5
Laomedeia372523,567,0003,171.30.40037.9
Psamathe3625.148,096,0009,074.30.380126.3
Neso4324.749,285,0009,740.70.571136.4
       
PLUTO      
Charon1,18617.317,5366.40.00296.1
S/2012 (134340) 1102742,00020.20.00096.2
Nix10023.448,70824.90.00396.2
S/2011 (134340) 120265950032.20.00096.2
Hydra1502364,74938.20.00596.4
       
ERIS      
Dysnomia2002337,35015.80.007142
       
HAUMEA      
Namaka17021.925,66018.30.249113.0
Hi'iaka31020.649,88049.50.051126.4



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