Space facts
Moons and the people who discovered them. 164 facts.
Titan, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1655.
Source: Wikipedia: Titan (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2565 (CC0)
Phobos, a moon of Mars, was discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877.
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Europa, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius in 1610.
Source: Wikipedia: Europa (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3143 (CC0)
Io, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Source: Wikipedia: Io (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3123 (CC0)
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
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Deimos, a moon of Mars, was discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877.
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Callisto, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Source: Wikipedia: Callisto (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3134 (CC0)
Triton, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by William Lassell in 1846.
Source: Wikipedia: Triton (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3359 (CC0)
Charon, a moon of Pluto, was discovered by James W. Christy in 1978.
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Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by William Herschel in 1789.
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Titania, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
Source: Wikipedia: Titania (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3322 (CC0)
Oberon, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
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Mimas, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by William Herschel in 1789.
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Rhea, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1672.
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Dione, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684.
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Umbriel, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by William Lassell in 1851.
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Metis, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in 1979.
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Iapetus, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671.
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Miranda, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1948.
Source: Wikipedia: Miranda (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3352 (CC0)
Ariel, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by William Lassell in 1851.
Source: Wikipedia: Ariel (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3343 (CC0)
Tethys, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684.
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Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1892.
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Adrastea, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by David C. Jewitt in 1979.
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Thebe, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in 1979.
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Proteus, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1989.
Source: Wikipedia: Proteus (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q16081 (CC0)
Nix, a moon of Pluto, was discovered by Alan Stern and Hubble Space Telescope in 2005.
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Nereid, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.
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Hydra, a moon of Pluto, was discovered by Alan Stern and Marc Buie in 2005.
Source: Wikipedia: Hydra (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q102701 (CC0)
Hyperion, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by George Phillips Bond and William Cranch Bond and William Lassell in 1848.
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Himalia, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine in 1904.
Source: Wikipedia: Himalia (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q16841 (CC0)
Galatea, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1989.
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Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by William Henry Pickering in 1898.
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Leda, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Charles T. Kowal in 1974.
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Pan, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Mark Robert Showalter and Voyager 2 in 1981.
Source: Wikipedia: Pan (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17705 (CC0)
Styx, a moon of Pluto, was discovered by Mark Robert Showalter in 2012.
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Larissa, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by David J. Tholen and Harold Reitsema and Voyager 2 in 1981.
Source: Wikipedia: Larissa (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q19471 (CC0)
Naiad, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Richard J. Terrile and Voyager 2 in 1989.
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Elara, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine in 1905.
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Despina, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1989.
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Ophelia, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Richard J. Terrile and Voyager 2 in 1986.
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Atlas, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Richard J. Terrile and Voyager 1 in 1980.
Source: Wikipedia: Atlas (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17707 (CC0)
Pandora, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1980.
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Thalassa, a moon of Neptune, was discovered by Richard J. Terrile and Voyager 2 in 1989.
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Prometheus, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1980.
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Kerberos, a moon of Pluto, was discovered by Mark Robert Showalter in 2011.
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Pasiphae, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Philibert Jacques Melotte in 1908.
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Ananke, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1951.
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Sinope, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1914.
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Epimetheus, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Dick Walker in 1966.
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Lysithea, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938.
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Helene, a moon of Saturn, was discovered in 1980.
Source: Wikipedia: Helene (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17875 (CC0)
Puck, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1985.
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Carme, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Carme (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17111 (CC0)
Euporie, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by David C. Jewitt and Jan Kleyna and Scott S. Sheppard in 2001.
Source: Wikipedia: Euporie (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q16884 (CC0)
Cordelia, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Richard J. Terrile and Voyager 2 in 1986.
Source: Wikipedia: Cordelia (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15613 (CC0)
Portia, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1986.
Source: Wikipedia: Portia (moon) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15644 (CC0)
Daphnis, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Cassini−Huygens in 2005.
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Rosalind, a moon of Uranus, was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott and Voyager 2 in 1986.
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Janus, a moon of Saturn, was discovered by Audouin Dollfus in 1966.
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Calypso, a moon of Saturn, was discovered in 1980.
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