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Mimas is a moon of Saturn which was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. It is named after Mimas a son of Gaia in Greek mythology and is also designated […]

Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel but little was known about Enceladus until the two Voyager spacecraft passed near it in […]

Dione (/daɪˈoʊniː/; Greek: Διώνη) is a moon of Saturn discovered by Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn IV.

Sinope (/sɨˈnoʊpiː/ sə-NOH-pee; Greek: Σινώπη) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914 and is named after Sinope of Greek mythology.Sinope […]

Pasiphae (/pəˈsɪfə.iː/ pə-SIF-ə-ee; Greek: Πασιφάη; formerly Pasiphaë) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte and later named after the mythological Pasiphaë […]

Ananke (/əˈnæŋkiː/ ə-NANG-kee; Greek: Ανάγκη) is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the […]

Elara (/ˈɛlərə/ EL-ər-ə; Greek: Ελάρα) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905. It is the eighth largest moon […]

Himalia (/haɪˈmeɪliə/ hy-MAY-lee-ə or /hɪˈmɑːliə/ hi-MAH-lee-ə; Greek: ‘Ιμαλíα) is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter the sixth largest overall in size and only the four Galilean moons of Jupiter have […]

65 Cybele is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System and is located in the outer asteroid belt. It gives its name to the Cybele family of asteroids […]

Caliban (/ˈkælɨbæn/ KAL-i-ban or /ˈkælɨbən/ KAL-ə-bən) is the second-largest retrograde irregular moon of Uranus. It was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman Philip D. Nicholson Joseph A. […]