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Prometheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 (some time before October 25) from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 […]

Titania is the largest of the moons of Uranus and the eighth largest moon in the Solar System at a diameter of 1578 kilometres (981 mi). Discovered by William Herschel […]

Phoebe (/ˈfiːbiː/; Greek: Φοίβη) is an irregular satellite of Saturn a little over 200 km in diameter. It is thought to be a captured planetesimal from the Kuiper belt. It […]

24 Themis is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is also the largest member of the Themistian asteroid family. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 5 […]

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 […]