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Venus is the second planet from the Sun orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has no natural satellite. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. […]

Umbriel is a moon of Uranus discovered on October 24 1851 by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel and named after a character in Alexander […]

Telesto (/tɨˈlɛstoʊ/ tə-LES-toh Greek: Τελεστώ) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Smith Reitsema Larson and Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations and was provisionally designated S/1980 S […]

Naiad (/ˈneɪ.əd/ NAY-əd or /ˈnaɪ.əd/ NY-əd; Greek: Ναϊάδ-ες) also known as Neptune III is the innermost satellite of Neptune named after the Naiads of Greek legend.Naiad was discovered sometime before […]

Nereid is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has a highly eccentric orbit. It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.

Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus’s five major moons.It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on February 16 1948 at McDonald Observatory. It was named after Miranda from William […]

Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. Seen from Earth it […]

Lysithea (/laɪˈsɪθiə/ ly-SITH-ee-ə /lɨˈsɪθiə/ li-SITH-ee-ə; Greek: Λυσιθέα) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory and is named […]

Earth also known as the Earth and the World is the third planet from the Sun and the densest planet in the Solar System. It is also the largest of […]

Carme (/ˈkɑrmiː/ KAR-mee; Greek: Κάρμη) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is […]