How many moons do each of the planets in our solar system have?

At last count around the end of last year, the following is the list of planetary satellites, and does not include 2 or 3 additional, unnamed satellites orbiting within the rings of Saturn which were discovered in 1995:

Earth    1  Moon

Mars     1 Phobos
         2 Deimos

Jupiter  1  Io
         2  Europa
         3  Ganymede
         4  Callisto
         5  Adrastea
         6  Metis
         7  Amalthea
         8  Leda
         9  Himalia
         10 Lysithea
         11 Elara
         12 Ananke
         13 Carme
         14 Pasiphae
         15 Sinope

Saturn    1  Atlas
          2  Prometheus
          3  Pandora
          4  Epimetheus
          5  Janus
          6  Mimas
          7  Enceladus
          8  Tethys
          9  Telesto
          10 Calypso
          11 Dione
          12 Helene
          13 Rhea
          14 Titan
          15 Hyperion
          16 Iapetus
          17 Phoebe

Uranus    1  Cordelia
          2  Ophelia
          3  Bianca
          4  Cressida
          5  Desdemona
          6  Juliet
          7  Portia
          8  Rosalind
          9  Belinda
          10 Puck
          11 Miranda
          12 Ariel
          13 Umbriel
          14 Titania
          15 Oberon

Neptune   1  Triton
          2  Nereid
          3  Naiad
          4  Thalassa
          5  Despina
          6  Galatea
          7  Larissa
          8  Proteus

Pluto     1  Charon

Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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