How many moons are there in the
solar system? Do you
know? Do you
care? Well, you're about to
find out:
There are 159 discovered moons in the solar system. I am only counting natural satellites of planets. There are asteroids with “moons”, but they are not on this list. More moons are being discovered all the time, and names are intermittently assigned to those that have already been found but not properly named.
And here they are:
If you notice that I have missed off any moons, please inform me.
Last updated: 23th June 2006.