Saturn, with 63
Jupiter, with 60
Uranus, with 21
Neptune, with 8
Mars, with 2
Earth, with 1
Mercury and Venus, with 0
and if you count Pluto it has 3 moons.
* Jupiter, 63 moons * Saturn, 61 moons plus over 100 moonlets* Uranus, 27 moons
1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Ceres (Dwarf Planet) 6. Jupiter 7. Saturn 8. Uranus 9. Neptune 10. Pluto (Dwarf Planet) 11. Makemake (Dwarf Planet) 12. Haumea (Dwarf Planet) 13. Eris (Dwarf Planet) (Note: Neptune, Pluto, and the other dwarf planets the exception being Ceres are not always in this order but this is how they are in distance from the sun the majority of the time)
I believe that might be Saturn. A lot of people say that Saturn has 64 moons and stuff like that, but very few are actually moons. I've personally seen 3 moons, but the third might have been a star. Comment: No, it's not Saturn. Neptune is the probable answer, but it now has more than 8 known moons. The two moons seen from Earth are Triton and Nereid.
-- Mercury -- moon of Earth -- moons of Mars -- majority of moons of Jupiter and Saturn Note: While Mars technically has an atmosphere, its density is only around 1% of the density of earth's atmosphere, so Mars is very close to joining the list.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto used to be a planet but was removed and is now called a dwarf planet because it is too small to fit the criteria of being a planet.
* Jupiter, 63 moons * Saturn, 61 moons plus over 100 moonlets* Uranus, 27 moons
No planet in our Solar System has 23 moons. See related question for a full list.
As of 2011, the planet Uranus has 27 known moons. (list at the related question)
Unfortunately there is not yet a planet named Help. For a list of our Solar System moons see related question.
The average number of moons per planet in our solar system is roughly 2. moons, but this can vary significantly from planet to planet. For example, Saturn has the most moons with 82, while Mercury and Venus have none.
Mercury- no moons, really hot Venus-twin planet to earth, no moons Earth- water, stable ground Mars- red planet, craters Jupiter- surface not stable, ? Sateron- no stable ground, most noticeable rings Uranous- Neptune- Pluto- REALLY Cold, solid ground
In our own solar system, there are eight major planets, ten dwarf planets, two protoplanets, and thousands of minor planets (asteroids). There are also billions of planets outside our own system, but they shall not be named here (it would be impractical to try). Below is a list, in orbital order, of major objects in the solar system, as well as how many known major objects orbit them:Sol (sun) [18 planets, three asteroid belts, two protoplanets, one theoretical dwarf star]Mercury (terrestrial planet)Venus (terrestrial planet)Earth (terrestrial planet) [1 moon, Luna]Mars (terrestrial planet) [2 moons]Asteroid BeltCeres* (dwarf planet)Vesta* (protoplanet)Pallas* (protoplanet)Jupiter (gas giant) [66 moons]Saturn (gas giant) [62 moons]Uranus (ice giant) [27 moons]Neptune (ice giant) [13 moons]Kuiper Belt [asteroids, dwarf planets]Orcus+ (dwarf planet) [1 moon, Vanth]Pluto+ (dwarf planet) [1 planet, Charon, 3 moons]Charon+ (dwarf planet) [1 planet, Pluto, 3 moons]Haumea+ (dwarf planet) [2 moons]Quaoar+ (dwarf planet) [1 moon, Weywot]Makemake+ (dwarf planet)Eris (dwarf planet) [1 moon, Dysnomia]"Snow White" (2007 OR10) (dwarf planet)Sedna (dwarf planet)Oort Cloud [comets, asteroids]Nemesis# (red dwarf star, theoretical)*Orbits within Asteroid Belt+Orbits within Kuiper Belt#Theoretical, sort of like Bigfoot
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That's an infinite list.
"Jumping Jupiter" got it's nickname from the fact that it's orbiting moons made the planet seem to jump, or pulsate. While at leat 67 moons are currently known, the four moons referred to as "Galilean moons" are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. See the Related Wikipedia Link listed below for more information:
1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Ceres (Dwarf Planet) 6. Jupiter 7. Saturn 8. Uranus 9. Neptune 10. Pluto (Dwarf Planet) 11. Makemake (Dwarf Planet) 12. Haumea (Dwarf Planet) 13. Eris (Dwarf Planet) (Note: Neptune, Pluto, and the other dwarf planets the exception being Ceres are not always in this order but this is how they are in distance from the sun the majority of the time)
Neptune has fourteen known moons as of the year 2013, five of those fourteen having been discovered in 2002, 2003 and 2013.Here's a list of all known moons, in order of increasing orbital radius from Neptune:NaiadThalassaDespinaGalateaLarissaProteusTritonNereidHalimedeSaoLaomedeiaPsamatheNesoS/2004 N1 (may soon be named Polyphemus)Neptune has 14 moons that have been discovered so far. The largest is Triton and the smallest named moon is Psamathe.