The largest of Neptune's moons, 'Triton' is larger than the planetesimal, Pluto.
The much, much smaller moon, Proteus, is next in size.
Larissa is a little smaller than Proteus,
and Galatea is a little smaller than Larissa.
The four largest moons of Neptune include Triton, Nereid, Naiad, and Thalassa. The next largest moons are Despina, Galatea, Larissa, and Proteus.
Neptune has 13 moons and 5 rings.Moons:NaiadThalassaDespinaGalateaLarissaProteusTritonNereidHalimedeSaoLaomedeiaPsamatheNesoRings:GalleLeVerrierLassellAragoAdams
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Of the 67 moons orbiting Jupiter, the 4 largest, smallest to largest, are Europa, Io, Callisto, Ganymede. The 4 in closest orbit to Jupiter are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. These are referred to as the Amalthean moons.The 4 largest Jovian moons (Jupiter is "Jove" in Greek) are some of the largest bodies in the Solar system, after the Sun and planets. Genymede is larger than the planet Mercury.These 4 large Jovian moons would be planetesimals if they orbited the Sun. The moons smaller than these 4 are quite a bit smaller . . . many of which just have "J" (for Jupiter) numbers instead of names.
Voyager 2 discovered new moons and rings around Neptune in 1989, including seven new moons and four partial rings. These discoveries expanded our understanding of Neptune's satellite system and its surrounding ring structure.
The four largest moons of Neptune include Triton, Nereid, Naiad, and Thalassa. The next largest moons are Despina, Galatea, Larissa, and Proteus.
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Neptune has 13 moons and 5 rings.Moons:NaiadThalassaDespinaGalateaLarissaProteusTritonNereidHalimedeSaoLaomedeiaPsamatheNesoRings:GalleLeVerrierLassellAragoAdams
io, ganymede, europa, and callisto.
4 moons
Neptune has 13 moons that we know about and there may be more. NaiadTriton (the biggest moon)DespinaThalassaGalateaLarissaHalimedeProteusSaoPsamatheNesoLaomedeiaNereid
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Neptune is the 4th largest planet
Neptune > Earth > Mars > Mercury Largest ---> Smallest
Of the 67 moons orbiting Jupiter, the 4 largest, smallest to largest, are Europa, Io, Callisto, Ganymede. The 4 in closest orbit to Jupiter are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. These are referred to as the Amalthean moons.The 4 largest Jovian moons (Jupiter is "Jove" in Greek) are some of the largest bodies in the Solar system, after the Sun and planets. Genymede is larger than the planet Mercury.These 4 large Jovian moons would be planetesimals if they orbited the Sun. The moons smaller than these 4 are quite a bit smaller . . . many of which just have "J" (for Jupiter) numbers instead of names.
Galileo was the first to observe the 4 largest moons of Jupiter (which are still known as the Galilean moons, in his honor).
Galileo discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons, the Galilean moons. The largest moon's name is Ganymede.