Solar system

Solar system

Entries in this category are all related to the solar system, or the sun and all of the planets and other small bodies that revolve around it.

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Ganymede

Astronomy; Solar system

The third Galilean moon outward from Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. It has a diameter of 5,268 km (3,273 mi) and has the highest mass out of all the planetary satellites. It ...

Europa

Astronomy; Solar system

The second closest moon to Jupiter and the smallest of the four Galilean moons with a diameter of just over 3,100 km (1,900 mi). It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius. ...

Io

Astronomy; Solar system

The Galilean moon closest to Jupiter and the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System with a diameter of 3,642 km (2,263 mi). It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and named after the ...

The largest of Saturn's moons and the second largest moon in the solar system (after Jupiter's moon Ganymede). Titan's diameter is about 50% larger than the Moon's. It was discovered in 1655 by Dutch ...

Titania

Astronomy; Solar system

The largest moon of Uranus and the eighth largest moon in the Solar System with a diameter of 1,578 km (981 mi). It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel and named after the queen of fairies in ...