Sun Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturnplus the "fixed" stars. In Europe, the prevailing view was the Ptolemaic system with the Earth at the center and the other bodies revolving around it.
Callisto 1610 Galileo Galilei Europa 1610 Galileo Galilei Ganymede 1610 Galileo Galilei Io 1610 Galileo Galilei Titan 1655 Christiaan Huygens Iapetus 1671 Giovanni Domenico Cassini Rhea 1672 Giovanni Domenico Cassini Dione 1684 Giovanni Domenico Cassini Tethys 1684 Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Uranus 1781 William Herschel Oberon 1787 William Herschel Titania 1787 William Herschel Enceladus 1789 William Herschel Mimas 1789 William Herschel
Neptune 1846 Johann Gotfried Galle, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier Triton 1846 William Lassell Hyperion 1848 William Cranch Bond Ariel 1851 William Lassell Umbriel 1851 William Lassell Phobos 1877 Asaph Hall Deimos 1877 Asaph Hall Amalthea 1892 Edward Emerson Barnard Phoebe 1898 William Henry Pickering
Himalia 1904 C. Perrine Elara 1905 C. Perrine Pasiphae 1908 P. Melotte Sinope 1914 S. Nicholson Pluto 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh Carme 1938 S. Nicholson Lysithea 1938 S. Nicholson Miranda 1948 Gerard Kuiper Nereid 1949 Gerard Kuiper Ananke 1951 S. Nicholson Janus 1966 Audouin Dollfus Leda 1974 Charles T. Kowal Charon 1978 J. Christy Adrastea 1979 D. Jewitt & E. Danielson Metis 1979 Stephen Synnott Thebe 1979 Stephen Synnott Epimetheus 1980 R. Walker Atlas 1980 R. Terrile Calypso 1980 Pascu et. al. Helene 1980 P. Laques & J. Lecacheus Pandora 1980 S. Collins et. al. Prometheus 1980 S. Collins et. al. Telesto 1980 Reitsema et. al. Puck 1985 Voyager 2 Belinda 1986 Voyager 2 Bianca 1986 Voyager 2 Cordelia 1986 Voyager 2 Cressida 1986 Voyager 2 Desdemona 1986 Voyager 2 Juliet 1986 Voyager 2 Ophelia 1986 Voyager 2 Portia 1986 Voyager 2 Rosalind 1986 Voyager 2 Despina 1989 Voyager 2 Galatea 1989 Voyager 2 Larissa 1989 Voyager 2 Naiad 1989 Voyager 2 Proteus 1989 Voyager 2 Thalassa 1989 Voyager 2 Pan 1990 Showalter
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