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Planet     Principal moons
           
Mercury     None
Venus     None
Earth     The Moon
Mars     Phobos and Deimos
Jupiter     Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa
Saturn     Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas
Uranus     Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda
Neptune     Triton and Nereid
Pluto     Charon


The Moon

Parent planet: Earth ?
Radius (km): 1,738 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 7.35 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 3.34 ?
Reflectivity: 12% ?
Distance from planet (km): 384,400 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 60.2 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 27.3217 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0549 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 18.2 to 28.6 ?
Phobos

Parent planet: Mars ?
Radius (km): 14 by 10 (not round) ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.00000096 ?
Average density (g/cm3): <2 ?
Reflectivity: 6% ?
Distance from planet (km): 9,370 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 2.76 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 0.3189 ?
Eccentricity: 0.015 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 1.1 ?
Deimos

Parent planet: Mars ?
Radius (km): 8 by 6 (not round) ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.0000002 ?
Average density (g/cm3): <2 ?
Reflectivity: 7% ?
Distance from planet (km): 23,520 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 6.9 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 1.262 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0008 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.9 to 2.7 ?
Ganymede

Parent planet: Jupiter ?
Radius (km): 2,631 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 14.9 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.93 ?
Reflectivity: 43% ?
Distance from planet (km): 1,070,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 15.1 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 7.155 ?
Eccentricity: 0.001 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.2 ?
Callisto

Parent planet: Jupiter ?
Radius (km): 2,400 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 10.75 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.83 ?
Reflectivity: 17% ?
Distance from planet (km): 1,880,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 26.6 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 16.69 ?
Eccentricity: 0.01 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.2 ?
Io

Parent planet: Jupiter ?
Radius (km): 1,815 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 8.92 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 3.55 ?
Reflectivity: 63% ?
Distance from planet (km): 422,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 5.95 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 1.769 ?
Eccentricity: 0.004 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.0 ?
Europa

Parent planet: Jupiter ?
Radius (km): 1,569 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 4.87 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 3.04 ?
Reflectivity: 64% ?
Distance from planet (km): 671,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 9.47 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 3.551 ?
Eccentricity: 0.00 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.5 ?
Titan

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 2,575 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 13.46 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.88 ?
Reflectivity: 21% ?
Distance from planet (km): 1,222,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 20.3 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 15.95 ?
Eccentricity: 0.029 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.3 ?
Rhea

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 765 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.249 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.33 ?
Reflectivity: 60% ?
Distance from planet (km): 527,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 8.73 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 4.518 ?
Eccentricity: 0.001 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.4 ?
Iapetus

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 730 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.188 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.15 ?
Reflectivity: 12% ?
Distance from planet (km): 3,561,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 59 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 79.33 ?
Eccentricity: 0.028 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 14.7 ?
Dione

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 560 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.1052 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.41 ?
Reflectivity: 60% ?
Distance from planet (km): 377,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 6.26 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 2.737 ?
Eccentricity: 0.002 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0 ?
Tethys

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 530 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.0755 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.2 ?
Reflectivity: 80% ?
Distance from planet (km): 295,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 4.88 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 1.888 ?
Eccentricity: 0 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 1.1 ?
Enceladus

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 250 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.0074 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.13 ?
Reflectivity: 100% ?
Distance from planet (km): 151,500 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 3.95 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 1.37 ?
Eccentricity: 0.004 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0 ?
Mimas

Parent planet: Saturn ?
Radius (km): 196 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.00455 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.44 ?
Reflectivity: 70% ?
Distance from planet (km): 186,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 3.08 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 0.942 ?
Eccentricity: 0.02 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 1.5 ?
Titania

Parent planet: Uranus ?
Radius (km): 790 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.348 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.68 ?
Reflectivity: 28% ?
Distance from planet (km): 436,300 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 17.07 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 8.704 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0024 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.14 ?
Oberon

Parent planet: Uranus ?
Radius (km): 762 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.292 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.58 ?
Reflectivity: 24% ?
Distance from planet (km): 583,400 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 22.82 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 13.463 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0007 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.1 ?
Umbriel

Parent planet: Uranus ?
Radius (km): 586 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.127 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.51 ?
Reflectivity: 19% ?
Distance from planet (km): 266,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 10.41 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 4.146 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0035 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.36 ?
Ariel

Parent planet: Uranus ?
Radius (km): 579 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.135 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.66 ?
Reflectivity: 40% ?
Distance from planet (km): 190,900 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 7.47 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 2.521 ?
Eccentricity: 0.0028 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 0.31 ?
Miranda

Parent planet: Uranus ?
Radius (km): 236 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.008 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1.35 ?
Reflectivity: 34% ?
Distance from planet (km): 129,900 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 5.08 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 1.413 ?
Eccentricity: 0.017 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 3.4 ?
Triton

Parent planet: Neptune ?
Radius (km): 1,360 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 2.16 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 2.05 ?
Reflectivity: 70% ?
Distance from planet (km): 354,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 14.6 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 5.877 ?
Eccentricity: 0 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 160 ?
Nereid

Parent planet: Neptune ?
Radius (km): 150 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): ? ?
Average density (g/cm3): ? ?
Reflectivity: 14% ?
Distance from planet (km): 5,510,000 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 227 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 365.2 ?
Eccentricity: 0.75 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 27.6 ?
Charon

Parent planet: Pluto ?
Radius (km): 560 ?
Mass (x1022 kg): 0.11 ?
Average density (g/cm3): 1-3 ?
Reflectivity: 50% ?
Distance from planet (km): 19,130 ?
Distance from planet (RP=1): 17.03 ?
Orbital period (Earth days): 6.38718 ?
Eccentricity: 0 ?
Orbital inclination (degrees): 120 ?