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Satellites of the Solar System

Mean Distance, 10^3 km Sidereal Period, days Synodic Period, days Inclination of Orbit to Planet's Equator Eccentricity of Mean Orbit Magnitude at Mean Opposition Distance
Earth
Moon 384.4 27.32166 29.531 Var. 0.05490 -12.5
Mars
I Phobos 9.4 0.31891 0.319 0 deg 57 min 0.0210 11
II Deimos 23.5 1.26244 1.265 1 deg 18 min 0.0028 12
Jupiter
V 181 0.49818 0.498 0 deg 24 min 0.003 13
I Io 422 1.76914 1.770 0 0 5.5 *
II Europa 671 3.55118 3.554 0 0 6.1 *
III Ganymede 1071 7.15455 7.166 0 0 5.1 *
IV Callisto 1884 16.68902 16.754 0 0 6.2 *
VI 11480 250.57 266 27 deg 38 min 0.15798 14.7
VII 11740 259.65 276 24 deg 46 min 0.20719 18
X 11860 263.55 281 29 deg 01 min 0.13029 19
XII 21200 631.1 147 deg 0.16870 18
XI 22600 692.5 164 deg 0.20678 19
VIII 23500 738.9 145 deg 0.378 17.0
IX 23700 758 153 0.275 18.6
Saturn
I Mimas 186 0.94242 0.943 1 deg 31 min 0.0201 12.1
II Enceladus 238 1.37022 1.370 0 deg 01 min 0.00444 11.7
III Tethys 295 1.88780 1.888 1 deg 06 min 0 10.6
IV Dione 378 2.73692 2.738 0 deg 01 min 0.00221 10.7
V Rhea 527 4.51750 4.519 0 deg 21 min 0.00098 10.9
VI Titan 1222 15.94545 15.969 0 deg 20 min 0.0289 8.3
VII Hyperion 1481 21.27666 21.319 0 deg 26 min 0.104 15
VIII Iapetus 3562 79.33082 79.920 14 deg 43 min 0.02828 10.8
IX Phoebe 12960 550.45 523.7 150 0.16326 14
Uranus
V Miranda 124 1.414 1.4 0 <0.01 17
I Ariel 192 2.52038 2.521 0 0.0028 14
II Umbriel 267 4.14418 4.145 0 0.0035 14
III Titania 438 8.70588 8.708 0 0.0024 14
IV Oberon 587 13.46326 13.469 0 0.007 14
Neptune
I Triton 354 3.87683 5.877 159 deg 57 min 0 14
II Nereid 5570 359.4 362 27 deg 27 min 0.76/TD> 19

* Variable

From the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac 1961.

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