Timeline of natural satellites

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Timeline of natural satellites in the Solar system by decade of discovery

Table of contents

1 Prehistoric
2 17th century

2.1 1610s
2.2 1650s
2.3 1670s
2.4 1680s

3 18th century

3.5 1780s

4 19th century

4.6 1840s
4.7 1850s
4.8 1870s
4.9 1890s

5 20th century

5.10 1900s
5.11 1910s
5.12 1930s
5.13 1940s
5.14 1950s
5.15 1960s
5.16 1970s
5.17 1980s
5.18 1990s

6 21st century

6.19 2000s

7 Sources
8 See also

Prehistoric

The Moon

17th century

1610s

January 7, 1610 - Ganymede
January 7, 1610 - Callisto
January 8, 1610 - Io
January 8, 1610 - Europa

1650s

March 25, 1655 - Titan

1670s

October 25, 1671 - Iapetus
December 23, 1672 - Rhea

1680s

March 21, 1684 - Tethys
March 21, 1684 - Dione

18th century

1780s

January 11, 1787 - Titania
January 11, 1787 - Oberon
July 18, 1789 - Mimas
August 28, 1789 - Enceladus

19th century

1840s

October 10, 1846 - Triton
September 16, 1848 - Hyperion

1850s

October 24, 1851 - Ariel
October 24, 1851 - Umbriel

1870s

August 11, 1877 - Phobos
August 17, 1877 - Deimos

1890s

September 9, 1892 - Amalthea
August 16, 1898 - Phoebe

20th century

1900s

1910s

July 21, 1914 - Sinope

1930s

July 6, 1938 - Lysithea
July 30, 1938 - Carme

1940s

February 16, 1948 - Miranda
May 1, 1949 - Nereid

1950s

September 28, 1951 - Ananke

1960s

1966 - Janus*
1966 - Epimetheus*

1970s

1980s

January 19, 1980 - Janus* (Confirmed by Voyager)
January 26, 1980 - Epimetheus* (Confirmed by Voyager)
March 1, 1980 - Helene
March 13, 1980 - Calypso
April 8, 1980 - Telesto
October, 1980 - Atlas
October, 1980 - Prometheus
October, 1980 - Pandora
December 30, 1985 - Puck
January 3, 1986 - Juliet
January 3, 1986 - Portia
January 9, 1986 - Cressida
January 13, 1986 - Desdemona
January 13, 1986 - Rosalind
January 13, 1986 - Belinda
January 20, 1986 - Cordelia
January 20, 1986 - Ophelia
January 23, 1986 - Bianca
June, 1989 - Proteus
July, 1989 - Despina
July, 1989 - Galatea
July, 1989 - Larissa
August, 1989 - Naiad
August, 1989 - Thalassa

1990s

1990 - Pan* (From Voyager images taken August, 1981)
September 6, 1997 - Caliban
September 6, 1997 - Sycorax
1999 - S/1986 U10* (From Voyager imaged taken January, 1986)
July 18, 1999 - Prospero
July 18, 1999 - Setebos
July 18, 1999 - Stephano
October 19, 1999 - Callirrhoe

21st century

2000s

August 7, 2000 - Ymir
August 7, 2000 - Paaliaq
August 7, 2000 - Kiviuq
September 23, 2000 - Tarvos
September 23, 2000 - Ijiraq
September 23, 2000 - Suttungr
September 23, 2000 - Mundilfari
September 23, 2000 - Skathi
September 23, 2000 - Erriapo
September 23, 2000 - Siarnaq
September 23, 2000 - Thrymr
November 9, 2000 - Albiorix
November 21, 2000 - Themisto* (Rediscovered)
November 23, 2000 - Harpalyke
November 23, 2000 - Kalyke
November 23, 2000 - Iocaste
November 23, 2000 - Erinome
November 23, 2000 - Isonoe
November 23, 2000 - Praxidike
November 25, 2000 - Megaclite
November 25, 2000 - Taygete
November 25, 2000 - Chaldene
November, 2000 - S/2000 J11
August 13, 2001 - Trinculo
December 9, 2001 - Hermippe
December 9, 2001 - Eurydome
December 9, 2001 - Sponde
December 9, 2001 - Kale
December 10, 2001 - Autonoe
December 11, 2001 - Thyone
December 11, 2001 - Aitne
December 11, 2001 - Euanthe
December 11, 2001 - Euporie
December 11, 2001 - Orthosie
December 11, 2001 - Pasithee
2002 - S/2002 N1
2002 - S/2002 N2
2002 - S/2002 N3
October 31, 2002 - S/2002 J1
2003 - S/1986 U10* (Confirmed)
2003 - S/2001 U3* (Probably from images taken in 2001)
2003 - S/2002 N4* (From images taken in 2002)
2003 - S/2003 U1
2003 - S/2003 U2
February 5, 2003 - S/2003 S1
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J1
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J2
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J3
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J4
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J5
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J6
March 4, 2003 - S/2003 J7
March 6, 2003 - S/2003 J8
March 7, 2003 - S/2003 J9
March 7, 2003 - S/2003 J10
March 7, 2003 - S/2003 J11
March 7, 2003 - S/2003 J12
April, 2003 - S/2003 J13
April, 2003 - S/2003 J14
April, 2003 - S/2003 J15
April, 2003 - S/2003 J16
April, 2003 - S/2003 J17
April, 2003 - S/2003 J18
April, 2003 - S/2003 J19
April, 2003 - S/2003 J20
May, 2003 - S/2003 J21
August 29, 2003 - S/2001 U2* (Confirming images taken in 2001)
August 29, 2003 - S/2003 U3
September 3, 2003 - S/2003 N1
February 4, 2004 - S/2003 J23* (From images taken in 2003)
February 25, 2004 - S/2003 J22* (From images taken in 2003)

*Note: Marked moons had complicated discoveries. Several moons took several years to be confirmed, and in several cases were actually lost and rediscovered. Others were found in Voyager photographs years after they were taken.

Sources

See also