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How many satellites have been discovered in the Solar System after Galileo?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2010

Zhanna Pozhalova  and
Dmitrij Lupishko
Zhanna Pozhalova
Affiliation:
Research Institute “Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory”, Observatornaya 1, Nikolaev, 54030, Ukraine email: zhanna@mao.nikolaev.ua
Dmitrij Lupishko
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv V. N. Karazin National University, Sumskaya 35, Kharkiv, 61001, Ukraine email: lupishko@astron.kharkov.ua
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Abstract

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By the beginning of 2010 the total number of natural satellites and multiple systems in the Solar System was equal to 350, including: 168 satellites of large planets, 119 multiple asteroids (including main-belt and near-Earth asteroids, Mars-crossers and Jupiter Trojan asteroids) and 63 multiple transneptunian and Kuiper-belt objects. Meanwhile, we cannot count precisely how many moons in total have been discovered to date due to the deficiency of accepted definitions.

Keywords

Planets and satellitesbinary asteroidsdiscoveries
Type
Poster Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S269: Galileo's Medicean Moons: their impact on 400 years of discovery , January 2010 , pp. 250 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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