Moons of Jupiter
37 entries in the Moons of Jupiter compendium.
Adrastea (moon)Smallest inner moon of Jupiter, discovered by Voyager 2 in 1979.Amalthea (moon)Jupiter's fifth moon, last discovered by direct visual observation.Ananke (moon)Largest member of Jupiter's retrograde Ananke group of irregular moons.Ananke groupA retrograde satellite group from a single collision.Callirrhoe (moon)A small, irregular retrograde moon of Jupiter, possibly independently captured.Carme (moon)Largest irregular moon of the Carme group.Carme groupA collisional family of retrograde Jovian irregular satellites.Carpo (moon)Small outer Jovian moon with a very high inclination.Dia (moon)A prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter in the Himalia group.Elara (moon)Second largest irregular satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1905.ErinomeRetrograde irregular moon of Jupiter, discovered in 2000.Ersa (moon)A small prograde moon of Jupiter in the Himalia group.Eupheme (moon)A small, lost-and-found retrograde moon of Jupiter.Ganymede (moon)Largest moon in the Solar System, with its own magnetic field.Harpalyke (moon)A small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter in the Ananke group.Himalia (moon)Largest irregular satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1904.Himalia groupA prograde collisional family of Jupiter's irregular moons.Iocaste (moon)A small retrograde moon in Jupiter's Ananke group.Isonoe (moon)A small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter.Kallichore (moon)A small irregular moon of Jupiter and potential Juice flyby target.KalykeSecond-largest member of Jupiter's Carme group.Kore (moon)A distant retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter.Leda (moon)Innermost irregular satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1974.Lysithea (moon)One of the larger irregular satellites of Jupiter.MegacliteA small, light-red irregular moon of Jupiter.Metis (moon)Innermost known moon of Jupiter, discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979.Pandia (moon)Small prograde irregular moon of Jupiter in the Himalia group.Pasiphae (moon)Largest retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter, discovered in 1908.Pasiphae groupA disputed collisional family of retrograde Jovian moons.Philophrosyne (moon)A small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter, recovered after being lost.Praxidike (moon)Second-largest member of Jupiter's retrograde Ananke group.S/2018 J 4A small irregular moon of Jupiter in the Carpo group.Sinope (moon)Outermost retrograde Jovian moon, possibly independently captured.Taygete (moon)A small retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter.Thebe (moon)Thebe is Jupiter's fourth moon and second largest inner satellite.Themisto (moon)Innermost irregular moon of Jupiter, orbiting alone.Valetudo (moon)A small prograde Jovian moon at risk of collision.
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