Moons
Gerard Kuiper
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Credit: NASA
Occupation: Astronomer & Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1905
Research Areas: Atmospheres and Moons
Galileo Galilei
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Credit: J Sustermans
Occupation: Astronomer, Mathematician, Engineer
Year born: 1564
Research Areas: speed, velocity, motion, astronomy, tides
Neptune's Moons
Uranus's Moons
![Uranus moon Miranda](/sites/default/files/learn/uranus_moon_miranda.jpg)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Uranus has 27 moons. They are all named after characters from William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope's works.
Mars's Moons
![Mars moon montage](/sites/default/files/learn/mars_moon.jpg)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/Univ. of Arizona
Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos. The planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war. As such the moons are called Phobos, which means 'fear' or 'panic', and Deimos, meaning 'terror' or 'dread'.
Jupiter's Moons
Saturn's Moons
![Saturn's Moons](/sites/default/files/learn/saturn_moons.jpg)
Credit: NASA/JPL
Titan
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Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Earth's Moon
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Credit: NSO
The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite. We know it as 'the Moon' but scientists sometimes call it Luna. The word 'lunar' means 'relating to the Moon'.