UNIVERSE
SATELLITESICY BODIES
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Question
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Jupiter
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Neptune
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Earth
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Mercury
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Detailed explanation-1: -Earth (1) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83)
Detailed explanation-2: -Jupiter has the largest number of satellites or moons. The planet Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons.
Detailed explanation-3: -Astronomers discovered 12 additional moons of Jupiter, raising its total number of known natural satellites to 92. The gas giant now holds the record for the most known moons of any planet in the solar system-for the time being, at least.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neptune also has seven known inner regular satellites, and six outer irregular satellites. Pluto, a dwarf planet, has five moons. Its largest moon Charon, named after the ferryman who took souls across the River Styx, is more than half as large as Pluto itself, and large enough to orbit a point outside Pluto’s surface.