
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Twelve American astronauts landed on the Moon during NASA's Apollo program from 1969 to 1972, studying the Moon and bringing back rock samples. Usually the term moon brings to mind a …
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
The giant planets Jupiter and Saturn lead our solar system’s moon counts. In some ways, the swarms of moons around these worlds resemble mini versions of our solar system.
Eris has a small moon named Dysnomia. The discovery of Eris — orbiting the Sun and larger than Pluto (which was then designated the ninth planet) — forced astrono-mers to consider whether Eris should …
Directory - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · PLANETS Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune DWARF PLANETS Pluto Ceres Makemake Haumea Eris HYPOTHETICAL Planet X Moons
Psyche Raw Image: Imager B - NASA Solar System Exploration
PLANETS Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune DWARF PLANETS Pluto Ceres Makemake Haumea Eris HYPOTHETICAL Planet X Moons
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Europa By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
May 16, 2024 · Europa is one of the largest of Jupiter’s more than 90 moons. It's the sixth-closest moon to the planet.
RPS 3D Viewer - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · PLANETS Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune DWARF PLANETS Pluto Ceres Makemake Haumea Eris HYPOTHETICAL Planet X Moons
In Depth | Kuiper Belt – NASA Solar System Exploration
Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Quaoar are all Kuiper Belt objects that have moons. One thing that makes binary KBOs particularly interesting is that most of them may be extremely ancient, or primordial, …
Pluto By the Numbers - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · SURFACE AREA The outer or uppermost part of a planet, moon, asteroid, comet or other body. 6,427,806 square miles 196,936,994 square miles