How many moons do the planets in our solar system have?
The 8 planets in our solar system have 166 moons. Neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons. Our home, the Earth, has 1 moon. Mars has 2 moons. Mighty Jupiter has 63 known moons. Saturn has 60 moons. Uranus has 27 and Neptune has all of 13 moons. So the total number of known moons orbiting the 8 planets is 166. However, some people believe that astronomers will discover more moons hidden around the planets.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
71 Comments

Naked Kitty Slave
So wrong on so many levels. This is from NASA:
Planets and asteroids in our solar system orbit the Sun. Moons — also known as natural satellites — orbit planets and asteroids. There are more than 200 moons in our solar system.
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May 27, 2020 9:25PM

Glenn
This is an OLD question! There are over two hundred moons in our Solar System with Saturn 🪐 being the ‘King of Moons’ with over 80.
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Dec 14, 2020 2:01AM

Malcolm Clarke
Way out of date! 205 is the latest figure excluding dwarf planets.
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Dec 14, 2020 4:11AM

Kath Thomson
It would appear that problems with this question depend on whether you only count confirmed moons or also include provisional moons. The question should also have asked the number at a particular date. I just checked NASA and discovered that recently another moon was discovered orbitting earth!
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Dec 24, 2020 4:37PM

Kath Thomson
Naked Kitty Slave, the question asked how many moons do PLANETS in our solar system have. So that does not include asteroid moons.
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Dec 24, 2020 4:33PM

Gordo Wilson
Actually 181 is the current count.
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Dec 20, 2020 8:39PM

Irma Rivera
According to NASA there’s 214 moons in our solar system, 158 confirmed moons and 56 provisional moons!!!
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Dec 20, 2020 3:44PM

Richard G Schwartz
Thank you Naked Kitty.
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Dec 19, 2020 1:04PM

Angel Attanasio
Can we please get the correct answers!!!!! Good question! Wrong answer!!!
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Dec 17, 2020 9:27PM

Rick Brandenburg
I examined question and there are 200 moons in our solar system.
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Dec 17, 2020 12:47PM
Wyla Reedy
After reading comments, I still don't know the right answer
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Dec 17, 2020 9:34AM
Wyla Reedy
I won't forget that number. For some reason, I have wondered about it
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Dec 17, 2020 9:32AM

Alicia Szot
Well, I know that Saturn alone has about 60 moons, so 166 was the only option. A better answer choice would have been 166+ since there are more moons orbiting other celestial bodies as was pointed out by another person.
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Dec 17, 2020 7:25AM

krkyates
Yea, so? What do Astro-Physisits really accomplish....they see stars and planets and really know nothing beyond speculation and theory.
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Dec 17, 2020 4:31AM

Mike Hibner
Ronald Filkowski, huh?
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Dec 17, 2020 2:38AM

Ronald Filkowski
I do not though were you live I still say 0ne moon
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Dec 16, 2020 11:47PM
Bill-Gayle Wenrich
Even the dwarf planet Pluto has Charon.
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Dec 16, 2020 8:00PM

Phil Kennelty
They are still finding more. Had to be the highest number.
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Dec 16, 2020 6:16PM
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