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Names of all the moons?

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Moon - All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

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    PLANET MOONS MOON NAMES
    Mercury     0
    Venus     0

    Earth     1             Moon

    Mars            2              Phobos, Deimos

    Jupiter     62     Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea,
                                        Himalia,Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme,
                                        Ananke, Leda, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe,
                                        Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe,
                                         Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe,
                                         Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee,
                                         Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne, plus others yet
                                         to receive names

    Saturn     33      Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas,
                                         Hyperion, Prometheus, Pandora, Phoebe, Janus,
                                         Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Pan, Ymir,
                                         Paaliaq, Siarnaq, Tarvos, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Thrym, Skadi,
                                         Mundilfari, Erriapo, Albiorix, Suttung, plus others yet to
                                         receive names

    Uranus     27      Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet,
                                         Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel,  
                                         Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos,
                                         Stephano, Trinculo, plus others yet to receive names

    Neptune     13      Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea,
                                         Larissa, Proteus, plus others yet to receive names

    Pluto       1      Charon

    TOTAL     139

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