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The discovery of the bodies of the solar system
The dates
| Object |
Nature discovery | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | sunspots | Galileo | 1606 |
| Mercury | |||
| Venus | phases | Galileo | 1610 |
| Earth | |||
| Moon | parallax of the Moon | Lalande and Lacaille | 1751 |
| Mars | |||
| Satellites of Mars | Phobos and Deimos | Asaph Hall | 1877 |
| Jupiter | Great Red Spot | Hooke | 1664 |
| Rings of Jupiter | Voyager | 1979 | |
| Satellites of Jupiter | Io J-I, Europa J-II, Ganymede J-III, Callisto J-IV ("galileans") | Galileo | 1610 |
| Amalthea J-V | Barnard | 1892 | |
| Himalia J-VI, Elara J-VII | Perrine | 1904-1905 | |
| Pasiphae J-VIII | Melotte | 1908 | |
| Sinope J-IX | Nicholson | 1914 | |
| Lysithea J-X, Carme J-XI | Nicholson | 1938 | |
| Ananke J-XII | Nicholson | 1951 | |
| Leda J-XIII | Kowal | 1974 | |
| Thebe J-XIV, Metis J-XVI | Synnott | 1979 | |
| Adrastea J-XV | Jewitt & Danielson | 1974 | |
| S/1999 J1 J-XVII | Spacewatch | 2000 | |
| Saturn | |||
| Rings of Saturn | Huygens | 1659 | |
| Satellites of Saturn | Titan S-VI | Huygens | 1655 |
| Tethys S-III, Dione S-IV, Rhea S-V, Japet S-VIII | Cassini | 1671-1684 | |
| Mimas S-I, Enceladus S-II | Herschel | 1789 | |
| Hyperion S-VII | Bond & Lassell | 1848 | |
| Phoebe S-IX | Pickering | 1898 | |
| Janus S-X Epimetheus S-XI |
Dollfus Walker |
1966 1980 |
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| Helen S-XII, TelestoS-XIII, Calypso S-XIV Atlas S-XV, Prometheus S-XVI, Pandora S-XVII Pan S-XVIII |
Reitsema, Laques, Lecacheux, Collins, Terrile, Pascu, Showalter | 1980 1980 1990 |
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| S/1995 S6 | ESO | 1995 | |
| S/2000 S1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Gladman | 2000 | |
| Uranus | planet | Herschel | 1781 |
| Rings of Uranus | Elliot, Hubbard, Millis, Wasserman and colleagues | 1977 | |
| Satellites of Uranus | Titania U-III, Oberon U-IV | Herschel | 1787 |
| Ariel U-I, Umbriel U-II | Lassell | 1851 | |
| Miranda U-V | Kuiper | 1948 | |
| U-VI à U-15 | Voyager 2 | 1986 | |
| U-16 and U-17 | Gladman | 1997 | |
| U-18, U-19, U-20 | Kavelaars | 1999 | |
| Neptune | planet | Le Verrier | 1846 |
| Rings of Neptune | Hubbard / Brahic | 1984 | |
| Satellites of Neptune | Triton N-I | Lassell | 1848 |
| Nereide N-II | Kuiper | 1949 | |
| N-III à N-8 | Voyager 2 | 1989 | |
| Pluto | Dwarf planet | Lowell / Tombaugh | 1930 |
| Satellites of Pluto | Charon P-I | Christy & Harrington | 1978 |
| S/2005 P1 (Hydra) and S/2005 P2 (Nyx) | Weaver & Stern | 2005 | |
| S/2011 (134 340) 1 and S/2012 (134 340) 1 | Hubble telescope | 2011 and 2012 | |
| Asteroids | first asteroid discovered : (1) Ceres | Piazzi | 1801 |
| Since then more than one million asteroids have been discovered and 619 999 confirmed (on December 3, 2022) and 23 608 named. | |||
| and some with satellites | |||
| first asteroid discovered beyond Neptune: (15760) | D. C. Jewitt, J. X. Luu | 1992 | |
| first interstellar object: 1I/2017 U1 Omuamua | Robert Weryk with Pan-STARRS 1 | 2017 | |
| Comets | return of comets | Halley | 1705 |