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The planet Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons. This gives it the largest
retinue of moons with “reasonably secure” orbits of any planet in the Solar
System. In fact, Jupiter and its moons are like a miniature solar system with
the inner moons orbiting faster than the others.
Eight of Jupiter’s moons are regular satellites, with prograde and nearly circular orbits that are not greatly inclined with respect to Jupiter’s equatorial plane. The remainder of Jupiter’s moons are irregular satellites, whose prograde and retrograde orbits are much farther from Jupiter and have high inclinations and eccentricities. These moons were probably captured by Jupiter from solar orbits. There are 17 recently discovered irregular satellites that have not yet been named.
Source:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11173
Reference:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Sats
Image Credit:NASA/ESA/Lowell Observatory/J. Spencer/JHU-APL
Eight of Jupiter’s moons are regular satellites, with prograde and nearly circular orbits that are not greatly inclined with respect to Jupiter’s equatorial plane. The remainder of Jupiter’s moons are irregular satellites, whose prograde and retrograde orbits are much farther from Jupiter and have high inclinations and eccentricities. These moons were probably captured by Jupiter from solar orbits. There are 17 recently discovered irregular satellites that have not yet been named.
Source:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11173
Reference:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Sats
Image Credit:NASA/ESA/Lowell Observatory/J. Spencer/JHU-APL
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