Interesting things about the moons in the Solar System

Mars - the planet closest to Earth, has 2 moons. Pluto - a dwarf planet with 5 moons. Neptune has 14, Uranus has 27 moons. Jupiter and Saturn both have 53 moons, while Venus and Mercury have no natural satellites.

Earth's Moon. Revolving around the Earth at an average distance of 384,400km, our Moon is the largest natural satellite of the parent planet in the Solar System.

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the 2nd largest natural satellite in the Solar System. Titan is the only moon with a thick, icy atmosphere.

Jupiter's moon Ganymade is larger than both Mercury and Pluto.

Pan is the moon of Saturn, named after the half-man, half-goat god in Greek mythology. Pan was discovered in 1990.

Europa is Jupiter's 4th largest moon. It has been suggested that an ocean exists under Europa's icy surface.

Phobos is the largest of the two moons of Mars (the other being Deimos). Scientists think Phobos is in a 'death spiral' that orbits slowly towards the surface of Mars.

Enceladus is the frozen moon of Saturn.

With more than 400 active volcanoes, Io, Jupiter's moon, is the most geologically active object in the Solar System.

Callisto is the object with the most craters in the Solar System. Callisto is Jupiter's second largest moon, after Ganymede.

Hyperion is the largest non-spherical moon in the Solar System. Saturn's moon Hyperion is shaped like a sponge.

Atlas - Saturn's saucer-shaped moon.

Miranda, the moon of Uranus, has a distinctive surface. The 10,058-meter-high Verona Rupes cliff on Miranda is said to be the tallest cliff in the Solar System.

Triton, the moon of Neptune. Triton's south pole is frozen nitrogen and methane.

Lapetus, a strange moon of Saturn. Lapetus is special with a surface of 2 halves: half light, half dark.

Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. In fact, Charon is the largest moon compared to the parent planet in the Solar System. But because Pluto is a dwarf planet, our Moon is still considered the largest natural satellite.

Epimetheus - Saturn's moon, attracts scientists because it shares an orbit with another moon of this planet, Janus.

Janus and Epimetheus are two moons orbiting Saturn, and every four years, these two moons change orbits.

Methone - moon of Saturn, egg-shaped.

Umbriel is the darkest moon of Uranus.

Dactyl is the most distinct moon in the Solar System. It is a natural satellite of the planet Ida, located between Mars and Jupiter.