Planets & Moons Pronunciation Guide By SPACE.com Staff
With the recent demotion of Pluto from planet to "dwarf planet", there are now 8 planets in our solar system. All planets except Mercury and Venus have moons around them.
Name
Pronunciation
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Adrastea
ah-DRAHS-tee-ah
Aitne
et-NEE
Amalthea
ah-mal-THEE-ah
Ananke
a-NAN-kee
Ariel
AIR-ee-el
Atlas
AT-lus
Autonoe
aw-TON-oe-ee
Belinda
be-LIN-dah
Bianca
bee-AHNK-uh
Caliban
KAL-e-ban
Callirrhoe
ka-LIRR-o-ee
Callisto
ka-LIS-toe
Calypso
ka-LIP-soe
Carme
KAR-mee
Chaldene
kal-DEE-nee
Charon
CARE-en
Cordelia
core-DEAL-ya
Cressida
KRESS-e-da
Deimos
DYE-mos
Desdemona
DES-de-MOAN-a
Despina
de-SPEEN-a
Dione
dye-ON-ee
Earth
URTH
Elara
EE-lahr-ah
Enceladus
en-SELL-ah-dus
Epimetheus
EPP-e-ME-thee-us
Erinome
err-IN-o-mee
Euanthe
ewe-AN-thee
Euporie
ewe-POUR-ee-e
Europa
you-ROE-pah
Eurydome
ewe-RID-o-mee
Galatea
GAL-aTEA-a
Ganymede
GAN-eh-meed
Harpalyke
har-PAL-e-kee
Helene
he-LEAN
Hermippe
her-MIP-ee
Himalia
HIM-ah-lee-ah
Hyperion
hye-PER-ee-on
Iapetus
ee-AHP-eh-tus
Io
EYE-oh
Iocaste
EYE-o-KAS-tee
Isonoe
eye-SON-oe-ee
Janus
JAY-nus
Juliet
JEW-lee-ette
Jupiter
JEW-pi-ter
Kale
KAY-lee
Kalyke
KAL-e-kee
Larissa
la-RISS-a
Leda
LEE-dah
Lysithea
lis-ih-THEE-ah
Mars
MARZ
Megaclite
MEG-a-KLYE-tee
Mercury
MIRK-you-ree
Metis
MEE-tis
Mimas
MYE-mus
Miranda
mi-RAN-dah
The Moon
moon
Naiad
NYE-ad
Neptune
NEP-toon
Nereid
NAIR-ee-id
Oberon
OH-ba-ron
Ophelia
oh-FEEL-ya
Orthosie
or-THOE-see-e
Pan
PAN
Pandora
pan-DOOR-ah
Pasiphae
pa-SIF-ah-ee
Pasithee
PAS-e-thee
Phobos
FOE-bos
Phoebe
FEE-bee
Pluto
PLOO-toe
Portia
POR-sha
Praxidike
prak-SID-e-kee
Prometheus
pro-MEE-thee-us
Prospero
PRO-per-oe
Proteus
PRO-tee-us
Puck
PUCK
Rhea
REE-a
Rosalind
ROS-a-lind
Saturn
SA-turn
Setebos
SET-e-bus
Sinope
se-NO-pee
Sponde
SPON-dee
Stephano
ste-FAA-noe
The Sun
sun
Sycorax
SICK-o-RACKS
Taygete
tay-IJ-e-tee
Telesto
tah-LES-toe
Tethys
TEE-this
Thalassa
tha-LASS-a
Thebe
THEE-bee
Themisto
the-MISS-toe
Thyone
Thy-OE-nee
Titan
TYE-tun
Titania
tye-TAIN-ee-ah
Trinculo
TRING-kew-loe
Triton
TRY-ton
Umbriel
UM-bree-el
Uranus
YOU-rah-nus
Venus
VEE-nus
Eris
EE-ris
Quaoar
KWA-oh-ar
Gabrielle
GAB-ree-ell
Sedna
SED-na
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