Planets & Moons Pronunciation Guide
by SPACE.com Staff
Date: 13 December 2006 Time: 02:27 PM ET
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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 | Listen |
| 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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