Planets Moons Names. There are 181 known moons in our solar system which are orbiting planets and dwarf planets. A complete list of the 181 moons that are orbiting planets and dwarf planets in our solar system, with facts and information about each moon.
Of all the moons of the eight planets, earth's moon is by far the largest relative to its planet, with a diameter of 3476 km and hence a ratio to earth's diameter of 0.2764.
Planet jupiter has 79 moons, though 7 moons are lost currently. The current count orbiting our star is eight planets. There are currently 174 named moons in our solar system, orbiting the six outermost planets, with more being discovered and debated every day. And neptune's moon triton is as big as the dwarf planet pluto and orbits backwards compared with.
