| 19th century | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | Image | Other/Permanent designation | Discoverer(s) and notes |
| 1800s | ||||
| o: January 1, 1801 p: January 24, 1801 |
Ceres | 8th Planet (1801) Asteroid (1851) Dwarf planet (2006) |
Giuseppe Piazzi. He first announced his discovery on January 24, 1801, in letters to fellow astronomers. The first formal publication was the September 1801 issue of the Monatliche Correspondenz. | |
| 1840s | ||||
| o: September 23, 1846 p: November 13, 1846 |
Neptune | 13th Planet (1846) 8th Planet (1851) |
Galle and Le Verrier | |
| o: October 10, 1846 p: November 13, 1846 |
Triton | Neptune I | Lassell | |
| o: September 16, 1848 p: October 1848 |
Hyperion | Saturn VII | Bond, Bond, Lassell | |
| 1850s | ||||
| o: October 24, 1851 | Ariel | Uranus I | Lassell | |
| Umbriel | Uranus II | |||
| 1870s | ||||
| o: August 12, 1877 | Deimos | Mars II | Hall | |
| o: August 18, 1877 | Phobos | Mars I | ||
| 1890s | ||||
| o: September 9, 1892 p: October 4, 1892 |
Amalthea | Jupiter V | Barnard | |
| i: August 16, 1898 o: March 17, 1899 |
Phoebe | Saturn IX | Pickering | |
| Date | Name | Image | Other/Permanent designation | Discoverer(s) and notes |
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