File:Moons vs time.SVG
Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 600 × 480 pixels. Other resolutions: 300 × 240 pixels | 960 × 768 pixels | 1,280 × 1,024 pixels | 2,560 × 2,048 pixels.
Original file (SVG file, nominally 600 × 480 pixels, file size: 25 KB)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
| Description |
English: Plot of the number of moons discovered in a year vs. the year number, up to 2025, using the discovery years given in wikipedia's list of natural satellites. The first peak at 1980 was caused by Voyager 1; the second at 1986 caused by Voyager 2. The peaks in recent times are caused by improvements to ground- and Earth orbit-based optical telescopes. Note: This is different from the announcement date, for which there is a separate plot linked below. |
| Date | |
| Source |
Own work |
| Author | Renerpho, based on previous version by Mike Peel (mikepeel.net) |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5. Please attribute using name and website URL. |
| Other versions | File:Moons vs time announcement.svg |
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Created using Gnuplot with the following commands:
set terminal svg enhanced size 600,480 set termoption enhanced save_encoding = GPVAL_ENCODING set encoding utf8 set key off set boxwidth 0.9 relative set style fill solid 1.0 set xlabel 'Year' set ylabel 'Number' set xrange [1600:2025] set yrange [*:*] set title 'Number of natural satellites discovered vs. year of discovery' plot 'Moons.txt' with boxes lt 1
The dataset is:
1600.0 0.0 1601.0 0.0 1602.0 0.0 1603.0 0.0 1604.0 0.0 1605.0 0.0 1606.0 0.0 1607.0 0.0 1608.0 0.0 1609.0 0.0 1610.0 4.0 1611.0 0.0 1612.0 0.0 1613.0 0.0 1614.0 0.0 1615.0 0.0 1616.0 0.0 1617.0 0.0 1618.0 0.0 1619.0 0.0 1620.0 0.0 1621.0 0.0 1622.0 0.0 1623.0 0.0 1624.0 0.0 1625.0 0.0 1626.0 0.0 1627.0 0.0 1628.0 0.0 1629.0 0.0 1630.0 0.0 1631.0 0.0 1632.0 0.0 1633.0 0.0 1634.0 0.0 1635.0 0.0 1636.0 0.0 1637.0 0.0 1638.0 0.0 1639.0 0.0 1640.0 0.0 1641.0 0.0 1642.0 0.0 1643.0 0.0 1644.0 0.0 1645.0 0.0 1646.0 0.0 1647.0 0.0 1648.0 0.0 1649.0 0.0 1650.0 0.0 1651.0 0.0 1652.0 0.0 1653.0 0.0 1654.0 0.0 1655.0 1.0 1656.0 0.0 1657.0 0.0 1658.0 0.0 1659.0 0.0 1660.0 0.0 1661.0 0.0 1662.0 0.0 1663.0 0.0 1664.0 0.0 1665.0 0.0 1666.0 0.0 1667.0 0.0 1668.0 0.0 1669.0 0.0 1670.0 0.0 1671.0 1.0 1672.0 1.0 1673.0 0.0 1674.0 0.0 1675.0 0.0 1676.0 0.0 1677.0 0.0 1678.0 0.0 1679.0 0.0 1680.0 0.0 1681.0 0.0 1682.0 0.0 1683.0 0.0 1684.0 2.0 1685.0 0.0 1686.0 0.0 1687.0 0.0 1688.0 0.0 1689.0 0.0 1690.0 0.0 1691.0 0.0 1692.0 0.0 1693.0 0.0 1694.0 0.0 1695.0 0.0 1696.0 0.0 1697.0 0.0 1698.0 0.0 1699.0 0.0 1700.0 0.0 1701.0 0.0 1702.0 0.0 1703.0 0.0 1704.0 0.0 1705.0 0.0 1706.0 0.0 1707.0 0.0 1708.0 0.0 1709.0 0.0 1710.0 0.0 1711.0 0.0 1712.0 0.0 1713.0 0.0 1714.0 0.0 1715.0 0.0 1716.0 0.0 1717.0 0.0 1718.0 0.0 1719.0 0.0 1720.0 0.0 1721.0 0.0 1722.0 0.0 1723.0 0.0 1724.0 0.0 1725.0 0.0 1726.0 0.0 1727.0 0.0 1728.0 0.0 1729.0 0.0 1730.0 0.0 1731.0 0.0 1732.0 0.0 1733.0 0.0 1734.0 0.0 1735.0 0.0 1736.0 0.0 1737.0 0.0 1738.0 0.0 1739.0 0.0 1740.0 0.0 1741.0 0.0 1742.0 0.0 1743.0 0.0 1744.0 0.0 1745.0 0.0 1746.0 0.0 1747.0 0.0 1748.0 0.0 1749.0 0.0 1750.0 0.0 1751.0 0.0 1752.0 0.0 1753.0 0.0 1754.0 0.0 1755.0 0.0 1756.0 0.0 1757.0 0.0 1758.0 0.0 1759.0 0.0 1760.0 0.0 1761.0 0.0 1762.0 0.0 1763.0 0.0 1764.0 0.0 1765.0 0.0 1766.0 0.0 1767.0 0.0 1768.0 0.0 1769.0 0.0 1770.0 0.0 1771.0 0.0 1772.0 0.0 1773.0 0.0 1774.0 0.0 1775.0 0.0 1776.0 0.0 1777.0 0.0 1778.0 0.0 1779.0 0.0 1780.0 0.0 1781.0 0.0 1782.0 0.0 1783.0 0.0 1784.0 0.0 1785.0 0.0 1786.0 0.0 1787.0 2.0 1788.0 0.0 1789.0 2.0 1790.0 0.0 1791.0 0.0 1792.0 0.0 1793.0 0.0 1794.0 0.0 1795.0 0.0 1796.0 0.0 1797.0 0.0 1798.0 0.0 1799.0 0.0 1800.0 0.0 1801.0 0.0 1802.0 0.0 1803.0 0.0 1804.0 0.0 1805.0 0.0 1806.0 0.0 1807.0 0.0 1808.0 0.0 1809.0 0.0 1810.0 0.0 1811.0 0.0 1812.0 0.0 1813.0 0.0 1814.0 0.0 1815.0 0.0 1816.0 0.0 1817.0 0.0 1818.0 0.0 1819.0 0.0 1820.0 0.0 1821.0 0.0 1822.0 0.0 1823.0 0.0 1824.0 0.0 1825.0 0.0 1826.0 0.0 1827.0 0.0 1828.0 0.0 1829.0 0.0 1830.0 0.0 1831.0 0.0 1832.0 0.0 1833.0 0.0 1834.0 0.0 1835.0 0.0 1836.0 0.0 1837.0 0.0 1838.0 0.0 1839.0 0.0 1840.0 0.0 1841.0 0.0 1842.0 0.0 1843.0 0.0 1844.0 0.0 1845.0 0.0 1846.0 1.0 1847.0 0.0 1848.0 1.0 1849.0 0.0 1850.0 0.0 1851.0 2.0 1852.0 0.0 1853.0 0.0 1854.0 0.0 1855.0 0.0 1856.0 0.0 1857.0 0.0 1858.0 0.0 1859.0 0.0 1860.0 0.0 1861.0 0.0 1862.0 0.0 1863.0 0.0 1864.0 0.0 1865.0 0.0 1866.0 0.0 1867.0 0.0 1868.0 0.0 1869.0 0.0 1870.0 0.0 1871.0 0.0 1872.0 0.0 1873.0 0.0 1874.0 0.0 1875.0 0.0 1876.0 0.0 1877.0 2.0 1878.0 0.0 1879.0 0.0 1880.0 0.0 1881.0 0.0 1882.0 0.0 1883.0 0.0 1884.0 0.0 1885.0 0.0 1886.0 0.0 1887.0 0.0 1888.0 0.0 1889.0 0.0 1890.0 0.0 1891.0 0.0 1892.0 1.0 1893.0 0.0 1894.0 0.0 1895.0 0.0 1896.0 0.0 1897.0 0.0 1898.0 1.0 1899.0 0.0 1900.0 0.0 1901.0 0.0 1902.0 0.0 1903.0 0.0 1904.0 1.0 1905.0 1.0 1906.0 0.0 1907.0 0.0 1908.0 1.0 1909.0 0.0 1910.0 0.0 1911.0 0.0 1912.0 0.0 1913.0 0.0 1914.0 1.0 1915.0 0.0 1916.0 0.0 1917.0 0.0 1918.0 0.0 1919.0 0.0 1920.0 0.0 1921.0 0.0 1922.0 0.0 1923.0 0.0 1924.0 0.0 1925.0 0.0 1926.0 0.0 1927.0 0.0 1928.0 0.0 1929.0 0.0 1930.0 0.0 1931.0 0.0 1932.0 0.0 1933.0 0.0 1934.0 0.0 1935.0 0.0 1936.0 0.0 1937.0 0.0 1938.0 2.0 1939.0 0.0 1940.0 0.0 1941.0 0.0 1942.0 0.0 1943.0 0.0 1944.0 0.0 1945.0 0.0 1946.0 0.0 1947.0 0.0 1948.0 1.0 1949.0 1.0 1950.0 0.0 1951.0 1.0 1952.0 0.0 1953.0 0.0 1954.0 0.0 1955.0 0.0 1956.0 0.0 1957.0 0.0 1958.0 0.0 1959.0 0.0 1960.0 0.0 1961.0 0.0 1962.0 0.0 1963.0 0.0 1964.0 0.0 1965.0 0.0 1966.0 2.0 1967.0 0.0 1968.0 0.0 1969.0 0.0 1970.0 0.0 1971.0 0.0 1972.0 0.0 1973.0 0.0 1974.0 1.0 1975.0 1.0 1976.0 0.0 1977.0 0.0 1978.0 1.0 1979.0 3.0 1980.0 6.0 1981.0 3.0 1982.0 0.0 1983.0 0.0 1984.0 0.0 1985.0 1.0 1986.0 10.0 1987.0 0.0 1988.0 0.0 1989.0 5.0 1990.0 0.0 1991.0 0.0 1992.0 0.0 1993.0 0.0 1994.0 0.0 1995.0 0.0 1996.0 0.0 1997.0 2.0 1998.0 0.0 1999.0 4.0 2000.0 22.0 2001.0 14.0 2002.0 6.0 2003.0 29.0 2004.0 58.0 2005.0 11.0 2006.0 30.0 2007.0 11.0 2008.0 1.0 2009.0 1.0 2010.0 3.0 2011.0 4.0 2012.0 1.0 2013.0 0.0 2014.0 0.0 2015.0 1.0 2016.0 4.0 2017.0 9.0 2018.0 4.0 2019.0 44.0 2020.0 44.0 2021.0 7.0 2022.0 3.0 2023.0 51.0 2024.0 0.0 2025.0 0.0
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 11:29, 16 March 2025 | | 600 × 480 (25 KB) | wikimediacommons>Renerpho | Updated with satellites announced as of 15 March 2025 |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
