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===Solar System=== Based on comparison between the likely time needed to lock a body to its primary, and the time it has been in its present orbit (comparable with the age of the Solar System for most planetary moons), a number of moons are thought to be locked. However their rotations are not known or not known enough. These are: ====Probably locked to Saturn==== {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} * [[Daphnis (moon)|Daphnis]] * [[Aegaeon (moon)|Aegaeon]] * [[Methone (moon)|Methone]] * [[Anthe (moon)|Anthe]] * [[Pallene (moon)|Pallene]] * [[Helene (moon)|Helene]] * [[Polydeuces (moon)|Polydeuces]] {{colend}} ====Probably locked to Uranus==== {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} * [[Cordelia (moon)|Cordelia]] * [[Ophelia (moon)|Ophelia]] * [[Bianca (moon)|Bianca]] * [[Cressida (moon)|Cressida]] * [[Desdemona (moon)|Desdemona]] * [[Juliet (moon)|Juliet]] * [[Portia (moon)|Portia]] * [[Rosalind (moon)|Rosalind]] * [[Cupid (moon)|Cupid]] * [[Belinda (moon)|Belinda]] * [[Perdita (moon)|Perdita]] * [[Puck (moon)|Puck]] * [[Mab (moon)|Mab]] {{colend}} ====Probably locked to Neptune==== {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} * [[Naiad (moon)|Naiad]] * [[Thalassa (moon)|Thalassa]] * [[Despina (moon)|Despina]] * [[Galatea (moon)|Galatea]] * [[Larissa (moon)|Larissa]] {{colend}} ====Probably mutually tidally locked==== *[[90482 Orcus|Orcus]] and [[Vanth (moon)|Vanth]]<ref name="Brown2023">{{cite journal |first1 = Michael E. |last1 = Brown |first2 = Bryan |last2 = Butler |title = Masses and densities of dwarf planet satellites measured with ALMA |journal = The Planetary Science Journal |date = July 2023 |volume = 4 |issue = 10 |id = |pages = 11 |doi-access = free |doi = 10.3847/PSJ/ace52a |arxiv = 2307.04848 |bibcode = 2023PSJ.....4..193B |s2cid = }}</ref>
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