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Moons<\/strong> (Natural Satellites)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n

A natural satellite<\/strong> is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are often colloquially referred to as moons<\/strong><\/em>, a derivation from the Moon of Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite systems containing 209 known natural satellites altogether. Seven objects commonly considered dwarf planets by astronomers are also known to have natural satellites: Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, and Eris. As of November 2021, there are 442 other minor planets known to have natural satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Definition of a moon<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is no established lower limit on what is considered a “moon”. Every natural celestial body with an identified orbit around a planet of the Solar System, some as small as a kilometer across, has been considered a moon, though objects a tenth that size within Saturn’s rings, which have not been directly observed, have been called moonlets<\/em>. Small asteroid moons (natural satellites of asteroids), such as Dactyl, have also been called moonlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moons (Natural Satellites) A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are often colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth. In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite systems containing 209 known natural satellites altogether. Seven objects commonly considered dwarf planets by astronomers are also known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-space-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.caiopenedo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}