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    least 299 natural satellites, or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded; of these, all are covered by a crust of ice except...
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    System Nomenclature granted names to satellites V–XIII, and provided for a formal naming process for future satellites still to be discovered. The practice...
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    (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth. In the Solar System...
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    of natural satellites is the potential of moons to provide habitats for life, though it is not an indicator that they harbor it. Natural satellites are...
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    epoch of 1 January 2020. List of natural satellites The mass of Triton is about 2.14 × 1022 kg, whereas the combined mass of the Uranian moons is about...
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    irregular satellites, the general convention is to use names ending in "a" for prograde satellites, names ending in "e" for retrograde satellites, and names...
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    moons up to and including Rhea may be only 100 million years old. List of natural satellites 62 moons were announced 3–16 May, 2023: S/2020 S 1, S/2006 S 9...
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    The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest...
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    planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets Jupiter Rings of Jupiter Complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites Io Europa Ganymede...
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    II) is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km (3.9 mi) and takes 30.3 hours...
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    the satellites Phobos and Deimos reside. No new satellites were found to an apparent limiting red magnitude of 23.5, which corresponds to radii of about...
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    observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used...
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    The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object...
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    Claims of the existence of other moons of Earth—that is, of one or more natural satellites with relatively stable orbits of Earth, other than the Moon—have...
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    Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Over time Earth's...
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    of natural satellites (moons) Lists of small Solar System bodies Lists of comets List of meteor showers Minor planets List of minor planets List of exceptional...
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  • Aeronomy Extraterrestrial atmospheres Extraterrestrial skies List of natural satellites Steigerwald, William (17 August 2015). "NASA's LADEE Spacecraft...
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    systematic designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered...
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    Mimas (redirect from Mimas (satellite))
    also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is the smallest...
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    Rhea (moon) (redirect from Satellite Rhea)
    classification of planets List of natural satellites Rhea in fiction Rings of Rhea Subsatellite Moons of Saturn Calculated on the basis of other parameters...
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    biggest moons of Jupiter) Jupiter's moons in fiction List of craters on Ganymede List of geological features on Ganymede List of natural satellites Lunar and...
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    Colonization of Titan Lakes of Titan Atmosphere of Titan Life on Titan List of natural satellites Saturn's moons in fiction The sky of Titan Titan in...
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    Io (moon) (redirect from Satellite Io)
    structure and dynamics of the Galilean satellites". In Bagenal, F.; Dowling, T. E.; McKinnon, W. B. (eds.). Jupiter : the planet, satellites, and magnetosphere...
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    spacecraft has ever visited the Uranian system. List of natural satellites Oberon in fiction List of tallest mountains in the Solar System Surface area...
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    have satellites. This is thought to imply that collisions between large KBOs have been frequent in the past. Impacts between bodies of the order of 1000 km...
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    currently being analyzed. Titania in fiction List of natural satellites Spelled the same as the adjectival form of Saturn's moon Titan, but may be pronounced...
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    Stretched (4x) images, processed in various ways. List of natural satellites This color photo of Pan was created by combining separate photos taken in...
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    Jupiter's moons in fiction List of craters on Callisto List of geological features on Callisto List of natural satellites Periapsis is derived from the...
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    Neso (moon) (redirect from Neso (satellite))
    relation to other irregular satellites of Neptune. The satellites above the horizontal axis are prograde, the satellites beneath it are retrograde. The...
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    Ariel (moon) (redirect from Satellite Ariel)
    European Southern Observatory. List of natural satellites Planetary Science Decadal Survey Calculated on the basis of other parameters. Surface area derived...
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