Moons of Jupiter (redirect from Natural satellite of Jupiter) They are respectively the fourth-, sixth-, first-, and third-largest natural satellites in the Solar System, containing approximately 99.997% of the total... 119 KB (6,735 words) - 10:22, 18 April 2024 |
Moons of Neptune (redirect from Natural satellite of Neptune) itself. Over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid, in 1949, and another 40 years passed before Proteus, Neptune's... 50 KB (4,349 words) - 12:10, 28 April 2024 |
Moon (redirect from Luna (natural satellite)) The 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... 255 KB (24,692 words) - 00:38, 28 April 2024 |
Moons of Saturn (redirect from Natural satellite of Saturn) albedos. Absolute magnitudes of irregular satellites were taken from the Minor Planet Center's Natural Satellites Ephemeris Service. Calculations were made... 159 KB (9,948 words) - 01:00, 4 March 2024 |
Moons of Mars (redirect from Natural satellite of Mars) and if a satellite, was near one of its elongations. Until this time I had said nothing to anyone at the Observatory of my search for a satellite of Mars... 42 KB (4,490 words) - 02:44, 4 April 2024 |
Moons of Uranus (redirect from Natural satellite of Uranus) while orbital elements of irregular satellites are based on the epoch of 1 January 2020. List of natural satellites The mass of Triton is about 2.14 × 1022 kg... 58 KB (4,534 words) - 07:41, 21 April 2024 |
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... 37 KB (3,721 words) - 23:05, 18 April 2024 |
Moons of Pluto (redirect from Pluto's Natural Satellite) 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... 38 KB (3,586 words) - 02:33, 26 April 2024 |
Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons (redirect from Timeline of natural satellites) 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... 157 KB (5,887 words) - 06:56, 20 April 2024 |
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses... 58 KB (6,165 words) - 00:18, 29 April 2024 |
Claimed moons of Earth (redirect from Earth's natural satellites) 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 existed... 35 KB (3,849 words) - 03:19, 2 March 2024 |
Dysnomia (moon) (redirect from Natural satellite of Eris) have at least one satellite. Among the fainter members of the trans-Neptunian population, only about 10% are known to have satellites. This is thought... 21 KB (1,965 words) - 09:46, 4 March 2024 |
S/2015 (136472) 1 (redirect from Makemakean natural satellite) mythology of Easter Island. Absolute magnitude difference between the satellite and Makemake Parker, A. H.; Buie, M. W.; Grundy, W. M.; Noll, K. S. (2016-04-25)... 7 KB (556 words) - 16:08, 24 February 2024 |
Iapetus (moon) (redirect from Iapetus (natural satellite)) has the most inclined orbital plane of the regular satellites; only the irregular outer satellites like Phoebe have more inclined orbits. Because of this... 45 KB (4,608 words) - 17:55, 20 April 2024 |
Moons of Haumea (redirect from Natural satellite of Haumea) eccentric and appears to be greatly influenced by the larger satellite. Two small satellites were discovered around Haumea (which was at that time still... 22 KB (1,767 words) - 20:46, 18 January 2024 |
or a hypothetical natural satellite that orbits the moon of a planet. It is inferred from the empirical study of natural satellites in the Solar System... 13 KB (1,361 words) - 23:38, 5 April 2024 |
Phobos (moon) (redirect from Phobos (natural satellite)) 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 in... 73 KB (7,314 words) - 04:15, 16 April 2024 |
Deimos (moon) (redirect from Deimos (natural satellite)) (systematic designation: Mars 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... 29 KB (2,663 words) - 02:11, 2 April 2024 |
Irregular moon (redirect from Irregular natural satellite) In astronomy, an irregular moon, irregular satellite, or irregular natural satellite is a natural satellite following a distant, inclined, and often highly... 36 KB (3,715 words) - 16:30, 25 February 2024 |
Hypothetical moon of Mercury (redirect from Natural satellite of Mercury) Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and lacks any natural satellites. An undiscovered moon orbiting the planet was hypothesized to exist in the early... 5 KB (540 words) - 16:08, 11 December 2023 |
Planetary-mass moon (redirect from Satellite planet) A planetary-mass moon is a planetary-mass object that is also a natural satellite. They are large and ellipsoidal (sometimes spherical) in shape. Moons... 29 KB (2,200 words) - 16:39, 2 April 2024 |
Ganymede (moon) (redirect from Ganymede (satellite)) Ganymede, or Jupiter III, is the largest and most massive natural satellite of Jupiter and in the Solar System. It is the largest Solar System object... 110 KB (10,543 words) - 18:17, 19 April 2024 |
Mimas (redirect from Mimas (satellite)) Mimas, 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... 29 KB (2,748 words) - 07:46, 25 April 2024 |
Prime examples are the anti-satellite weapon tests. There have been no observed collisions between natural satellites, but impact craters may show evidence... 7 KB (857 words) - 14:44, 6 March 2024 |
Yavin 4 is a natural satellite in the Star Wars fictional universe. Located in the Outer Rim, this moon orbits the gas giant Yavin. It appears mainly... 35 KB (3,844 words) - 04:53, 16 April 2024 |