natural satellites
Planets' celestial companions
Natural satellites are moons—celestial bodies that orbit planets or other larger bodies rather than the sun directly.
Earth has one natural satellite; Jupiter has dozens.
The term distinguishes these from artificial satellites, which are human-made objects placed in orbit: The probe detected several natural satellites around the distant planet.
- moonsBodies orbiting planets
- full moonCompletely lit satellite phase
- new moonUnlit lunar phase
- blood moonRed-hued total eclipse
- orbitingTraveling around another body
craters · tides · lunar · man in the moon · gravitational · phases · celestial · Titan · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Callisto · rocky · icy · captured · spherical · eclipses · dwarf planet
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Manufactured objects in orbit
spacecraft · International Space Station · space probes · satellites · space stations
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Star-orbiting celestial bodies
rogue planets · dwarf planets · asteroids · comets · stars
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