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- "Moon" redirects here. For the Earth's Moon see The Moon
A natural satellite is simply called a moon. A moon is a large, usually ball-shaped object that goes around (orbits) a planet. The Earth has only one moon. Some other planets have many moons, and some have none. When people write just "the moon", they are usually talking about the moon of the Earth. Often Earth's moon is written with a capital letter, like Moon. The Latin word for the moon is Luna, which is why the word used to talk about the moon is "Lunar". For example, lunar eclipse.
Anything that goes around a planet is called a satellite. Moons are natural satellites. People also use rockets to send machines into orbit around the Earth. These machines are called artificial (man-made) satellites. They help us to communicate, the telephones and televisions need these satellites.
Main article see The Moon
[edit] Earth's Moon
Moons do not make their own light. We can see the Earth's moon because it acts like a mirror, and reflects the light of the Sun. The same half of the moon faces toward Earth at all times, no matter where it moves. But different parts of the moon are lit up by the Sun, so it looks different at different times of the month. This change as seen from Earth is called the phases of the moon, or lunar phases.
A moon's cycle is the time the moon takes to change from looking very bright and round to looking very small and thin, and then back to bright and round again. In the case of the Earth's moon, this is about four weeks. It does this about 13 times in one year. The moon's cycle is about 28 days, a bit shorter than a calendar month.
The Apollo 11 mission helped Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on the Moon. They did this in July 20, 1969.
[edit] Orbits
The orbit of a moon or other satellite is affected by two forces: gravity, and the centripetal force.
For example, the Earth's moon is kept in orbit by the gravitational pull from the Earth. This is also the way the Earth is attracted to the Sun, and stays in its orbit. The orbit of the Earth's moon actually causes the tides and waves on Earth.
Selected moons, with the Earth to scale. Nineteen moons are large enough to be round, and one, Titan, has a substantial atmosphere.
[edit] Moons of moons
Artist impression of Rhea's rings
No moons that belong to moons have been found. In most cases, the tidal effects of the main body would make such as unstable.
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[edit] Asteroid moons
The finding of 243 Ida's moon Dactyl in the early 1990s was the proof that some asteroids have moons; indeed, 87 Sylvia has two. Some, such as 90 Antiope, are double asteroids with two same-sized parts.
[edit] Moons of the Solar System
The biggest moons in the Solar System (those bigger than about 3000 km across) are Earth's moon, Jupiter's Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), Saturn's moon Titan, and Neptune's captured moon Triton.
The following is a table grouping the moons of the solar system by diameter. The column on the right has some notable planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects for comparing. It is normal for moons to be named after people from mythology.
Template:Natural satellites
[edit] Planets that have moons
Planets in our Solar System that have moon(s):
[edit] Dwarf planets that have moons
[edit] Planets that do not have moons
Planets in our Solar System that do not have moons:
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- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
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- The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
- While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- - I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- - I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
- The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
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- - setting this to "bottom-right" will display a (rather large) icon linking to the graphic, if desired
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- The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
- While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- - I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- - I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
- The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
- I've guessed as to the boundaries for the KB, SD, and OC - if they need adjustment, load the image into Paint and use the pencil tool to find the appropriate coordinates.
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- - setting this to "bottom-right" will display a (rather large) icon linking to the graphic, if desired
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- Details on the new coding for clickable images is here: [4]
- The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
- While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- - I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- - I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
- The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
- I've guessed as to the boundaries for the KB, SD, and OC - if they need adjustment, load the image into Paint and use the pencil tool to find the appropriate coordinates.
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- - setting this to "bottom-right" will display a (rather large) icon linking to the graphic, if desired
- Notes:
- Details on the new coding for clickable images is here: [5]
- The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
- While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- - I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- - I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
- The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
- I've guessed as to the boundaries for the KB, SD, and OC - if they need adjustment, load the image into Paint and use the pencil tool to find the appropriate coordinates.
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Image:Solar System XXIX.png
- The Sun
circle 0 0 90 35 The Sun
- Mercury
circle 112 18 6 Mercury
- Venus
circle 153 18 8 Venus
- Earth and the Moon
circle 203 8 4 The Moon
circle 194 18 8 Earth
- Mars and satellites
circle 239 13 3 Phobos and Deimos
circle 233 18 8 Mars
- Ceres and the asteroid belt
- - by placing the rectangle code for the asteroid belt AFTER Ceres, Ceres is "on top" (and can co-exist)
circle 271 18 8 Ceres
rect 256 0 288 35 The asteroid belt
- Jupiter and satellites
circle 316 18 15 Jupiter
circle 329 5 6 Moons of Jupiter
- Saturn and satellites
circle 372 18 10 Saturn
circle 381 7 6 Moons of Saturn
- Uranus and satellites
circle 418 18 9 Uranus
circle 427 10 6 Moons of Uranus
- Neptune and satellites
circle 471 10 3 Moons of Neptune
circle 462 18 12 Neptune
- Pluto, satellites, and the Kuiper belt
- - by placing the rectangle code for the Kuiper belt AFTER Pluto, Pluto is "on top" (and can co-exist)
circle 508 13 3 Moons of Pluto
circle 504 18 8 Pluto
- Makemake
- - by placing the rectangle code for the Kuiper Belt AFTER Makemake, Makemake is "on top" (and can co-exist)
circle 535 14 8 Makemake
rect 492 0 550 35 The Kuiper Belt
- Eris, Dysnomia, and the Scattered disc
- - by placing the rectangle code for the Scattered disc AFTER Eris, Eris is "on top" (and can co-exist)
circle 568 14 3 Dysnomia
circle 564 18 8 Eris
rect 551 0 580 35 The Scattered Disc
rect 581 0 601 35 The Oort Cloud
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- - setting this to "bottom-right" will display a (rather large) icon linking to the graphic, if desired
- Notes:
- Details on the new coding for clickable images is here: [6]
- The smaller planets have a bit of an overlap just to ensure they're locatable, especially in the belts.
- While it may look strange, it's important to keep the codes for a particular system in order. The clickable coding treats the first object created in an area as the one on top.
- - I've placed moons on "top" so that their smaller circles won't disappear "under" their respective planets or dwarf planets.
- The "poly" code would be more appropriate for the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. However, there appears to be a bug with that aspect of the code.
- - I've compensated by using oversized circles for those moon groups, and tucking them UNDER their planets for now.
- The Sun is a rectangle as that approximates the edge closely enough for the purposes of this template.
- I've guessed as to the boundaries for the KB, SD, and OC - if they need adjustment, load the image into Paint and use the pencil tool to find the appropriate coordinates.
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