descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Other literature type 01 Jan 2011 English Publisher:Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Authors: Ralf Jaumann;

doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1403-4 , 10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4_1403 , 10.1007/978-3-662-65093-6_1403 , 10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_1403

Satellite or Moon

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The term satellite refers to a natural object that orbits another (larger) body or to an artificial object placed into orbit by human action. Thus, ▶ planets that orbit a star may also be considered natural satellites. However, the basic definition of a natural satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet or a small body and is classically also called a moon. The sizes of natural satellites in our ▶ Solar System range from 5,268 km for the Jovian moon ▶Ganymede to objects of less than 1 km in diameter. Among the objects classified as natural satellites are 172 objects that orbit planets, 169 of which are in the outer Solar System. Eight satellites orbit ▶ dwarf planets. A significant number of satellites are known to orbit asteroids (186) and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) (84).

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German Aerospace Center
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