To: Fractal Trader
appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. So basically, anything, no matter how small, can be a moon if it orbits a planet.
14 posted on
08/19/2025 10:43:22 AM PDT by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
"So basically, anything, no matter how small, can be a moon if it orbits a planet."
22 posted on
08/19/2025 10:50:53 AM PDT by
algore
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Saturn has over 200 moons, some as small as 3 km
26 posted on
08/19/2025 10:59:12 AM PDT by
BigEdLB
(Schiff to GITMO)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
So basically, anything, no matter how small, can be a moon if it orbits a planet.The way I see it is: none of them are moons. There is one Moon and it orbits Earth. The other non man-made objects orbiting planets are natural satellites.
35 posted on
08/19/2025 11:34:34 AM PDT by
1raider1
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