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There are several ways that natural satellites (moons) can be formed.
One theory states that a moon can form alongside its parent body, together, during the initial formation of the solar system. Another theory states that a major collision, such as by asteroids or comets, could break off a piece of the larger body and thus creating a moon. Another theory is that a larger body can "capture" a wandering object with its gravity, and thus making it a moon in orbit around the larger body.
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Do you Think The way a planets moons form is similar to or different from the way the planets formed around the sun?
Obviously they formed in the same manner...Gravity is Gravity!
Why do the gas planets have many moons?
The gas planets are much more massive than the terrestrial planets and therefore have stronger gravity. It is believed that as they formed many of their moons formed around them much like the planets formed around the sun. Other moons are likely captured asteroids and comets.
How are craters formed on moons or planets?
Craters are formed by impacts from objects from space, such as meteorites.
What would happen to planets and their moons if there were no gravity?
If there was no gravity, the Sun and and the planets would never have formed.
Are the moons as old as the planets that they circle?
In most cases, the moons are about as old as the planets they orbit, perhaps slightly younger. Most objects in the solar system formed when the solar system did.
How many moons do the suns have?
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
How did moons become moons?
Most moons of planets are believed to form with their planets as the developing planet is surrounded by a disk of debris. Some moons, though, many be captured asteroids or planetoids. Earth's moon is believed to have formed when Earth collided with another planet.
What are moons to planets?
Moons are satellites of planets.
Why do planets have moons?
Planets have moons because matter is attracted by gravitational force to objects with a greater mass than them.That is why moons orbit planets and are never larger than their host planet.
What planets are formed by ice?
The planets formed by ice would be Jupiter and Saturn!!......I think.............;)
Does every planet have a moon?
No. Neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons.
Asteroids are rocks left over from when the solar system was formed as the planets and moons do they?
yes they are. when the planets were first made, they crashed together and the astroids broke off the planets
