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the satellites probaly mean moons

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Q: What do you call satellites that orbit various planets?
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What do you call the bodies either natural or artificial the orbit a planet or a moon?

Bodies that orbit planets or moons are called satellites.


What is the natural or artificial bodies that orbit larger celestial bodies such as planets call es?

Those are called satellites. In the case of natural satellites, they are also known as moons.


Why are the planets considered satellites of sun?

Any body that orbits (goes round) another body is called a satellite of that body. Therefore the Moon is a satellite of the Earth and by definition all the Planets are satellites of the Sun. The term 'satellite' is also used to describe man made devices which have been put into orbit round the Earth - however when we make these go round the Sun or other planets we tend to call them 'probes' in this instance.👍


What is the name of the orbit that allows satellites to orbit the earth but yet appear stationary?

The Earth orbit in which satellites appear to be stationary is called the, "Geostationary Orbit". Some call it a synchronous orbit.


What do you call the path when the planets orbit the sun?

eliptical orbit.


What do you call the 4 planets that orbit nearest to the sun?

The rocky planets


What do you call path of the planetaround the sun?

It is the planets' orbit.


What are mannmade and natural in orbit around a planet?

Satellites. The moon is a natural satellite. What you and I commonly call satellites are man-made, of course.


What do you call group of planets that orbit the sun?

solar system


What do you call the sun and all the planets?

If you are talking about the planets that orbit our sun, that is called the solar system.


What do you call the path to the planets takes what keeps the planets on this path?

The path a planet takes is called an orbit.The planets are kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the star (in our case the Sun) they orbit.


What do planets revolve around?

Planets orbit stars. Our planet (earth) orbits a star we call the sun.