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According to the IAU's definition of a planet:
"A planet is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighborhood round its orbit."

This specific definition doesn't specify that a planet needs to have satellites in orbit around it. So Mercury and Venus are planets though they don't have moons.

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