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We have used artificial satellites in order to take pictures and study the moon and they did travel around it.

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What is the difference between a natural satellite and a artificial satellite?

A satellite is a body orbiting another like a planet or moon. A natural satelite is not man-made. The moon and other bodies were called this before the artificial, or man-made satellites were ever made like the ISS.


What keeps the moon and artificial satellites in orbit around a planet?

Inertia. The moon is constantly "falling" towards Earth, but it's also moving sideways so fast that it constantly misses and therefore remains in orbit.


Are there satellites on the moon?

CORRECT ANSWER:No.


What is artifical satellite?

Artificial satellites are human-made, orbital objects sent into space. (There are several thousand of these in orbit around Earth.) Our moon is the only natural satellite that Earth has.Related Information:Since 1957, the term has been applied to objects that orbit the Earth. Now a number of objects have been put into orbit around various planets, moons and even our Sun.NASA currently has a plan to move a small asteroid to a near Earth position in stable orbit. This action has the potential to create an orbiting object that is not man made. It has not yet been established whether this will be termed an artificial, natural, or other type of satellite.There are satellites beaming down television to us, providing pictures for Google earth, positioning for the GPS system, etc.The Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. Both of those assemblies are man-made, and both are in orbit around the earth. When the shuttle returned to earth, you heard about it on TV news. If you get your TV through a little dish on top of your garage, then you received it from another man-made satellite.An artificial satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. They are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites like the Moon. Examples of artificial satellites are Communications Satellites and Monitering Satellites.


Who discovered artificial satellite?

The Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, so the person who discovered it was probably Ugghhh, the First Caveman. Artificial satellites weren't developed until the 1950's, and so the "discoverer" was one of the Soviet engineers who launched the first Sputnik, the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Other planets have their own satellites. Galileo is credited as discovering the four largest satellites of Jupiter in January, 1610, when he pointed his new telescope at Jupiter.

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What is orbiting the Earth as the Earth is orbiting the son?

The Moon, and some thousands of artificial satellites.The Moon, and some thousands of artificial satellites.The Moon, and some thousands of artificial satellites.The Moon, and some thousands of artificial satellites.


A small object in orbit around a planet is a?

Satellite. Satellites can be natural, like the Moon, or artificial like GPS satellites.


What orbits around the moon?

Other than a few artificial satellites, we are not aware of any substantial bodies orbiting around the moon.


What is different between a moon and a satellite?

They are both satellites, but the moon is a natural satellite, while satellites are artificial


How many artificial satellites circle the earth?

over a thousand artificial satellites. the first artificial satellite was sputnik. the only natural satellite earth has is the moon


The satellite of the earth?

The only NATURAL satellite of the Earth is the Moon. There are more than a thousand artificial satellites of the Earth.


Are moons and satellites the same thing?

In astronomy, the term "moon" specifically refers to a natural satellite that orbits a planet, like Earth's moon. Satellites, on the other hand, can refer to both natural moons and artificial objects placed into orbit around planets. So, while all moons are satellites, not all satellites are moons.


Number of satellites of the Earth?

If you are refering to natural satellites there is only one and that is the moon. If you are refering to artificial satellites there are heaps. Military, GPS and mobile just to name a few catagorys of satillites. Hope that helped.


How are earth moon and satellite related to each other?

The Earth's moon is a natural satellite, as it orbits around the Earth. Artificial satellites are man-made objects that are launched into orbit around the Earth to perform various functions like communication, navigation, and scientific research. Both the Earth's moon and artificial satellites revolve around the Earth due to gravitational forces.


How many natural and artificial satellites does Venus have?

Venus has no natural satellites. It does have two artificial satellites (space probes). Venus is one of the two planets in our solar system (together with Mercury) that have no moon/natural satellite.


How do satellites and the moon stay at the same height?

They do not. Artificial satellites are mostly close to the Earth, while the Moon is a quarter-million miles away.


Which source of gravity is maintaining all four satellites around the earth?

Satellites of the Earth are held in their orbits by the Earth's gravity. That includes the Moon and all the artificial satellites etc. that are up there.