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What is the difference between a planet and a natural satellite?
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∙ 13y ago
A planet is an object that orbits a star, has enough gravity to make itself mostly round, and has cleared other objects out of its orbit.
A satellite is an object that orbits another object that is itself orbiting a star. The object may be a planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, or comet.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn astronomy a satellite orbits another larger celestial body. The Moon is a satellite of Earth. Earth is a satellite of the Sun, but, for clarity, we don't usually refer to planets as satellites.
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∙ 13y agoA planet is more specific. It's a body that orbits the sun and is larger than anything else in that orbit. A natural sattellite is anything that orbits something else which is not manmade
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∙ 11y agoBoth of them are round in shape .
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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.
Which planet only has one satellite?
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth.
What is the number of satillites on Saturn?
Venus is unique in that it and Mercury are the only planets in the solar system with no natural satellites. Currently the European Space Agency (ESA) has a satellite named Venus Express orbiting the planet.
Which natural satellite of the Earth illuminated by the sun?
The moon is the only natural satellite the Earth has. The Moon has a formal name and is known as La Luna. A natural satellite is something orbiting another body, that is not man-made. There are many man-made satellites orbiting the Earth, but the moon is the only natural satellite. The Moon itself has no known natural satellites. Many of the other planets of our solar system have more than one moon and so have many natural satellites.The Moon, orbits at an average distance of 234,000 miles (376,000 km). The Moon has a diameter of about 2100 miles (3400 km), about one-fourth that of Earth. It is the fifth-largest moon in the solar system.
Messanger satellite launched by nasa studies which planet?
Mercury
What is the difference between the moon and a satellite?
The moon IS a satellite - a celestrial body that orbits a planet. Natural satellite is usually synonymous with moon.
What is the difference between a probe a satellite and a rover?
A satellite goes around a planet. A probe goes "somewhere". A rover moves about on the surface of a planet.
What is a natural satellite which orbits a planet called?
A natural satellite that orbits a planet is a moon
What is different between planet and satellite?
Srictly, a planet orbits a star, while a satellite orbits a non-stellar body. Planet is natural whereas satellite is either natural or artificial. Artificial satellites may have different speed, whereas planets have the same speed always.
Is a moon a large asteroid or a small planet or a natural satellite or a comet?
It is a natural satellite.
What is a difference between a satellite and a planet?
A planet revolves around a star, and is bigger in mass than the planetoid Pluto; that is, nearly the mass of Mercury or larger. A satellite revolves around a planet, and is smaller than the planet.
Moon is a planet or not?
No the moon is not a planet, it is a natural satellite of Earth.
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 is the difference between a natural and an artificial satellite?
An artificial satellite is a man-made object injected into orbit around another object (The Space Station is an artificial satellite of the Earth). A natural satellite is a "natural" object that orbits around another object (The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth).
The largest natural satellite in your railway belongs to which planet?
Railways do not have satellites, natural or otherwise
What is a moon in space?
It is the planet's natural satellite.
Which natural satellite is closest to the planet?
the moon ...
