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Yes it orbits Earth. By definition, a moon is a satellite of a planet.

Other planets have their own moon/moons

Below is a list of all the planets and their moons...

This table lists all the moons of all the planets in our solar system. Every year new moons are discovered for the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury 0 -

Venus 0 -

Earth 1 Luna Mars 2 Phobos, Deimos

Jupiter 61 Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (Galilean moons);

Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda;

Metis, Adrastea (shepherd moons);

Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne

(+ 23 unnamed moons) Saturn 31 Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas, Hyperion;

Prometheus, Pandora (shepherd moons); Phoebe, Janus, Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Pan, Ymir, Paaliaq, Siarnaq, Tarvos, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Thrymr, Skathi, Mundilfari, Erriapo, Albiorox, Suttung

(+ 1 unnamed moons)

Uranus 27 Cordelia, Ophelia, (shepherd moons);

Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo

(+ 6 unnamed moons)

Neptune 13 Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Larissa, Proteus, Galatea (shepherd moon)

(+ 5 unnamed moons)

Pluto 1 Charon

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