What is the difference between a moon and a planet?

Answer 1

a planet is much larger than a moon. sometimes a planet can have many moons but a moon can only have 1 planet. the moon orbits the planet but the planet orbits a star (such as the sun) ect.

Answer 2

A planet has recently been defined as: a body that orbits a sun, has cleared its immediate orbital neighborhood of planetessimals, is massive enough to assume a round shape but not so massive as to begin thermonuclear fusion (then it becomes a sun). A moon is an object that orbits a planet, the Moon is specifically Earth's moon.

Answer 3

A moon is a natural satellite that orbits a planet, while a planet is a celestial body that orbits a star, is round due to its gravity, and has cleared its orbit of other debris. Moons do not emit their own light and are much smaller than planets.

Answer 4

A planet orits the sun and the moon orbits the planet.

Answer 5

In simple terms, the essential difference is that a moon revolves around a planet. (A planet revolves around the Sun.)

Answer 6

Only mass. The bigger of the two bodies is considered the planet, while the smaller one is called a moon.

Answer 7

The primary difference is that planets orbit around a star, while moons orbit around a planet.