Because the person who discovered it named it the moon like the person who discovered Jupiter called it Jupiter.
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Pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet are called meteorites.
A moon? I don't think a planet orbiting another planet would be called a planet.
That would be Titan - a moon of Saturn.
A body in orbit around a planet is called a satellite.
The moon is called Luna in Spanish, but when referring to Earth's moon specifically, it is called the Moon. It is approximately 238,900 miles away from Earth.
The fictional planet Tralfamadore is the moon of a large planet called Tran.
A small planet going round a big planet is called a moon. Like our moon, it is smaller than Earth - so all planets orbiting round a bigger planet is called a moon.
The planet is Saturn.
A natural satellite that orbits a planet is a moon
A moon
Pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet are called meteorites.
A moon.
This is Neptunes largest moon.
jupiter moon called IO
A moon? I don't think a planet orbiting another planet would be called a planet.
Triton is the largest moon of Neptune.
It is the third largest moon of Saturn