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What is another word for an impact basin?

A crater, but usually basins are much bigger than your average crater. So they are known by another name since often their characteristics are slightly different; the proportions of the impacting object are larger.


Can compare an artificial satellite with the moon How they the same How they different?

A planet orbits a star (and clears its orbit - new rule - which is why Pluto is now not a planet), while a moon orbits a planet. Someday they will find something that orbits a moon and need a new name. Some moons are bigger than some planets, or at least were before the latest rule change. A star that orbits another star is still a star in its own right. There are objects which are not quite full stars and not quite planets.


Why are some asteroid called neo's?

In dicussing asteroids, NEO stands for Near-Earth Object. NEOs are asteroids whose orbits come close to or cross Earth's. This creates a potential hazard for a collision.


What is Difference between comet and Halley's comet?

Because it is one of the best known comets in the world.Comet Hale-Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) was arguably the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades. It was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months.


What is a halley's comet orbit like?

All orbits are ellipses. Some orbits, like the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, are almost (but not quite) circular. Other objects, like the Moon or Mars, have orbits that are more distinctly oval shaped.Comets have elliptical orbits with very high eccentricity; they are stretched so that they come quite close to the Sun, but still go dozens or hundreds of AU away. Some comets are less severely eccentric. Halley's Comet, for example, only goes out to about 30AU with a period of 76 years, while Comet Hale-Bopp has a period of closer to 2200 years.

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What is a natural or artificial object that orbits another object called?

any object, natural or artificial, that orbits another object is called a "satellite"


What is an object orbits another object?

A SATELLITE is an object that orbits another object. Natural satellite: the moon Synthetic /artificial satellite: the Hubble space telescope


Any space object that orbits another space object is called a?

Satellite.


What object in space orbits another abject in space?

A satellite


What is the largest object that orbits the sun?

Jupiter is the largest object that orbits the sun.


What is the thing that moves in an orbit around something?

An object that orbits around another - is called a satellite.


Does smaller planet orbit bigger planet or does bigger planet orbit smaller planet?

Planets orbit stars, not other planets. A planet-like object that orbits a planet is a moon.


An object that orbits another object in space is called a?

A satellite. The Moon of Earth is a satellite, the over 60 moons Jupiter are all satellites.


What 2 reasons explain why an object orbits another object?

1) The path of one object orbiting another object is a straight path in a curved space time. 2) The curvature of space time is caused by the mass of the objects.


Can a moon be bigger than the planet it orbits?

No. The moon is always the smaller body in such a system. The smaller object will always be the one doing the orbiting.


Why are Saturn's moons not planets?

A moon is an object that orbits a planet. A planet cannot orbit another planet.


What object that is covered with craters orbits the earth?

The moon and Luna are the object that is covered with craters orbits the earth