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A moon is a natural satellite, as opposed to an artificial satellite, which is a man-made object in orbit.

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What is Name of the largest satellite orbiting earth?

The largest satellite orbiting the Earth is the Moon.


What is the largest natural satellite orbiting the earth?

The only natural satellite orbiting Earth is the moon.


What is the satellite orbiting the earth called?

It is the moon.


Moon is to satellite as earth is to What?

If the Moon is to a satellite, then Earth is to a planet. The Moon is a natural satellite orbiting Earth, just like artificial satellites orbit Earth. Similarly, planets are natural satellites orbiting stars, like Earth orbits the Sun.


How does the moon become earth's satellite?

By orbiting the earth about once a month.


What is another name for a satellite for another planet?

A moon, when referring to a natural rock like satellite, not a man made artificial satellite such as Telstar.


Why the satellite revolve around the earth.?

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A natural satellite orbiting the earth is?

The Moon is a natural satellite that orbits the Earth. It is the fifth largest moon in the solar system. Its gravitational pull creates ocean tides on Earth.


What do you call a moon orbiting a moon?

a satellite of a satellite


What is the earth's satellite called?

A satellite is not always a robotic module constructed on Earth and launched into orbit. A satellite, in fact, is any object which is orbiting another. The orbiting object is the satellite of whatever it orbits. By now you ought to be able to guess it, but if not, it is the moon.


If the earth is to the moon what is to the satellite?

The Earth is to the Moon as a planet is to its moon. So, if we're talking about a satellite orbiting a planet, then the planet would be analogous to the Earth, and the satellite would be analogous to the Moon.


Is moon a planet or satellite?

The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. It orbits the Earth, just as other moons orbit planets. It is not classified as a planet because it does not directly orbit the Sun.