Moon

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A moon is a small astronomical body orbiting a planet. It is also called a satellite. However, the IAU defined (in part) a planet as a body that has cleared its orbit of all other bodies. Therefore, if a planet has a moon, it is not a planet. Go figure.

Linkage

• Slacker Astronomy audio podcast about pieces of the Sun found on the Moon

List of some of the known moons

• Ariel
  
• Charon
  
• Callisto
  
• Deimos
  
• Dione
  
• Earth's Moon (aka "Luna")
  
• Enceladus
  
• Europa
  
• Ganymede
  
• Iapetus
  
• Io
  
• Mimas
  
• Miranda
  
• Oberon
• Phobos
  
• Phoebe
  
• Puck
  
• Rhea
  
• Tethys
  
• Titan
  
• Titania
  
• Triton
  
• Umbriel