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{{Center|''Looking for [[Earth]]'s moon, [[Luna]], or [[Moons (game)|the moons]], the pool variant?''}} | {{Center|''Looking for [[Earth]]'s moon, [[Luna]], or [[Moons (game)|the moons]], the pool variant?''}} | ||
[[File:Moon.jpg|thumb|right| | [[File:Moon.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Luna, Earth's only natural satellite, known to most simply as "the Moon".]] | ||
A '''natural satellite''', more commonly referred to as a '''moon''', is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called the ''primary''. | A '''natural satellite''', more commonly referred to as a '''moon''', is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called the ''primary''. Moons vary widely in size, surface features, or atmosphere. Some natural satellites were only [[asteroid]]s captured by a planet's orbit, such as [[Reach]]'s smaller moon [[Turul]].<ref name="moonsinfo">[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1045222 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''I've got your answer, Levi...'']</ref> Other moons are the size of planets, such as [[Basis]] which is nearly twice the size of [[Earth]].<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref> | ||
The large gas giants of the [[Sol system]] have extensive systems of moons, including half a dozen comparable in size to [[Earth]]'s moon: the four Galilean moons, Saturn's Titan, and Neptune's Triton. Saturn has an additional six mid-sized moons massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium, and Uranus has five. Jupiter has more than sixty moons, of which only four are colonized. Those moons are called [[Jovian Moons]]. Of the inner planets, Mercury and Venus have no moons at all; Earth has one large moon, [[Luna]], and [[Mars]] has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos. | The large gas giants of the [[Sol system]] have extensive systems of moons, including half a dozen comparable in size to [[Earth]]'s moon: the four Galilean moons, Saturn's Titan, and Neptune's Triton. Saturn has an additional six mid-sized moons massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium, and Uranus has five. Jupiter has more than sixty moons, of which only four are colonized. Those moons are called [[Jovian Moons]]. Of the inner planets, Mercury and Venus have no moons at all; Earth has one large moon, [[Luna]], and [[Mars]] has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos. | ||
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==Notable moons== | ==Notable moons== | ||
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*[[51 Pegasi B]] | *[[51 Pegasi B]] | ||
**[[Pegasi Delta]] | **[[Pegasi Delta]] | ||
*[[Balaho]] | *[[Balaho]] | ||
**[[Buwan]] | **[[Buwan]] | ||
*[[Chu'ot]] | *[[Chu'ot]] | ||
**[[Eayn]] | **[[Eayn]] | ||
*[[Doisac]] | |||
**[[Teash]] | |||
**[[Warial]] | |||
*[[Draetheus V]] | |||
**[[X50]] | |||
*[[Earth]] | *[[Earth]] | ||
**[[Luna]] | **[[Luna]] | ||
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**[[ | *[[Hesiod]] | ||
*[[Jupiter]] | **[[Metisette]] | ||
*[[Jupiter]] | |||
**[[Io]] | **[[Io]] | ||
**[[Europa]] | **[[Europa]] | ||
**[[Ganymede]] | **[[Ganymede]] | ||
**[[Callisto]] | **[[Callisto]] | ||
*[[Threshold]] | *[[Threshold]] | ||
**[[Basis]] | **[[Basis]] | ||
*[[Sanghelios]] | *[[Sanghelios]] | ||
**[[Suban]] | **[[Suban]] | ||
**[[Qikost]] | **[[Qikost]] | ||
*[[Unidentified moon|Unidentified moon]] | |||
*[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon]] | |||
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*[[Unidentified moon|Unidentified moon | |||
*[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of moons}} | {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of moons}} | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HaloReach - ReachMoons.png|Csodaszarvas and Turul, the two natural satellites of [[Reach]]. | File:HaloReach - ReachMoons.png|[[Csodaszarvas]] and [[Turul]], the two natural satellites of [[Reach]]. | ||
File:Ganymede.jpg|Ganymede, one of [[Jupiter]]'s moons. | File:Ganymede.jpg|[[Ganymede]], one of [[Jupiter]]'s moons. | ||
File:Headhunters - Moon.png|An [[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|unidentified moon]]. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | |||
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[[Category:Moons| ]] | [[Category:Moons| ]] | ||
[[Category:Astronomical objects]] | [[Category:Astronomical objects]] | ||