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{{Center|''Looking for [[Earth]]'s moon, [[Luna]], or [[Moons (game)|the moons]], the pool variant?''}} | |||
[[File:Moon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Luna, Earth's only natural satellite, known to most simply as "the Moon".]] | [[File:Moon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|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''. | ||
The large gas giants of [[Sol]] 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. | ||
==Notable moons== | ==Notable moons== | ||
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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.
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.
Notable moons
- 51 Pegasi B
- Arcadia
- Balaho
- Bliss
- Chu'ot
- Earth
- Eridanus II
- Jupiter (Jovian Moons)
- Pluto
- Threshold
- Reach
- Sanghelios
- Te
- Doisac
- Unidentified moon (Blood Line)
- Unidentified moon (Headhunters)
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