Meaning & History
The moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. it is the fifth largest satellite in the solar system.
And the largest and most massive relative to it’s parent planet, with a diameter about one quarter that of the earth. The moon is a planetary-mass object with a differentiated rocky body, masking it a satellite planet under the geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all the known dwarf planets of the solar system.
And the largest and most massive relative to it’s parent planet, with a diameter about one quarter that of the earth. The moon is a planetary-mass object with a differentiated rocky body, masking it a satellite planet under the geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all the known dwarf planets of the solar system.