KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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natural satellite
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artificial satellite
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A satellite is an object that moves around a larger object. Earth is a satellite because it moves around the sun. The moon is a satellite because it moves around Earth. Earth and the moon are called “natural” satellites.
Detailed explanation-2: -Moon is a natural satellite revolving around the earth. Because the moon is a celestial object revolving around the earth, it’s not a human-made machine sent out to revolve in an orbit fixed by humans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The seven largest natural satellites in the Solar System (those bigger than 2, 500 km across) are Jupiter’s Galilean moons (Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa), Saturn’s moon Titan, Earth’s moon, and Neptune’s captured natural satellite Triton.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Moon is a rocky body that orbits planet Earth. It likely formed when a very large (Mars-sized) asteroid struck Earth 4.5 billion years ago, very early in our planet’s history. The debris from the impact clumped together to form our natural satellite, the Moon.