UNIVERSE
SATELLITESICY BODIES
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Question
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What is the name of the Earth’s natural satellite?
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Moon
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Sun
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The International Space Station
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Earth’s only natural satellite is simply called “the Moon” because people didn’t know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610.
Detailed explanation-2: -The moon is the natural satellite of Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth.
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