SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Earth’s Moon is the fifth largest of the 200+ moons orbiting planets in our solar system. 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 a satellite because it moves around Earth. Earth and the moon are called “natural” satellites. But usually when someone says “satellite, ‘’ they are talking about a “man-made” satellite. Man-made satellites are machines made by people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Moon is the natural satellite of the earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moons – also called natural satellites – come in many shapes, sizes and types. They are generally solid bodies, and few have atmospheres. Most planetary moons probably formed out the discs of gas and dust circulating around planets in the early solar system.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.