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created: 20230720113324534
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title: Moon
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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tags: [[Solar System]]
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Bodies which orbit [[planets|Planet]] are called moons. They vary in size. The [[Earth]] has only one moon. Some other planets have many moons, and some have none. When people write just "the moon", they are usually talking about the moon of the Earth. [[Earth's Moon]] is written with a capital letter, Moon. The Latin word for the moon is luna, which is why the adjective used to talk about the moon is "lunar". For example, lunar eclipse.
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Anything that goes around a planet is called a satellite. Moons are natural satellites. People also use rockets to send machines into orbit around the Earth. These machines are called artificial (man-made) satellites.
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