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How Many Natural Satellites In Solar System

There are 145 known natural satellites of the solar system to of the moon according to the international astronomical union iau. As of october 2008 there are 193 known natural moons orbiting planets in our solar system.

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A dwarf planet is one that by its size can not clear most of the small objects that orbit it.

How many natural satellites in solar system. 185 moons orbit the full size planets mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus and neptune while 8 moons orbit the smaller dwarf planets ceres pluto haumea makemake and eris. 19 moons in the solar system are large enough to be gravitationally rounded and thus would be considered planets or dwarf planets if they were in direct orbit around the sun. In the solar system there are 219 satellites.

As of early 2010 more than 265 natural satellites have been identified in the solar system orbi. The solar systems planets and officially recognized dwarf planets are known to be orbited by 194 natural satellites or moons. A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body which is called the primary.

A majority of those moons belong to the planet of saturn the second most belonging to jupiter. This number does not include the moons still waiting for official recognition or the moons of the dwarf planets. The largest of these moons is ganymede which is one of the galilean moons.

Technically the term natural satellite could refer to a planet orbiting a star or a dwarf galaxy orbiting a major galaxy but it is normally synonymous with moon and used to identify non artificial satellites of planets dwarf planets and minor planets.

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