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Minor-planet moon

A minor-planet moon is an astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite. As of May 2026, there are 625 minor planets known or suspected to have moons. Discoveries of minor-planet moons (and binary objects, in general) are important because the determination of their orbits provides estimates on the mass and density of the…

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Minor-planet moon

Nodes106
Edges105
Triples9
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
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Minor-planet moon → Charon, Close, Distant, Formation, One, Other, Pluto, The
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Minor-planet moon → astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite

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moon known asteroids binary pluto moons objects binaries minor asteroid systems one trans-neptunian charon system satellites discovered planets satellite orbits

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Minor-planet moonis aastronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite0.90text
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginThe0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginOne0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginOther0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginFormation0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginClose0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginPluto0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginCharon0.60section
Minor-planet moonrelated to OriginDistant0.60section

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