Moons

A subsatellite, also known as a submoon, or moonmoon, or a schmoon, is a "moon of a moon" or a hypothetical natural satellite that orbits the moon of a planet.It is inferred from the empirical study of natural satellites in the Solar System that subsatellites may be rare, albeit possible, elements of planetary systems.

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Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons

The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision

Amazing New Photos of Saturn's Moons Have to Be Seen to Be Believed

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky aboard an Atlas V rocket on 19 January 2006 The first spacecraft to explore Pluto, it's moons, and Kuiper Belt Objects up close.

NASA Cassini Mission Footage Of Saturn And Its Rings And Moons

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The mission to discover the mystery origin of Mars’ moons

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In 1914 astronomers at the Royal Observatory made a careful study of the transit of Mercury in order to determine whether Mercury had any moons and essentially proved that the planet has no moon through direct observation

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