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Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

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Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

« on: 28/01/2021 12:55:24 »

Arthur asks:

Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

Can you help?

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Re: Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

« Reply #1 on: 28/01/2021 14:52:27 »

We have put things in orbit round the Moon from time to time...

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Re: Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

« Reply #2 on: 13/02/2021 23:19:21 »

The rings of Saturn contain lots of smallish objects that rotate around each other, more or less.

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Re: Do any of the solar system satellites have satellites themselves?

« Reply #3 on: 14/02/2021 22:23:44 »

I guess a basic example would be that the earth rotates around the sun and the moon around the earth

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