• Study Resource
  • Explore Categories
    • Arts & Humanities
    • Business
    • Engineering & Technology
    • Foreign Language
    • History
    • Math
    • Science
    • Social Science

    Top subcategories

    • Advanced Math
    • Algebra
    • Basic Math
    • Calculus
    • Geometry
    • Linear Algebra
    • Pre-Algebra
    • Pre-Calculus
    • Statistics And Probability
    • Trigonometry
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Astronomy
    • Astrophysics
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Earth Science
    • Environmental Science
    • Health Science
    • Physics
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Anthropology
    • Law
    • Political Science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Accounting
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Management
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Bioengineering
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Web Design
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Architecture
    • Communications
    • English
    • Gender Studies
    • Music
    • Performing Arts
    • Philosophy
    • Religious Studies
    • Writing
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Ancient History
    • European History
    • US History
    • World History
    • other →

    Top subcategories

    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Finnish
    • Greek
    • Hindi
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Persian
    • Swedish
    • Turkish
    • other →
 
Profile Documents Logout
Upload
Solar System - U
Solar System - U

... The four inner or terrestrial planets have dense, rocky compositions, few or no moons, and no ring systems. They are composed largely of refractory minerals, such as the silicates, which form their crusts and mantles, and metals, such as iron and nickel, which form their cores. Three of the four in ...
solar system - Teaching Children
solar system - Teaching Children

... +the closer to the sun the smallest +has the most tenuous atmosphere +you do not have moons ...
Brobo_solarsystem_faceoff
Brobo_solarsystem_faceoff

... Discovered the mysterious “Planet X” who’s exsistance had been proven but not observed F. His insite to the motion of the stars was rejected by the Catholic church for several decades. Basic Understanding of the Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Other Bodies 57. Why is Venus’ temperature paterns the way t ...
the Moon? The Moon has no wind or water to erode the craters
the Moon? The Moon has no wind or water to erode the craters

... 1. If you think you see a shooting star at night, what did you really see? Meteor 2. Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the Moon? The Moon has no wind or water to erode ...
It`s a bird, it`s a plane…
It`s a bird, it`s a plane…

... close to objects of similar mass • Pluto’s moon, Charon, is almost the same size, which disqualifies Pluto from Planethood ...
Chapter 9 Lesson 2
Chapter 9 Lesson 2

...  A planet is a large object that orbits a star. A moon is a smaller object that orbits a planet.  In our solar system, there are EIGHT (8) planets. Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet, so there are no longer 9 planets .  Often scientists group them as the inner planets (closer to the sun) and ...
Solar_System_Vocab_1
Solar_System_Vocab_1

... Orbit – the path of one body around another body, such as the path of Earth around the Sun. ...
14.1 History of the Solar System
14.1 History of the Solar System

... Heliocentric – The sun in the center, planets revolve around it. This is correct ...
14-1 History of Solar System Study
14-1 History of Solar System Study

... Heliocentric – The sun in the center, planets revolve around it. This is correct ...
Astronomy Powerpoint
Astronomy Powerpoint

... • about 6 trillion miles ...
Document
Document

... Mars , Earth , Venus , and Mercury. Those are the inner planets that are surrounded by the asteroid belt ...
Module 7 Developmental task - Number
Module 7 Developmental task - Number

... The solar system Eight planets rotate the Sun in our solar system – our Earth being the third planet from the Sun. The planets vary in size – the smallest, Mercury, has a radius of only 2 439 km, whereas the largest planet, Jupiter, has a radius more than 70 000 km at its equator. ...
No Slide Title
No Slide Title

... This supports the hypothesis that Mars may once have had the conditions needed to support life. ...
Monday Sept 14
Monday Sept 14

... A planetary system is a star and all of the planets, moons, and other objects and materials that orbit that star. Until very recently, there was only one known planetary system Even though many People suspected that most stars had planets orbiting them, we had no scientific evidence to support th ...
Cornell Notes Page
Cornell Notes Page

... types of stars. ...
Chapter 3
Chapter 3

... Jupiter is the solar system’s largest planet. Two Earth-sized circles could fit inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. ...
Solar System Vocabulary
Solar System Vocabulary

... Why do stars that are larger and brighter than the sun not appear this way from Earth? ...
Astronomy - Earth Systems A
Astronomy - Earth Systems A

... Invented the first telescope  Discovered moons around Jupiter and the Saturn's rings  Mapped the moon ...
Earth in the Universe
Earth in the Universe

... And Earth’s home to me and you! ...
Solar System Cloze
Solar System Cloze

... Form: Neptune gas giants Pluto solar Mars nine asteroids Jupiter temperature orbit water Saturn dinosaurs Earth Venus Mercury ...
Space Worksheet
Space Worksheet

... asteroid belt L. has cloudy tail always directed away from the sun comet ...
Solar System Cloze
Solar System Cloze

... Fill in the blanks below with words from this box: Neptune gas giants Pluto solar Mars nine asteroids Jupiter temperature orbit water Saturn dinosaurs Earth Venus Mercury ...
Fill in the blanks below with words from this box: Neptune solar
Fill in the blanks below with words from this box: Neptune solar

... Fill in the blanks below with words from this box: Neptune gas giants Pluto solar Mars nine asteroids Jupiter temperature water Saturn orbit dinosaurs Earth Venus Mercury ...
< 1 ... 129 130 131 132 133

Satellite system (astronomy)



A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object or minor planet. Generally speaking, it is a set of natural satellites (moons), although such systems may also consist of bodies such as circumplanetary disks, ring systems, moonlets, minor-planet moons and artificial satellites any of which may themselves have satellite systems of their own. Some satellite systems have complex interactions with both their parent and other moons, including magnetic, tidal, atmospheric and orbital interactions such as orbital resonances and libration. Individually major satellite objects are designated in Roman numerals. Satellite systems are referred to either by the possessive adjectives of their primary (e.g. ""Jovian system""), or less commonly by the name of their primary (e.g. ""Jupiter system""). Where only one satellite is known, or it is a binary orbiting a common centre of gravity, it may be referred to using the hyphenated names of the primary and major satellite (e.g. the ""Earth-Moon system"").Many Solar System objects are known to possess satellite systems, though their origin is still unclear. Notable examples include the largest satellite system, the Jovian system, with 67 known moons (including the large Galilean moons) and the Saturnian System with 62 known moons (and the most visible ring system in the Solar System). Both satellite systems are large and diverse. In fact all of the giant planets of the Solar System possess large satellite systems as well as planetary rings, and it is inferred that this is a general pattern. Several objects farther from the Sun also have satellite systems consisting of multiple moons, including the complex Plutonian system where multiple objects orbit a common center of mass, as well as many asteroids and plutinos. Apart from the Earth-Moon system and Mars' system of two tiny natural satellites, the other terrestrial planets are generally not considered satellite systems, although some have been orbited by artificial satellites originating from Earth.Little is known of satellite systems beyond the Solar System, although it is inferred that natural satellites are common. J1407b is an example of an extrasolar satellite system. It is also theorised that Rogue planets ejected from their planetary system could retain a system of satellites.
  • studyres.com © 2026
  • DMCA
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Report