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New Tenth Planet Has a Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday October 2, 2005 @01:11AM from the everybody's-doin'-it dept.

starexplorer writes "SPACE.com is reporting that the recently discovered 10th planet of our solar system has a neighbor - a moon. The discovery team also have nicknamed the planet 'Xena' and the moon 'Gabrielle'. Many scientists are objecting to whether the new planet really is a new planet - so what do you call a moon with no planet?"

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Smaller object orbiting a larger... by Caine · 2005-10-02 01:13 · Score: 5, Insightful

so what do you call a moon with no planet?

Do people never think about why the flimsy pieces of metal flying about above us are called what they are? The answer to your question is: A satellite.