Regular moon
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regular-moon-169-12066105
title:
Regular moon
text:
In astronomy, a regular moon or a regular satellite is a natural satellite following a relatively close, stable, and circular orbit which is generally aligned to its primary's equator. They form within discs of debris and gas that once surrounded their primary, usually the aftermath of a large collision or leftover material accumulated from the protoplanetary disc. Young regular moons then begin to accumulate material within the circumplanetary disc in a process similar to planetary accretion, a
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Satellites that formed around their parent planet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_moon
date created:
2008-10-20T07:18:07Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:34:27Z
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