If so, have they ever crashed into each other?
2006-08-04 02:42:05 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-08-04 02:53:24 · update #1
This is the breakdown in our solar system according to the NASA website.*
Mercury - 0
Venus - 0
Earth - 1
Mars - 2
Jupiter - 62
Saturn - 31
Uranus - 24
Neptune - 13
Pluto - 1
But there is another more recently updated website that claims differently.**
Mercury=0
Venus=0
Earth=1
Mars=2
Jupiter=63
Saturn=47
Uranus=27
Neptune=13
Pluto=3
As for moons crashing into each other, it has likely happened in the past, and will likely happen again in the future...but we will not likely ever see it happen. Most such collisions probably happened as the solar system was forming and over the eons, the resultant fragments and debris have either been subsumed into other, bigger bodies, or have been effectively ejected from the solar system. Most of the objects that are left are in fairly stable orbits and rarely approach other bodies, let alone actually collide with them, though it does happen every once in a long while. If something massive enough to perturb the orbits of some satellites did approach one of the planets (i.e. a rogue planet, a huge kuiper object, the "Death Star"), we might see some collisions, but don't hold your breath. There are literally billions of asteroids out there, a number of which are probably remnants of former moons.
Take it for what it's worth.
2006-08-04 04:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by o errante 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes
Mars has two
Jupiter has 63 moons as of Feb 2004, 16 of which are named. The others are smaller ones that have never been named. It has others that haven't been confirmed yet
Saturn has 34
Uranus has 21 named moons and six unnamed ones.
Neptune has 13 known moons; 7 small named ones and Triton plus four discovered in 2002 and one discovered in 2003 which have yet to be named
Pluto has 3.
I think it is possible that moons have crashed into each other but I have not found anything stating that they have.
2006-08-04 09:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea....there are like 5 planets in our solar system itself with more than one moon : Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Neptune and Uranus. And Saturn btw has 33 moons (!)
The simple reason for their not colliding with each other is same as the reason for the planets not colliding :their orbits are different. So they've never (yet) crashed into one other.
2006-08-04 10:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by Vasudha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes! mars has 2 moons, jupiter and saturn both have over 30, pluto has only one- but it may actually be a sister planet... i believe that uranus and neptune also have at least 2 moons- though most likely more.
no- they have never crashed into each other- why? first of all, they orbit their 'motherplanet' at different intervals. they aren't orbiting on the same path.
2006-08-04 09:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by sevy_chan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, mars has 2 moons, Jupiter and saturn have many many moons. They haven't crashed into each other because they orbit at different distances from their mother planet, just like venus and earth haven't crashed into each other yet because they orbit at different distances from the sun..
2006-08-04 09:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some planets have as many as 20. moons are simply rocks and dust debris that get caught in the orbit of planets, and after many years of spinning around they form a sphere because of the pull of gravity. it's very possible for moons to smash into each other. the collision of two celestial bodies (earth and another planet the size of mars) is what created our own moon, millions of years ago.
2006-08-04 10:19:04 · answer #6 · answered by Om 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, some planets in solar systems have more than one moon.
(or we can call it sattelite). For example, Saturn has at least 35 moons, and some astronomers think there're could be around 48 moons. Titan, the biggest moon is larger than Planet Pluto.
2006-08-04 09:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by adlex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... I think the Earth is the only planet with one moon.
There is a theory that says Saturn's rings may be the result of two or more of it's moons colliding... or a asteroid or comet destroying one of it's moons.
2006-08-04 09:48:44 · answer #8 · answered by hyperhealer3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Jupiter had over forty moons. I think only two of the planets do not have moons, but I'm not positive. Pretty much everything stays in their own orbit, though.
2006-08-04 14:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by duckgirl566 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Saturn has 26, Jupiter has 40+ and Mars has 2. I'm not sure a bout Uranus or Neptune.
2006-08-04 11:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by tennis_chick52292 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋