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2007-03-01 15:49:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I think I see what you are getting at but technically no the stars have no moons. But yeah, I get what you are saying planets are orbiting the sun the same way moons orbit the planets.
2007-03-01 15:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ordin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short, yes. However, referring to the planets as the Sun's moons is extremely rare. A moon (or a natural satellite) is an object which orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made.
The term, though, is normally used to identify non-artificial satellites of planets, dwarf planets, or minor planets.
2007-03-01 23:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by himynameisit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The definition of moon is satellite of a planet. The planets are satellites of the sun but they aren't moons.
2007-03-02 00:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much. Moons orbit planets, and planets orbit stars, or in our case the Sun.
2007-03-02 00:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...planets AND moons are like the cooling wax blobs in a lava lamp...the sun is the heated larger portion at the bottom... COOL !
2007-03-02 00:06:37 · answer #5 · answered by each may believe differently 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could so consider them. They orbit the sun, and shine by reflected light.
2007-03-02 00:10:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!! the sun is a STAR!! it can't have moons!!
2007-03-01 23:52:05 · answer #7 · answered by chingona1027 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must be trying to be living up to your namesake
2007-03-02 04:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by paulbritmolly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋