2007-03-08 14:26:15 · 23 answers · asked by BIg Johnson 42 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Neither. It's a satellite
2007-03-08 14:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by redman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a moon but, if you prefer a different terminology moons are considered planetary satellites. A 'moon' is a large body which orbits around a planet whereas a planet is a large body which orbits the sun. The stars are stationary which is how one can find direction by them; they are always in the same place.
2007-03-08 14:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by Pantera 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The moon is neither a star nor a planet. It is a natural satellite of the earth.
2007-03-08 14:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by Shashi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not a star. Stars shine with their own light, from nuclear reactions.
It is not a planet, because it orbits around a planet, and the gravity mid-point of the Earth-Moon system is inside the Earth.
2007-03-08 14:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A moon is a generic term for an orbiting body larger than an asteroid and contains significant mass to have gravity and substantive matter. There are moons all over orbiting planets like Jupiter, Uranus etc.
2007-03-08 14:33:12 · answer #5 · answered by Ted 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not the moon is NOT a star. I would call it a Planet but ever-critical ASTRONOMERS it is classified as a sub-planetary body.(a.k.a. moon.) Hey/ have you seen "The Stand"? M-O-O-N! That spells Moon!!!!
2007-03-08 14:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
neither, a natural satellite, made of leftovers of the earth when the earth had fully developed into a planet, and the earth is a satellite to the sun, and the sun to the centre of the Milky Way
2007-03-08 22:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a satellite mass that is believed to have formed from debri of a collision between two molten planets.
2007-03-08 15:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how's 'bout neither?
it's a satellite!
definition of satellite -- any orbital body that rotates around a larger orbital body.
our planet, earth, is a satellite to the sun as our sun (which is a star) is a satellite to the center of our galaxy, milky way.
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2007-03-08 14:30:26 · answer #9 · answered by SouthCali4LifeSD 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its a Moon.
2007-03-08 14:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by RiverGirl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither. "Moon" is it's own category since there are so many of them. Our moon is the only one we've found that doesn't hve a name.
2007-03-08 14:31:27 · answer #11 · answered by teragothflame 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋