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2007-05-05 06:25:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Hi Each star can have multiple bodies in orbit around it and each of these bodies can have multiple moons.

2007-05-05 06:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0 0

The fact you are getting several moons around one star may have something to do the process of stellar formation. It is a commonly belief that a protostar is surrounded by a circumstellar disk. As the protostar evolve into a main sequence star, its disk would be destabilized and break into pieces. The bigger pieces are still bounded by the star's gravity and eventually end up as planets. If the bound is sufficient, they won't drift away. Then you more likely to have multiple moons around a single star.

On the other hand, a single moon can't survive long in the multiple stellar system due to gravitational perturbation that tends to distrub the planet orbit.

Remember, if it is not simple and stable, it won't last long, and you won't see it easily.

2007-05-09 12:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by OrionA 3 · 0 0

I'll assume your question is :
"Why can we see many stars but only one moon?"

Mainly because stars are very large and emit their own light. There are many moons in our solar system alone (about 100) you can only see one with your eyes because the rest are much further away around other planets.

2007-05-08 14:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by RationalThinker 5 · 1 0

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