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I’m not an astronomist, so my understanding of the definition of moon versus asteroids is fuzzy at best. That being said, as I understand it, there are several objects that aren’t visible to the naked eye that would qualify as moons, but I may be mistaken. As I understand it we have 1 moon that everyone can see, another 12-16 moon like objects that aren’t visible, and several hundred asteroids. All of these objects orbit The Earth, so they count as satellites of The Earth.
Why the plural?
I’m not an astronomist, so my understanding of the definition of moon versus asteroids is fuzzy at best. That being said, as I understand it, there are several objects that aren’t visible to the naked eye that would qualify as moons, but I may be mistaken. As I understand it we have 1 moon that everyone can see, another 12-16 moon like objects that aren’t visible, and several hundred asteroids. All of these objects orbit The Earth, so they count as satellites of The Earth.