What Are Some Natural And Artificial Satellites

Caption artificial satellites are human built objects orbiting the earth and other planets in the solar system.

What are some natural and artificial satellites.

The moon is a natural satellite of the earth that orbits the earth. A natural satellite or moon is in the most common usage an astronomical body that orbits a planet or minor planet or sometimes another small solar system body. The first artificial satellite launched into space was named sputnik 1 and was created by the soviet union in 1957. Some of them can be seen from the earth.

In the solar system there are six planetary satellite systems containing 205 known natural satellites. Some satellites in history. This is different from the natural satellites or moons that orbit planets. The main part of this is as big as a large five bedroom house but including solar panels it is as large as a rugby field.

Satellites are used for many purposes. Pluto haumea makemake and eris. For example the moon is a natural satellite of the earth. Satellites that are made by people and launched into orbit using rockets are called artificial satellites.

Artificial satellites are the objects that are intentionally placed by humans which orbits the earth for practical uses. These are asteroids comets and meteoroids. There are thousands of artificial satellites orbiting the earth. 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded.

In space satellites may be natural or man made the moon is a natural satellite that orbits the earth most man made satellites also orbit the earth but some orbit other planets or the sun or moon. Some communication satellites are about 7 m long and have solar panels that extend another 50 m. The moon is a natural satellite of earth. A satellite is an object that orbits another object.

Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io. Any large object that orbits around a planet is called a moon small m. The earth has one moon called the moon capital m. In fact the moon is the only natural satellite for earth that has existed on its own and keeps on revolving around the earth.

Besides moons of the planets some other natural satellites are also moving around the sun. Four iau listed dwarf planets are also known to have natural satellites. We understand by satellite any object that revolves around a larger one and generally when someone mentions the word satellite it is referring to a machine. The largest artificial satellite is the international space station iss.

The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 218 natural satellites or moons.