Before I started taking Astronomy class, I had always believed that satellites were objects launched into the atmosphere by humans that gathered information and took plenty of pictures. However, in astronomy I learned that a satellite is another name for moons. A moon is an object that orbits a planet. The name satellite came to be because a satellite is used to refer to any object orbiting another object. My two favorite moons are the two that orbit Mars, Deimos and Phobos. Two very small moons, but I like what their names translate to. Phobos is Greek for fear and Deimos is Greek for dread. An interesting fact about Phobos is that it is one of the least reflective bodies of the solar system. Deimos is the picture on top and Phobos is the moon on the bottom.
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I thought satellites were just our technology too before taking Astronomy. I wonder why whoever invited them didn't come up with something more original to cause less confusion, even something with just an adjective or something would have been helpful.
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