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Originally Posted by expirationdate
Well, I guess if you think of the technical values between an earth moon (our moon: with dead planet like characteristics) and a big peice of battered rock, then astroid moons are just astroids ... If a moon is called a moon only simply becuase it orbits a planet then I guess they're moons but if a moon has to be spherical and kinda planet like rock with craters or without or an atmosphere perhaps, then I think maybe that is a more appropriate understanding of moons rather than a rock that just so happend to get pulled into the planets gravitational pull and begin to orbit a planet. What can we begin to say about that? It's not really much of a moon. But hey I leave that up to the brilliants minds at NASA and any other Astronomic Facilities and space agencies that study space and its components.
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After reading a few other post let me review some simple information that might help resolve A Planet Or A Moon... If you look at our Planet and moon The moon we have has an atmosphere of some sort right? It is a smaller dead planet like structure and an astroid is that simply of a big chunk of rock. Would it be safe to call a moon a Dead planet and that of a dead planet alone to classify a moon? A rock that is just a chunk of astroid whether it is in full orbit, in a stand still or just simply passing by should be called an astroid. A moons structure ressembles a planet in so many ways. We first descovered moons becuase of our moon right? Well does it not have the characteristics of a dead planet? If the moon has an atmoshpere and some sort of life grwoth wether it be an airborne substance other than dust , oran actual living organism would it be more like a planet especially if it carries the consistancy of water or with Titan water ice or whatever it was referred as.