22-September-2005, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by umop ap!sdn
But honestly, I don't see why it's so important to make any such distinction; it is not common knowledge how many moons there are in the solar system and there are no mnemonics AFAIK that attempt to list all of them.  |
Too many to remember! 
Maybe you could use the term "minor-moon" or "minor-satellite" for sub-moons. 
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