How many natural satellites does the Earth have?
September 19, 2020 | Education
| Within the lunar orbit of the Earth, no solid natural satellites with a diameter of more than 5 meters and having the same reflectivity as the Moon have been found. But two more natural satellites – dusty ones – move along the lunar orbit. One of them is ahead of the Moon by 60 ° in orbit, the other is just as much behind. The mass of each satellite is very small – about 20,000 tons, but the dimensions are comparable to those of the Earth.
