Can you be too sure?

Posted by Ashish Shetty Friday, August 18, 2006

The Moon (Luna) is not generally considered a planet. It is 1.5 times bigger than Pluto, which is. The Moon is considered to be planet Earth's moon. The gravitational force of the Sun on the Moon is more than twice as much as the gravitational force of the Earth on the Moon. So what does that make the Moon: a planet or a moon?

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