A moon is a natural satellite. Our moon, Europa, Titan etc.
A moonlet is a very small natural satellite. Earhart in Saturn’s orbit for example.
A moon of a moon is a moonmoon or subsatellite.
Fair, I messed up the names there. Moonette is the synonym of that that I was thinking of.
But a satellite (natural or artificial) is any object that orbits around a celestial body. The Earth is a satellite just as the Moon is one. Subsatellite is just the satellite of a satellite, but that depends on context. Moons fit that definition, but aren’t usually considered subsatellites because we don’t usually think of planets as the satellites of the Sun that they are.
What, no.
A moon is a natural satellite. Our moon, Europa, Titan etc. A moonlet is a very small natural satellite. Earhart in Saturn’s orbit for example. A moon of a moon is a moonmoon or subsatellite.
Fair, I messed up the names there. Moonette is the synonym of that that I was thinking of.
But a satellite (natural or artificial) is any object that orbits around a celestial body. The Earth is a satellite just as the Moon is one. Subsatellite is just the satellite of a satellite, but that depends on context. Moons fit that definition, but aren’t usually considered subsatellites because we don’t usually think of planets as the satellites of the Sun that they are.