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Pan comparison table |
Subject | is part of | is a kind of | has dicoverer | is an instance of | has orbital period | has synonym | has discovery date | has inclination | has definition | has eccentricity |
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natural satellite | satellite | Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon). | ||||||||
Pan | Jupiter | Nicholson | natural satellite | P = 692d | Jupiter XI | 1938 | i = 163° | Unofficial name for Jupiter XI. | e = 0.2 |
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