Cosmos:elementary | Moons of moons: Why haven’t we found one and could they exist? @Cosmos_elementary | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Planets are satellites of the Sun. And they also have their own satellites. But why can’t we find moons of moons? Could sub-moons even exist?
Source materials:
Can moons have moons?
https://carnegiescience.edu/node/2436
Original article
academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/483/1/L80/5195537
Why Mercury and Venus don’t have moons
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=18652&t=why-doesnt-mercury-have-any-moons
medium.com/teamindus/this-is-why-mercury-and-venus-are-moonless-d0733abb932e
Hill sphere
astro.vaporia.com/start/hillradius.html
jgiesen.de/astro/stars/roche.htm
Roche limit
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/roche_limit.html
Formation of the Moon
space.com/19275-moon-formation.html
Triton
solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/neptune-moons/triton/in-depth
How is moon receding
space.com/3373-earth-moon-destined-disintegrate.html
Space Engine: store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine
Universe Sandbox 2: store.steampowered.com/app/230290/Universe_Sandbox
Planets are satellites of the Sun. And they also have their own satellites. But why can’t we find moons of moons? Could sub-moons even exist?
Source materials:
Can moons have moons?
https://carnegiescience.edu/node/2436
Original article
academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/483/1/L80/5195537
Why Mercury and Venus don’t have moons
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=18652&t=why-doesnt-mercury-have-any-moons
medium.com/teamindus/this-is-why-mercury-and-venus-are-moonless-d0733abb932e
Hill sphere
astro.vaporia.com/start/hillradius.html
jgiesen.de/astro/stars/roche.htm
Roche limit
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/roche_limit.html
Formation of the Moon
space.com/19275-moon-formation.html
Triton
solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/neptune-moons/triton/in-depth
How is moon receding
space.com/3373-earth-moon-destined-disintegrate.html
Space Engine: store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine
Universe Sandbox 2: store.steampowered.com/app/230290/Universe_Sandbox