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{{Center|''Looking for [[Earth]]'s moon, [[Luna]], or [[Moons (game)|moons]], the pool variant?''}}
{{Center|''Looking for [[Earth]]'s moon, [[Luna]], or [[Moons (game)|moons]], the pool variant?''}}
[[File:H2A - Luna.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Luna, Earth's only natural satellite, known to most simply as "the Moon".]]
[[File:H2A - Luna.jpg|thumb|300px|Luna, Earth's only natural satellite.]]
A '''natural satellite''', more commonly referred to as a '''moon''', is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called the ''primary''. Moons vary widely in size, surface features, or atmosphere. Some natural satellites were only [[asteroid]]s captured by a planet's orbit, such as [[Reach]]'s smaller moon [[Turul]].<ref name="moonsinfo">[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1045222 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''I've got your answer, Levi...'']</ref> Other moons are the size of planets, such as [[Basis]] which is nearly twice the size of [[Earth]].<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo-verse Planetary Scale'']</ref>
A '''natural satellite''', referred to as a '''satellite'''{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Earth}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/alluvion|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Alluvion}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/mars|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Mars}} or '''moon''',{{Ref/Site|Id=meridian|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/meridian|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Meridian}}{{Ref/Site|Id=threshold|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Threshold}} is a celestial body that orbits a [[planet]] or smaller body, which is referred to as a "gravity anchor".{{Ref/Reuse|meridian}} Moons vary widely in size, surface features, or atmosphere.


The large gas giants of the [[Sol system]] have extensive systems of moons, including half a dozen comparable in size to [[Earth]]'s moon: the four Galilean moons, [[Saturn]]'s [[Titan]], and [[Neptune]]'s Triton. Saturn has an additional six mid-sized moons massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium, and [[Uranus]] has five. Jupiter has more than sixty moons, of which only four are colonized. Those moons are called [[Jovian Moons]]. Of the inner planets, [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]] have no moons at all; Earth has one large moon, [[Luna]], and [[Mars]] has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos.
==Overview==
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Some natural satellites were only [[asteroid]]s captured by a planet's orbit, such as [[Reach]]'s smaller moon [[Turul]].{{Ref/Site|Id=moonsinfo|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1045222|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=I've got your answer, Levi...}} Other moons are the size of planets, such as [[Basis]] which is nearly twice the size of [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_planetscale|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=Halo-verse Planetary Scale}}
==Notable moons==
 
There are a number of planets that have extensive systems of moons, like [[Threshold]] and its 12 satellites,{{Ref/Reuse|threshold}} or [[Vitalyevna]] and its 27 moons.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Locations - Page 2}}
 
==List of known moons==
{{Main|Category:Moons}}
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*[[Reach]]
*[[Epsilon Eridani system]]
**[[Turul]]
**[[Tribute]]
**[[Csodaszarvas]]
***[[Emese]]
*[[Onyx]]
**[[Reach]]
**[[XF-063 IV-1]]
***[[Turul]]
***[[Csodaszarvas]]
*[[Sol system]]
**[[Earth]]
***[[Luna]]
**[[Jupiter]]
***[[Jovian Moons]]
****[[Io]]
****[[Europa]]
****[[Ganymede]]
****[[Callisto]]
**[[Mars]]
***[[Phobos]]
**[[Saturn]]
***[[Titan]]
*[[51 Pegasi B]]
*[[51 Pegasi B]]
**[[Pegasi Delta]]
**[[Pegasi Delta]]
*[[Alluvion]]
**[[Fallow]]
*[[Atlas]]
**[[Atlas Moons]]
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*[[Balaho]]
*[[Balaho]]
**[[Buwan]]
**[[Buwan]]
**[[Padpad]]
*[[Bliss]]
**[[Aires]]
*[[Biko]]
**[[Seoba]]
*[[Chu'ot]]
*[[Chu'ot]]
**[[Eayn]]
**[[Eayn]]
*[[Doisac]]
*[[Doisac]]
**[[Soirapt]] {{C|destroyed in [[2559]]}}
**[[Teash]]
**[[Teash]]
**[[Warial]]
**[[Warial]]
*[[Dokra-Movi]]
**[[Feldokra]]
*[[Draetheus V]]
*[[Draetheus V]]
**[[X50]]
**[[X50]] {{C|an [[Orbital reformer]]}}
*[[Earth]]
*[[Eiro]]
**[[Luna]]
*[[Gao]]
**[[Cenobia]]
*[[Hesiod]]
*[[Hesiod]]
**[[Metisette]]
**[[Metisette]]
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*[[Hestia V]]
*[[Jupiter]]
**[[Meridian]]
**[[Io]]
*[[Onyx]]
**[[Europa]]
**[[XF-063 IV-1]]
**[[Ganymede]]
**[[Callisto]]
*[[Threshold]]
**[[Basis]]
*[[Sanghelios]]
*[[Sanghelios]]
**[[Suban]]
**[[Suban]]
**[[Qikost]]
**[[Qikost]]
*[[Saturn]]
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**[[Titan]]
*[[Threshold]]
**[[Basis]]
*[[Unidentified moon|Unidentified moon]]
*[[Unidentified moon|Unidentified moon]]
*[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon]]
*[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon]]
*[[Vitalyevna]]
**[[Talitsa]]
**[[Komoya]]
**[[Rostov]]
*[[Yonhe]]
*[[Yonhe]]
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File:HaloReach - ReachMoons.png|[[Csodaszarvas]] and [[Turul]], the two natural satellites of [[Reach]].
File:HaloReach - ReachMoons.png|[[Csodaszarvas]] and [[Turul]], the two natural satellites of [[Reach]].
File:Ganymede.jpg|[[Ganymede]], one of [[Jupiter]]'s moons.
File:Headhunters - Moon.png|An [[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|unidentified moon]].
File:Headhunters - Moon.png|An [[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|unidentified moon]].
File:Escalation - Alluvion.png|[[Alluvion]] with [[Fallow]] in the background
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Looking for Earth's moon, Luna, or moons, the pool variant?
Luna, Earth's only natural satellite.

A natural satellite, referred to as a satellite[1][2][3] or moon,[4][5] is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is referred to as a "gravity anchor".[4] Moons vary widely in size, surface features, or atmosphere.

Overview[edit]

Some natural satellites were only asteroids captured by a planet's orbit, such as Reach's smaller moon Turul.[6] Other moons are the size of planets, such as Basis which is nearly twice the size of Earth.[7]

There are a number of planets that have extensive systems of moons, like Threshold and its 12 satellites,[5] or Vitalyevna and its 27 moons.[8]

List of known moons[edit]

Main article: Category:Moons

Gallery[edit]

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Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Earth (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Alluvion (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Mars (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  4. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Universe - Meridian (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  5. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Universe - Threshold (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  6. ^ halo.bungie.org, I've got your answer, Levi... (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  7. ^ halo.bungie.org, Halo-verse Planetary Scale (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Locations - Page 2 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
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