Which of the following planets have no natural satellites?

Of the inner planets, Mercury and Venus have no natural satellites; Earth has one large natural satellite, known as the Moon; and Mars has two tiny natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos.

Regarding this, which of the following planets has no natural satellites?

To get back to your question, there are two planets in our solar system with no natural satellites, Mercury and Venus. Mercury had one artificial satellite named Messenger, but it was intentionally crashed into the surface of Mercury in 2015. Venus on the other hand has one artificial satellite.

Furthermore, why does Venus have no satellites? Most likely because they are too close to the Sun. Any moon with too great a distance from these planets would be in an unstable orbit and be captured by the Sun. If they were too close to these planets they would be destroyed by tidal gravitational forces.

Keeping this in view, which are the only planets in the solar system which do not have any?

Mercury and Venus are the only planets without moons. The outer Solar System includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and the rest of the moons.

What are natural satellites?

A satellite is anything that orbits around a larger object. A natural satellite is any celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body. Moons are called natural satellites because they orbit planets.

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Which planet has highest number of satellites?

Saturn

How many satellites are in space?

Currently there are over 2218 artificial satellites orbiting the Earth.

What is the use of natural satellite?

A natural satellite in astronomy is a smaller body which moves around a larger body. The smaller body is held in orbit by gravitation. The term is used for moons which go around planets, and it is also used for small galaxies which orbit larger galaxies.

What is Jupiter's biggest moon?

moon Ganymede

What is Saturn's smallest moon?

Enceladus

Why is the moon a natural satellite?

A satellite is an object that moves around a larger object. Earth is a satellite because it moves around the sun. The moon is a satellite because it moves around Earth. Earth and the moon are called "natural" satellites.

Is the moon a small planet?

Although it's one of the largest moons in the solar system, the Moon is smaller than all the planets except Pluto*. Still, it's so large that if it orbited the Sun instead of Earth, we would call it a small planet and not a moon.

Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?

Venus

What is Saturn made of?

Saturn is not solid like Earth, but is instead a giant gas planet. It is made up of 94% hydrogen, 6% helium and small amounts of methane and ammonia. Hydrogen and helium are what most stars are made of. It is thought that there might be a molten, rocky core about the size of Earth deep within Saturn.

How many rings does Mars have?

According to the model, Phobos will break apart upon reaching the Roche limit, and become a set of rings in roughly 70 million years. Depending on where the Roche limit is, Minton and Hesselbrock believe this cycle may have repeated between three and seven times over billions of years.

How many moons does Uranus have 2019?

27 moons

What is Mercury made of?

Mercury is a rocky planet with a huge iron core which makes up a large part of its interior. The core takes up nearly 3/4 of the planet's diameter. Mercury's iron core is about the size of the moon. Iron makes up about 70% of Mercury's total weight making Mercury the most iron-rich planet in the Solar System.

What is Jupiter made of?

Composed predominantly of hydrogen and helium, the massive Jupiter is much like a tiny star. But despite the fact that it is the largest planet in the solar system, the gas giant just doesn't have the mass needed to push it into stellar status.

What is Uranus made of?

Uranus is made of water, methane, and ammonia fluids above a small rocky center. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium like Jupiter and Saturn, but it also has methane. The methane makes Uranus blue.

What planet rotates the fastest?

Jupiter

What planet is the most Earth like?

Kepler-452b

Discovery
Artist's concept of a rocky Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, possibly compatible with Kepler-452b's known data
Discovered by	Kepler Science Team
Discovery site	Kepler
Discovery date	23 July 2015 (announced)

Does Jupiter have rings?

Yes, Jupiter does have faint, narrow rings. Unlike Saturn, which has bright ice rings, Jupiter has dark rings which are made up of dust and tiny pieces of rock. Jupiter's rings were discovered by NASA's Voyager 1 mission in 1980.