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Large planets
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Halley's Comet
This comet is really not that big, It's the tail that is the part that is the most distinct. It's called the Halley's Comet because the man who discovered it was called Edmond Halley. This Comet is 11 kilometers wide, And you can sometimes see it in space. -
Deimos
Deimos is the smallest moon and you could walk around it in a day! This Small moon is great with impacting humans because it shows us that even moons can be small but they can work just as well. This also shows us that there are other moons not just ours, For other planets too. Asaph Hall was the man who discovered this moon, and he discovered in on the 12th of August 1877. Deimos is 13 kilometers wide. -
Phobos
Phobos is the biggest of the 2 martian moons but is still small at around 23 kilometers wide this moon doesn't have much gravity but the man who discovered this moon was the same man that discovered Deimos, Yes it's Asaph Hall. He discovered it on August 17th 1877, Shortly after Deimos. The discovery of this martian moon meant to many there where a lot of types of moons like planets like almshouse everything. -
Cruithne
This is earths second moon, Its 5 kilometers wide and orbits the sun with the earth. The number of days in a year for this planet is close to earths. This moon impacted society in a way that no other could because it was the closest rock that was huge that was seen and when Kazuro Watanabe discovered it there was a huge commotion. -
Nix
Nix is a moon of Pluto the dwarf planet, This moon has the second shortest name the first being lo. Nix was named after Nyx the goddess of night. This was discovered by Alan Stern and on the 15th of June 2005 one of the newer planets. When Nix was discovered people new for sure that other planets dwarf of not would have moons and for some, many. This moon is 80 kilometers wide. -
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