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   moon

   /muːn/

   noun

   • 1. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun: "there was no moon, but a sky sparkling with brilliant stars"
   • ▪ a natural satellite of any planet: "Titan, Saturn's largest moon"
   • ▪ a month: "that wonderful night four moons ago"
   • ▪ anything that one could desire: "you must know he'd give you the moon"

   verb

   • 1. behave or move in a listless and aimless manner: "I don't want her mooning about in the morning" Similar waste timefiddleloafidlemopedriftstooge aroundinformal:moochlollygagbat
   • ▪ act in a dreamily infatuated manner: "Timothy's mooning over her like a schoolboy" Similar mopepinelanguishbrooddaydreamfantasizebe in a reveriebe in a brown study
   • 2. expose one's buttocks to someone in order to insult or amuse them: informal "the crew dropped their trousers and mooned at them"

   Word Origin Old Englishmōna, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maan and German Mond, also to month, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mensis and Greek mēn ‘month’, and also Latin metiri ‘to measure’ (the moon being used to measure time).

   Derivatives

   • 1. moonless adjective
   • 2. moonlike adjective

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   What does a Moon orbit?

   • A moon is an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star. Besides planets, moons can circle dwarf planets, large asteroids, and other bodies. Objects that orbit other objects are also called satellites, so moons are sometimes called natural satellites.

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   Why is the moon called the Moon?

   • Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610. In Latin, the Moon was called Luna, which is the main adjective for all things Moon-related: lunar.

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   Why is the moon so important?

   • Earth's Moon is the brightest and largest object in our night sky. The Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years.

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   Is a moon a planet or body?

   • People have launched many artificial satellites into orbit around Earth, but these are not considered moons. The planet or body that a moon orbits is called its primary. Just as gravity holds the planets in our solar system in orbit around the sun, gravity also keeps moons in orbit around their primaries.

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   In geophysical terms the Moon is a planetary-mass object or satellite planet.

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   2 days ago · Moon, Earth ’s sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body. Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun. It is designated by the symbol ☽. Its name in English, like that of Earth, is of Germanic and Old English derivation.

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   Mar 19, 2010 · A moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet, such as Earth's natural satellite. Learn about the different types, sizes, and features of moons in the solar system, and how to distinguish them from other astronomical objects.

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    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the brightest object in our night sky. Learn about its origin, structure, surface, phases, orbit, and more from NASA's official website.