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For a book about the moons of the Solar System, the two planets closest to the Sun are rather deflating. Mercury and Venus have no moons, but it could be asked why Mercury and Venus have no moons. This should be handled on a case-by-case basis.
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Hall, J.A. (2016). Mercury and Venus. In: Moons of the Solar System. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20636-3_1
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