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The Earth-Moon system is unique, in that no other planet within the solar system has a trabant* of such impressive magnitude, the Pluto/Charon system excepted. The ratio Moon mass/Earth mass is 1:81.3, representing a comparatively large value. Earth plus Moon are therefore often looked upon as a double star. The Moon ranks fourteenth amongst the bodies of the solar system: only the nine planets, Jupiter’s trabante Ganymede and Kallisto, Saturn’s trabant Titan, and Neptune’s trabant Triton have a larger mass than the Moon.
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© 1989 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig
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Rimrott, F.P.J. (1989). Satellites in the Earth-Moon System. In: Introductory Orbit Dynamics. Fundamentals and Advances in the Engineering Sciences / Grundlagen und Fortschritte der Ingenieurwissenschaften. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90338-9_12
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