The actual term is satellites. Blame media and maybe engineers. People constructed so many manmade ones that natural satellites got the moons rebranding.
How is this getting upvotes? That’s like saying your cow’s name is actually “mammal”. The post was not about a general term to label a group of things.
The actual term is satellites. Blame media and maybe engineers. People constructed so many manmade ones that natural satellites got the moons rebranding.
How is this getting upvotes? That’s like saying your cow’s name is actually “mammal”. The post was not about a general term to label a group of things.
Can’t vouch for other languages, but at least in Russian, satellite (sputnik) is still in use alongside “moon”