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irregular satellites


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  • irregular satellite
  • satellites, irregular

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In astronomy, moons or other natural satellites having a distant, inclined, eccentric, and retrograde orbit around a planet. Irregular satellites were likely captured by their parent planet rather than having been formed in situ.

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