Regular satellites

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

ambiente construido > asentamientos y paisajes > paisajes (entorno) > paisajes naturales > extraterrestrial bodies > satellites (natural)

Descripción

Natural satellites that orbit relatively close to their parent planet on a prograde, uninclined circular orbit. Regular satellites are believed to have been formed out of the same collapsing region of the protoplanetary disk that created its primary planet.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300386954

Otros términos

  • regular satellite [en]
  • satellites, regular [en]