Irregular satellites
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Descripción
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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Otros términos
- irregular satellite [en]
- satellites, irregular [en]