By moon, I am referring to natural satellites.
What is a moon ??
Moon is an object that is in an orbit around a larger, non stellar object.
There are quasi moons, mini moons and also moonlets which are all natural but they are temporary and do not truly orbit planets.
The international astronomical union officially recognises,
416 planetary moons orbiting the solar system's 8 planets.
There are further 507 small body satellites. These are the moons of asteroids and dwarf planets.
This will bring the total of natural satellites of solar system to 923 .
But this is just the tip of the iceberg !!!!
There are more we could not trace......
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