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    A subsatellite, also known as a submoon or a moonmoon, is a "moon of a moon" or a hypothetical natural satellite that orbits the moon of a planet. It is...
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    mapping camera, a laser altimeter, a mass spectrometer, and a lunar subsatellite deployed at the end of the moonwalks. The Lunar Module returned safely...
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    In the case of satellites, it is also known as a suborbital track or subsatellite track, and is the vertical projection of the satellite's orbit onto the...
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    Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellite from the service module (SM). During the return trip to Earth, Mattingly...
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    able to host its own moon, called a subsatellite, in a stable orbit, although no evidence for such a subsatellite has been found. The original paper presented...
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    can stay in a low orbit indefinitely. The Apollo 15 subsatellite PFS-1 and the Apollo 16 subsatellite PFS-2, both small satellites released from the Apollo...
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    Hypothetical objects Fifth giant Nemesis Phaeton Planet Nine Planet V Planet X Subsatellites Theia Tyche Vulcan Vulcanoids Exploration (outline) Colonization Discovery...
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    stage". Retrieved 2011-01-01. "NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 15 subsatellite". Retrieved 2011-01-01. "NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 20". Retrieved...
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  • A hypothetical Solar System object is a planet, natural satellite, subsatellite or similar body in the Solar System whose existence is not known, but has...
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    cloud Hills Cloud Meteoroid Micrometeoroid Meteor Bolide Moons Moonlets Subsatellites (hypothet.) Minor planets (see below) Asteroids Dwarf planets Moons...
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