How many moons on earth?

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Around the Solar System, multiple moons are the rule. Jupiter has 67 natural satellites, even Mars has two asteroid-like moons. read more

It turns out Earth's single giant moon might not be the only one floating around out there. In fact, at any given time, there may be at least one other "minimoon" orbiting our planet as well. A moon doesn't have to be gigantic - our minimoons can be as small as one meter across. read more

Although no other moons of Earth have been found to date, there are various types of near-Earth objects in 1: 1 resonance with it, which are known as quasi-satellites. Quasi-satellites orbit the Sun from the same distance as a planet, rather than the planet itself. read more