posted July 06, 2011 04:05 PM
Maybe they do.I figure if you use asteroids, why not use some of the other planets moons, which are sometimes, much closer!
Mars = Phobos and Deimos
Venus = zero moons
Mercury = zero moons
Jupiter = Over 50 moons, too many to list
But at least a dozen, including Io, would be dwarf planets if orbiting the sun by themselves.
Neptune = Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, and Galatea, Triton, Proteus, for starters. at least a dozen?
Uranus = at least 25 including Titania, Oberon, Miranda, Ariel, Puck and Umbriel - the larger of the Uranus moons
Saturn = at least 5 dozen moons including titan (LARGER than Mercury with earth like atomsphere - how could this not be a bigger factor) Rhea
Pluto = Charon which is larger than pluto? and two other minor moons.
The biggest one for me is saturns moon Titan.
what could some of these mean? Perhaps they take on their planets energy to a large extent but must have some different nuances etc.