extrasolar moon
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thumb|right|Artist's impression of candidate exomoon Kepler-1625b I orbiting its planet.
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- Definition and designation
- Characteristics
- Orbital inclination
- Lack of moons around planets close to their stars
- Detection methods
- Direct imaging
- Doppler spectroscopy of host planet
- Radio wave emissions from the host planet's magnetosphere
- Microlensing
- Pulsar timing
- Transit timing effects
- Transit method (star-planet-moon systems)
- Transit method (planet-moon systems)
- Orbital sampling effects
- Indirect detection around hot Jupiters
- Indirect detection around white dwarfs
- Candidates
- Detection projects
- Habitability
- See also
- References
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thumb|right|Artist's impression of candidate exomoon Kepler-1625b I orbiting its planet.
An exomoon or extrasolar moon is a natural satellite that orbits an exoplanet or other non-stellar extrasolar body.
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method of detecting extrasolar planets
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