moonlet
Also known as minor moon, minor natural satellite, minor satellite
thumb|The 400-meter moonlet Earhart (moon)|Earhart in Saturn's [[A Ring, just outside the Encke Gap]] thumb|Another image of Earhart (moon)|Earhart thumb|Another moonlet named Bleriot (moon)|Bleriot thumb|A moonlet named Santos-Dumont (moon)|Santos-Dumont thumb|A moonlet in Saturn's A ring
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thumb|The 400-meter moonlet Earhart (moon)|Earhart in Saturn's [[A Ring, just outside the Encke Gap]] thumb|Another image of Earhart (moon)|Earhart thumb|Another moonlet named Bleriot (moon)|Bleriot thumb|A moonlet named Santos-Dumont (moon)|Santos-Dumont thumb|A moonlet in Saturn's A ring
A moonlet, minor moon, minor natural satellite, or minor satellite is a particularly small natural satellite orbiting a planet, dwarf planet, or other minor planet.