How are the planets' sizes related to the number of natural satellites (moons) in orbit around them?

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A. S. Adikesavan · Azhar A.
Jul 22, 2016

There is no such correlation between size of planet and the number of natural satellites.

Explanation:

Smaller than Earth, Mars has two moons. Earth has just one. Earth-size Venus has none. Smaller Saturn and Jupiter have nearly the same (60 +) number of moons. Four times as large as the Earth, Uranus has 27 moons.

So, there appears to be no correlation relating the size of a planet to
the number of moons of the planet.

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