<p>Inner moon orbits tend to low inclinations with regard to planet's equatorial plane. Charon is an exception to this general rule. Nineplanets.org has a <a href="http://nineplanets.org/data.html" rel="nofollow">nice data base</a>.</p>

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2014-04-14T23:42:53.700Z
2014-04-14T23:42:53.700Z
HopDavid
<p>Is the movement of the satellites (moons) of a planet coplanar, like the planets being coplanar around the local Sun?</p>

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2014-04-14T04:37:41.627Z
With coplanar, do you mean the inclination? No, not necessarily; for instance the smaller jovian moon can have inclinations of >160°. See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter
Alexander Janssen
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2014-04-14T13:50:18.603Z
By coplanar, I mean, the orbits are on the same plane.  For example, the orbits of the planets moving around the sun are coplanar
user1394
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2014-04-14T15:39:51.253Z
Well, Mercury has an inclination of ~7° and Venus about 3.4°; if that's coplanar, then the answer is no. Especially smaller moons can have very high inclinations.
Alexander Janssen
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Movement of the satellites of the planets . . .
user1394
# Movement of the satellites of the planets . . .

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-13)

Is the movement of the satellites (moons) of a planet coplanar, like the planets being coplanar around the local Sun?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: With coplanar, do you mean the inclination? No, not necessarily; for instance the smaller jovian moon can have inclinations of >160°. See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter  
> **username_0**: By coplanar, I mean, the orbits are on the same plane.  For example, the orbits of the planets moving around the sun are coplanar  
> **username_1**: Well, Mercury has an inclination of ~7° and Venus about 3.4°; if that's coplanar, then the answer is no. Especially smaller moons can have very high inclinations.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-04-14. Score: 1

Inner moon orbits tend to low inclinations with regard to planet's equatorial plane. Charon is an exception to this general rule. Nineplanets.org has a [nice data base](http://nineplanets.org/data.html).


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