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I think I've seen a claim that Luna isn't a proper satellite either. Something about it not being pulled backwards relative to Earth's orbit around the Sun, and therefore it's properly a binary companion. Is that so?
However
http://www.universetoday.com/15019/how-many-moons-does-earth-have/
as of June 2008, admits Luna and excludes Cruithne and 2002 AA-29.
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I think I've seen a claim that Luna isn't a proper satellite either. Something about it not being pulled backwards relative to Earth's orbit around the Sun, and therefore it's properly a binary companion. Is that so?
However
http://www.universetoday.com/15019/how-many-moons-does-earth-have/
as of June 2008, admits Luna and excludes Cruithne and 2002 AA-29.