SATELLITE

Basic Science JSS1 Third Term

WEEK NINE

SATELLITE

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

MEANING OF SATELLITE

Content

REFERENCE
Precious seed BASIC SCIENCE FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS BOOK

SATELLITE

MEANING OF SATELLITE

A satellite is a body that orbits or moves round a planet e.g. the moon is a satellite of the earth

Thus, the satellites or moons of the planet in our solar system are shown below

                  PLANET                      NO OF SATELLITE

                  Mercury                        None

                  Venus                           None

                  Earth                            1

                  Mass                            2

                  Jupiter                          12

                  Saturn         …