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Help me understand the point you are trying to make. Are you trying to hand-waive categorization as superfluous to developing broader understanding?
Natural satellites fall within the primary body's Hill sphere, where the gravity of the larger mass dominates. The Earth/Moon system co-orbits the sun. Saturn has two satellites that orbit each other, and that system co-orbits Saturn.
Also thanks for mentioning the Hill sphere, I looking into that as well.
Not really, that was not my point. Just random thoughts shouted in the clouds. If I have to make a point, then I would say, categorizing things pretty hard, and the general populance understang and the scientific consensus about things are pretty far away.
I know there are some points (L1-5) and they use that to define what orbits what, but I lost when I tried to research it without any pre-existing knowledge on the topic. I usually read some scientific communication, but they usually over simplify things. It's hard to shed the pre-existing view, replace it with a more correct one, then do it again and again.
Thanks for clarifying; I know tone is hard to convey on the internet. Sarcasm and "gotcha" replies have been the default tone since the beginning, even if that's not the poster's intent. I honestly was curious what you meant :)
My favorite thing about this community is that while I come for the memes, there's almost always something new to learn in the comments. Or a knew line of inquiry where I can start looking into videos or articles to learn more.