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  • Moons and Stars: Do Stars Orbit the Moon?
    The moon doesn't have any stars orbiting it.

    Here's why:

    * Stars are much larger and more massive than planets. They are the centers of their own solar systems, with planets orbiting them.

    * The moon is a natural satellite of Earth. It orbits the Earth, not the other way around.

    * Stars are incredibly far away. The closest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.24 light-years away.

    So, while the moon appears to have stars around it in the night sky, these stars are actually incredibly distant objects, and they aren't orbiting our moon.

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