What is a Moon? What is a Planet? Here are the differences!

Did you ever wonder about how they’re classified?

I know quite a few people who do not know the differences between a planet and a satellite. Here are the differences in a but shell:

All the planets we know about have satellites, commonly called moons!

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “moon”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “planet”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planet