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What is the difference between a satelite and a dwarf planet besides what they orbit?

Is there any difference between a satelite such as the Luna (the moon) and a dwarf planet such as Sedna besides what they rotate.



If the Moon was not rotating the earth what would it be considered

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1. A planet orbits a sun.
   
   A satelite orbits a planet.
   
   
   
   They are basically the same thing, its just what they are orbiting that gives them their name.
2. A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet
   
   
   
   A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but which has not cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals and is not a satellite
3. A planet Orbits a Star While a Satelite orbits a planet.If the moon wouldn't orbit the Earth It would just be a heavenly body like comets etc
   
   And lets face it we wouldn't be alive to consider it as this or that!