How were the satellites formed?
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As the gas giants formed, the pulled in gas and dust due to their gravitational attraction. ... The inner portion of these disks were warmer due to the heat of the forming planet, so we see similar gradients in composition (rock/ice mix) to those in the solar system as a whole.
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Most planetary moons, natural satellite , is, probably formed from the discs of gas and dust circulating around planets in the early solar system, though some are "captured" objects that formed elsewhere and fell into orbit around larger worlds.
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