Question

Why do Mercury and Venus not have moons?

Select one:
O a. The sun's gravity would have pulled any orbiting moons into the sun.
O b. These planets are moving too fast to support any orbiting satellites.
c. Mercury and Venus do have moons!
d. There was not an impact or asteroid capture on these planets because the asteroid belt is too far away.
e. These planets are not large enough to have orbiting satellites

Answer 1

a. The sun's gravity would have pulled any orbiting moons into the sun.

Answer 2

Answer:-

• The sun's gravity would have pulled any orbiting moons into the sun.

Step-by-step explanation:-

because they are too close to the Sun. Any moon with too great a distance from these planets would be in an unstable orbit and be captured by the Sun. If they were too close to these planets they would be destroyed by tidal gravitational forces.