Patrick, Considering Earth has some 10,000 satellites circling it, you would think the scientific community has already defined what size a satellite is. Unless you mean moons ;) Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>:
I'll have more details in News tomorrow morning but I just got word that 12 more satellites have been found orbiting Saturn.
Of course, eventually, the scientific community is going to have to set a bottom line on how small something can be and still be considered a satellite. Otherwise every particle in the rings will have to be counted.
Patrick
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