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Venus, whose mass, size and structure closely match Earth’s, lacks a natural satellite. Astronomers have considered that a moon might never have formed around the planet. They also propose scenarios in which a moon once existed but was lost. One hypothesis suggests the moon was destroyed when it collided with a massive celestial body. The article does not provide further details on the timing or identity of that body.

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