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@Tentacle Monster, Actually, Nirn(the primary plane or planet of the Elder Scrolls Universe) has two "moons" called Masser(the larger of the two) and Secunda. While we may think of the Elder Scrolls cosmology as similar to that of our solar system, it is in fact far more complex. In the Elder Scrolls universe, the "planets" are actually just different planes of Oblivion(which includes Nirn as well as the various planes dedicated to the Daedric Princes) and the "stars" are tears in reality where the light from the Aetherius(realm of higher being) leaks through. Sorry for the long post, I just saw an opportunity to talk about the Elder Scrolls universe.
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@Vercin, One way of thinking of it is a wheel, where mundus (the plane where Nirn, Masser, and Secunda lie) is the hub, the spokes are the realms of Aetherius, and the spaces between the spokes are the realms of Oblivion. The outer part of the wheel and beyond is the Void. Like Vercin so accurately put, stars are places where Aetherius leaks into Mundus, which is the reason why the sentient beings of Nirn are capable of magic, because the magic leaks through from Aetherius because Magnus, the old god of magic, accidentally created those tears when returning to Aetherius after helping to create Nirn. Its truly impressive how much background information their is in TES, but so many do not see it.
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@Vercin, Umm...not really. There are only 8 other planets in Mundus. Each planet is actually a piece of the being of each of the Divines, the other Aedra who were either convinced or tricked into creating the Mundus, with Nirn at the center. Oblivion is a completely different plane of existence, with each Deadra(beings who refused to create the Mundus and thus wish to cause chaos in it) having their own different version of Oblivion based on which Daedra they are.
The moon is actually that big, if you're playing Skyrim.