Satellite

sat′el-līt, n. an obsequious follower: one of the small members of the solar system, attendant on the larger planets, by which their motions are controlled.— ns. Sat′ellite-sphinx , a large hawk-moth; Sat′ellite-vein , a vein accompanying an artery; Satelli′tium , an escort. [Fr.,—L. satelles , sat ell it is , an attendant.]