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Moons

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Ganymede   Jupiter, 1  
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Titan   Saturn, 2  
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Callisto   Jupiter, 3  
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Io   Jupiter, 4  
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Moon   Earth, 5  
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Europa   Jupiter, 6  
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Triton   Neptune, 7  
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Titania   Uranus,8  
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Rhea   Saturn, 9  
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Oberon   Uranus, 10  
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Named for the mythical boatman of the Greek underworld   Charon  
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Charon in what planet   Pluto  
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Pronounced differently to honor the wife of the discover   Charon, Charlnene Christy  
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Largest moon relative to size of its orbiting planet   Charon  
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Charon is in synchronous orbit with Pluto, and both show same face toward ea other at all time.    
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Some call Pluto and Charon this because of their relative sizes   Double planet system  
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Charon’s surface   Water ice  
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Named for the two sons of Ares and Aphrodite   Deimos and Phobos  
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Phobos and Deimos discovered by   Hall  
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Orbits closer to mars   Phobos  
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Has the prominent feature, crater Stickney   Phobos  
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Rises in the west and sets in the east, twice per Martian day   Phobos  
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Why does not have synchronus orbit?   because its radius is below the limit.  
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Will impact mars or leave within 50 million years   Phobos  
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Smallest moon in solar system, was discovered two days before phobos   Deimos  
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Asteroid brought into mars’ orbit after being disturbed by Jupiter   Deimos  
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Heavily cratered, rich in carbon, and have water ice   Deimos  
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Discovered in 1610 by Galileo   Europa  
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the Gallilean moons.   Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Io )  
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Resembles Io and Earth, composition of silicate rocks   Europa  
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Coated in thin layer of ice, causes it to be very smooth   Europa  
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Ice layer may provide a thin atmosphere as hydrogen and oxygen are released when planet is exposed to sunlight.    
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There is possibility of an active sea of liquid water beneath the surface   Europa  
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Most striking feature of surface is series of dark streaks that may be due to geysers or volcanic eruptions   Europa  
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Larger than mercury but only half its mass   Ganymede  
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Thought to have a 3 layered structure of a molten iron core, silicate mantle, ice exterior   Ganymede  
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Surface marked by older, dark, highly cratered regions, mixed with lighter grooved regions   Ganymede  
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Grooves indicate tectonic activity but not very recently   - Ganymede  
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Named for lover of Zeus   Io  
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Formed of silicate rock like Europa   Io  
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Dotted with active volcanoes, calderas, and signs of geological activity   Io  
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Eruptions believed to consist of sulfurous compounds that comprise thin atmosphere   Io  
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Tidal warming from gravity of Jupiter and other satellites   Io  
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Heated electrically from currents produced by Jupiters magnetic field   Io  
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Discovered by Kuiper   Nereid  
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Nereid   Neptune  
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Discovered Miranda, Titan’s atmosphere, and asteroid belt   Kuiper  
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Named for the daughters of Nereus and Doris   Nereid  
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Most eccentric orbit of any satellite 13.9.6 km   Nereid  
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Oddity of this orbit indicates it is likely a captured asteroid   Nereid  
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Named for king of fairies in a midsummer night’s dream   Overon  
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Second largest or Uranus’ satellites, and outermost of large satellites   Oberon  
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Large faults are visible across southern hemisphere   Oberon  
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Surface is heavily cratered, indicating long term tectonic stability   Oberon  
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Craters have dark floors that could possibly indicate post impact upwellings of water   Oberon  
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Largest of Saturn satellites   Titan  
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Measurements are difficult because Titan’s major characterstic: substantial atmosphere   Titan  
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Atmosphere mix Nitrogen (80%) and methane (20%) and argon trace   Titan  
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Discovered by Herschel   Titania  
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Named for queen of fairies   Titania  
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Surface is mix of craters and valleys   Titania  
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Began as liquid and then cooled surface first   Titania  
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Ice had formed, the interior, freezing forced surface cracks which formed valleys   Titania  
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Appearance of some craters where ice appears to have melted and filled in   Titania  
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Titania   Uranus  
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Titan   Saturn  
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Oberon   Uranus  
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The largest of neptune’s satellites   Triton  
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unusual retrograde orbit, indicates that it was not part of natural formation of other moons   Triton  
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Seismic activity in the form of ice volcanoes   Triton  
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Tenuous nitrogen-methane atmosphere,southern hemisphere ice cap of nitrogen and methane   Triton.  
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Odd rotational axis which tends to alternate polar and equatorial regions facing the sun   Triton  
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