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Ch13 Uranus&Neptune2

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TermDefinition
Magnetic Axis plane through a planet where the magnetic field lines intersect at the surface
Dynamo rotating, conducting material flowing in an object's interior producing a magnetic field
Slush slurry mixture of small ice crystals and liquid
Miranda smallest round moon of Uranus with the tallest known cliff in the solar system
Umbriel darkest of Uranus' large moons
Titania Uranus' largest moon
Radiation Darkening solar energy slowly causes a dark hydrocarbon layer to build up on an icy surface
Triton Neptune's largest moon with a retrograde orbit, nitrogen geysers, and ice volcanoes
Retrograde Orbit some moons of the outer planets orbit backwards (clockwise)
Nereid third-largest moon of Neptune; has the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system
Eccentric flat elliptical orbit of an object
Geyser when liquid intermittently boils, sending a tall column of it and steam above the surface
Ice Volcano upwelling of hot semifluid material from below the crust to the surface
Stellar Occultation dimming of starlight when an object passes directly in front of a star
Planetary Ring System material organized into thin, flat rings encircling a planet's equator
Ring Segments narrow region in a planetary ring system where the density of ring particles is high
Shepherd Moon satellite whose gravity on a ring helps preserve its shape
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