Major Moon of our Solar System Facts – Flashcards
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Largest moon of Pluto
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Charon
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Largest moon relative to its planet's size
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Charon
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Named for boatman of the Greek underworld
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Charon
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Discovered by Jim Christy
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Charon
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Wife of discoverer is Charlene Christy
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Charon
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Has synchronous orbit with Pluto
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Charon
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This and its planet are called a "double planet system"
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Charon
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First closely observed by New Horizons
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Charon
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Smaller moon of Mars
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Deimos
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Smallest moon in the solar system
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Deimos
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Greek for "terror"
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Deimos
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Orbits further out from Mars than any other moon
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Deimos
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Moons that were photographed by Mariner 9
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Deimos and Phobos
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Moons that were discovered by Asaph Hall
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Deimos and Phobos
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Greek for fear
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Phobos
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Orbits closer to Mars than any other moon
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Phobos
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Larger moon of Mars
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Phobos
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Has a crater named Stickney
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Phobos
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Has a crater named for its discoverer's wife's maiden name
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Phobos
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3rd largest moon of Neptune
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Nereid
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Discovered by Gerard Kuiper
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Nereid
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Is named for the daughter of Nereus and Doris
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Nereid
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Has the most eccentric orbit of any moon
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Nereid
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Moons that were visited by Voyager II
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Oberon, Nereid, Titania, and Triton
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Second largest moon of Uranus
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Oberon
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Outermost of Uranus's moon
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Oberon
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Named for the king of the fairies in A Midsummernight's Dream
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Oberon
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Has long faults on its southern hemisphere
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Oberon
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Moons that were discovered by Sir William Herschel
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Oberon and Titania
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Was originally called Uranus IV
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Oberon
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9th largest moon in the solar system
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Oberon
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Most heavily cratered moon of Uranus
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Oberon
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Its largest crater is Hamlet, then Macbeth, Romeo, and Othello
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Oberon
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Largest moon of Uranus
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Titania
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Is named for the queen of the fairies in A Midsummernight's Dream
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Titania
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Surface has an odd mixture of craters and valleys, probably because its surface was a liquid that cooled
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Titania
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8th largest moon in the solar system
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Titania
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2nd farthest moon from Uranus
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Titania
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Largest moon of Neptune
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Triton
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Has retrograde orbit
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Triton
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Has seismic activity from ice volcanoes
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Triton
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Has a nitrogen-methane atmosphere
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Triton
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Has an ice cap in its southern hemisphere
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Triton
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Discovered by William Lassell
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Triton
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Has geysers that erupt nitrogen
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Triton
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7th largest moon in the solar system
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Triton
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More than half of its surface is covered with frozen nitrogen
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Triton
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The largest moon in the solar system
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Ganymede
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The largest moon of Jupiter
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Ganymede
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Largest Galilean moon
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Ganymede
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2nd outermost Galilean moon
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Ganymede
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3rd most dense Galilean moon
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Ganymede
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Has old, highly cratered sections and light, grooved regions
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Ganymede
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Originally called Jupiter III
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Ganymede
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Named for a Trojan prince in Greek Mythology
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Ganymede
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Moons that Pioneer 10 and 11 flew by
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Castillo, Europa, Ganymede, Io, and Titan
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Galilean moons
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Castillo, Europa, Ganymede, and Io
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Moons discovered by Galileo
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Castillo, Europa, Ganymede, and Io
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Only planet in our solar system to have a magnetosphere
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Ganymede
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3rd largest Galilean moon
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Io
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Named for a lover of Zeus
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Io
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Looks a lot like Europa
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Io
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Its radiations doubles the strength of Jupiter's magnetosphere
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Io
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Most dense Galilean moon
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Io
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Smallest Galilean moon
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Europa
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Looks a lot like Io
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Europa
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2nd most dense Galilean moon
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Europa
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May have an active sea of water under its surface
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Europa
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Is an icy moon
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Europa
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Was discovered by Simon Marius the same time as its credited discovered found it
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Europa
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Is an extremely reflective moon
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Europa
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Is the outermost Galilean moon
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Castillo
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Is the least dense Galilean moon
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Castillo
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Is the 2nd largest Galilean moon
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Castillo
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Was called Jupiter IV by Galileo
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Castillo
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Was named for the daughter of King Arcadia
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Castillo
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Has the oldest surface of any object in the solar system
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Castillo
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Was called Jupiter I by Galileo
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Io
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Was called Jupiter II by Galileo
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Europa
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Closest moon to Jupiter
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Io
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2nd closest moon to Jupiter
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Europa
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3rd closest moon to Jupiter
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Ganymede
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Farthest moon from Jupiter
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Castillo
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Largest moon of Saturn
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Titan
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2nd largest moon in solar system
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Titan
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Only moon with a substantial atmosphere
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Titan
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Conditions on this planet are similar to early Earth
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Titan
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Its name comes from the fathers of the gods in Greek mythology
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Titan
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Has lots of Methane lakes
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Titan
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Has a feature called "Magic Island"
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Titan
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Was discovered by Christiaan Huygens
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