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1 Moons of the Giant Planets Reading is actually in the earlier chapters of the text: 2,3,4 that we have already done

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3 The Galilean Moons of Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto

4 Volcanoes of Io

5 Io

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8 Europa

9 Europa

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11 Ganymede

12 Ganymede

13 Callisto No sign of volcanic or tectonic activity But magnetic field measurements say that a salty ocean beneath the icy surface cannot be ruled out

14 Callisto

15 Moons of Saturn

16 Titan

17 Cassini’s view of Titan in the IR

18 Mosaics from Cassini flyby

19 Cassini – radar mapping of Titan

20 From 8km up

21 Mosaic of descent images

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23 Enceladus has an atmosphere

24 Uranus’s Moon Miranda Not one of the largest moons, but shows an apparently fresh surface

25 Neptune’s Moon Triton Triton is larger than Pluto and has a peculiar orbit It orbits in a retrograde direction, in a plane highly inclined to that of Neptune’s equator

26 Triton – “seas” of ice or slush?


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