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Moons Flashcards

1
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larger martian moon

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Phobos

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1
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larger martian moon

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Phobos

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2
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will eventually collide with mars

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Phobos

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3
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Phobos’s massive crater

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stickney

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4
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orbits of martian moons

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equatorial

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5
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Largest active volcano on Io

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Loki

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6
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atmosphere of Io

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sulfur dioxide

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7
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where Io’s erupted ions go

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io plasma torus

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8
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“Maria” here are likely formed similar to those on the moon, but they are light colored instead of dark colored

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Ganymede

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9
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Extremely large dark region on Ganymede

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Galileo Regio

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10
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Ripple lines surrounding massive craters where the crust partially melted and resolidified

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Callisto

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11
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large crater on Callisto

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Valhalla

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12
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irregularly shaped moon orbiting closer than Io to Jupiter

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Amalthea

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13
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orbit of Amalthea

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Prograde synchronous orbit

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14
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Jupiter’s rings likely formed from meteoritic chipping of material from which moons

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adrastea and metis

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15
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shepherds the Encke Gap of Saturn

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Pan

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16
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shepherds the Keeler Gap of Saturn

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Daphnis

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17
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produces the E ring of Saturn via volcanism

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Enceladus

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18
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creates the Cassini division

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Mimas

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19
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resonance with Mimas and this moon helps create the A ring

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Atlas

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20
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moons that create a kinked structure in the F ring and keep it thin

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Prometheus and Pandora

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21
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G ring has regions of brightness called arcs that move in resonance with what moon of Saturn

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Mimas

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22
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2 largest of Saturns small moons

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Hyperion and Phoebe

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23
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coorbiting small satellites that switch orbits

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Janus and Epimetheus

24
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have synchronized orbits with Tethys in its lagrange points

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Telesto and Calypso

25
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Telesto and Calypso have synchronized orbits with this moon in its lagrange points

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Tethys

26
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number of medium moons orbiting Saturn

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6

27
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1st medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Mimas

28
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2nd medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Enceladus

29
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3rd medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Tethys

30
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4th medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Dione

31
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5th medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Rhea

32
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6th medium moon orbiting Saturn

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Iapetus

33
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Saturn’s only medium moon that isn’t tidally locked

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Iapetus

34
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Saturn’s medium moons that show evidence of volcanic activity

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Rhea, Dione, and Tethys

35
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largest of the medium sized moons of Saturn

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Rhea

36
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prominent light streaks on the trailing side of Rhea and Dione

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Wispy terrain

37
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smallest of the medium sized moons of Saturn

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Mimas

38
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Massive Herschel crater on its leading face

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Mimas

39
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Enceladus geysers on this pole

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South

40
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four large fractures on either side of the moon Enceladus

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Tiger Stripes

41
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Highest albedo in the solar system

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Enceladus

42
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Leading face is extremely dark with giant unexplained ridge

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Iapetus

43
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ice above the hydrous silicate core of Titan

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Ice VI

44
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Two largest moons of Uranus

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Titania and Oberon

45
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third largest moon of Uranus

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Umbriel

46
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fourth largest moon of Uranus

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Ariel

47
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smallest of Uranus’s 5 main moons

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Miranda

48
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20-kilometer-high scarp on Miranda that is the highest cliff in the Solar System

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Verona Rupes

49
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closest main moon to Uranus

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Miranda

50
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chevron-shaped tectonic features on Miranda

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Coronae

51
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shepherd satellites of the epsilon ring of Uranus

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Cordelia and Ophelia

52
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largest moon of neptune

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triton

53
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terrain on triton that may indicate repeated faulting and deformation

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cantaloupe-like terrain

54
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has nitrogen gas geysers

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triton

55
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second largest neptunian moon

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proteus

56
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third largest neptunian moon

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nereid

57
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acronym for distances of moons orbiting saturn

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METDRTHI

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