Outer planets vocab Flashcards
What are gas giants?
Gas giants are large, planet of relatively, low density, consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Italian astronomer, who had the idea of perfect and unchanging cosmos
What are Galilean moons?
They are Jupiters, four moons Io, Europa, Mede and Callisto
William herschel
He was one of the first professional, astronomers and discovered infrared radiation
What are belts?
Dark colored cloud bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter
What are zones?
They are light colored cloud bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter
What’s the a ring
The outer most bright ring of Saturn that is visible from earth
What is the b ring
The bright ring of Saturn between the a ring and c ring that is visible from earth
What is the c ring
The innermost bright ring of Saturn that is visible from earth
What is the Cassini division
Dark ring of Saturn between the a ring and b ring
What is europa?
Sixth largest moon in the solar system in Jupiters, fourth largest satellite it is the smoothest, solid planet has some high spills and large craters are fair
ganymede
Largest moon in our solar system a metallic iron core a spherical shell of mostly ice surrounding the rock shell
Callisto
Second largest moon, and third largest moon in our solar system icy surface creators of various
shapes with multiple rings
