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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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The Galilean Moons of Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
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Volcanoes of Io
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Io
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Europa
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Europa
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Ganymede
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Ganymede
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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
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Callisto
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Moons of Saturn
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Titan
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Cassini’s view of Titan in the IR
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Mosaics from Cassini flyby
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Cassini – radar mapping of Titan
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From 8km up
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Mosaic of descent images
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Enceladus has an atmosphere
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Uranus’s Moon Miranda Not one of the largest moons, but shows an apparently fresh surface
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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
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Triton – “seas” of ice or slush?
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