Moons of the Milky WayBy: Nikki Bajaj, Patrick Culligun, Matthew

Portas, and Norah Murphey

Moon

• Earth’s moon is called Moon with a capital “M”

• A complete orbit takes 27 Earth Days• 239 thousand milesA• The diameter is 3, 476 km

Mars

• Mars has two moons both composed of C- type rock

• It has two moons: Deimos and Phobos• Deimos and Phobos were both found by

Asaph Hall and were named after the two sons of Ares

Deimos

• Deimis was discovered 8/11/1877 • About 11km• Orbits around mars every 30 hours• Orbit size is 23, 458 km• Radius 6.2 km• 998 km

Phobos

• 18 Km in diameter• Orbits Mars three times a day• Nearing mars at a rate of 1.8 meters every hundred

years• 6 mile crater called “Stickney”• Discovered by Asaph Hall on 8/17/1887• Orbit size is 9,376 km• 11.1 km radius• Volume is 5,729 km^3

Jupiter

• Jupiter has 67 moons • Jupiters main planets are: Io, Europa,

Ganymede, Callisto

Io

• Volcanically active, Surface is covered in Sulfur, travels in a slighty elliptical orbit

• Orbits 1.769 Days• Orbit Radius 422 x 10^3 Km • Diameter is 3, 630 km • Mass is 88,900 10^18 kg

Europa

• Orbital period is 3.551 days • Radius of orbit- 671 x 10^3• Diameter is 3,138 km • Mass is 47,900 x 10^18 Kg

Ganymede

• Orbital Period is 7.155 days• Radius of orbit 1, 070 x 10^3• Diameter 5,262km• 148,000 x 10^18• Has its own magneto sphere

Callisto

• Orbital period is 16.69 days• Radius of orbit is 1,883 x 10^3 km• Diameter is 4,800 km• Mass is 107, 000 x 10^18kg

Uranus

• 27 Known moons • Least massive Satellite system of the solar system • Small shepherd moons orbit at the edge of the rings

and keep dust from escaping • The 5 main moons include– Miranda– Ariel– Umbriel– Titania– Oberon

Miranda

• Orbital time is 1.41 days• Radius is 129 x 10^3 km• The diameter is 480 km• The mass is 180 x 10^18 kg

Ariel

• Orbital period is 2.52 days• The radius of orbit is 191 x 10^3 km• The diameter is 1,170km • The mass is 1,600 x 10^18kg

Umbriel

• The Orbital period is 4.14 days • The radius of orbit is 266 x 10^3km• The diameter is 1,190km• The mass is 1,000 x 10^18 kg

Titania

• The orbital period is 8.71 days• The radius of orbit is 436 x 10^3 • The diameter is 1,590 km• The mass is 5,900 x 10^18kg

Saturn

• Saturn has at least 150 rooms• 53 have formal names• Titan is the largest moon

Titan

• Orbit size 1,221,865 km• Mean Radius is 2,574.7 km• The Volume is 71,496,320,086km^3• The mass is 134,552,523,083• Was discovered by Christiaan Huygen

Neptune

• Neptune has 13 planets• The biggest of these planets is Triton

Triton

• Discovered October 10, 1846 by British astronomer William Lassell• Coldest object in the Solar System, about -400

degrees Fahrenheit• Orbits in the opposite direction of the planets

rotation • Orbit size- 354,759 km• Mean radius 1353.4km• Volume- 10,384,058,491km^3• Mass- 21,394,990,550,895,500,000,000Kg

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