18. Rings, Moons, and Pluto.pptx - Chapter 12 Rings, Moons, and Pluto 1/3rd of moons in outer solar system have regular orbits, but the rest

Chapter 12Rings, Moons, andPluto

1/3rdof moonsin outer solarsystem haveregular orbits,but the rest areirregular invarious ways.

Jupiter system

Saturn system

Uranussystem

Neptunesystem

The Galilean moons of JupiterGanymedeEuropaIoCallisto

CallistoTidally locked with an orbit of 17 days.Not differentiated!

Orbitalresonance

Tidalheating

GanymedeLarger than Mercury! Not geologically dead

Europa andIo-Where’s

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the ice?

Europa – geologically active ice crust

Water?!

IoHighest level ofvolcanism in thesolar system

50 eruptions in 1997 alone!

A sulfur and sulfar dioxide “snowfall”

100 recently active volcanoes

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