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I. Jupiter
A. Size:
Outer Planets
______ the mass of all other planets combined
______ the mass of Earth
B. Distance from Sun:
C. Composition:
D. Features:
E. Moons:
_______ (______ the sunlight as Earth)
Mostly ________________________, rocky core
_________________, ______________, _____
_______________________, _______________
____ named satellites. Most (47) are less than 10 km in
diameter.
F. Galilean moons:
_Io_
_Europa_
_Ganymede_
_Callisto_
_______________ active body in solar system
____________ under its ice surface
____________ in solar system
__________ as Mercury
Orbital Resonance
Io
Orbits
Europa
Ganymede
II. Saturn
A. Size:
_______________
B. Distance from Sun: ________ (almost______ the sunlight as Earth)
C. Composition:
D. Features:
E. Rings:
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F. Moons:
Similar to _______, _____________________
_________________, density less than ______
___________, __________________ (slightly weaker
than Earth’s)
________ ring system in the solar system.
Mostly ______________, plus dust and debris.
Particle sizes range from _____________________.
Only ______ thick!!
Gaps caused by the tugging of _______ outside the rings.
____ named and unnamed satellites.
Titan: __________ moon in solar system. Only moon with
an ______________. Lakes of _____________.
III. Uranus
A. Size:
_______ mass of Earth
B. Distance from Sun: ________ (almost_______ the sunlight as Earth)
C. Composition:
D. Features:
E. Moons:
Similar to ________, ____________________
________________, _______________, ________
_____
____
F. Discovery:
______. First planet discovered since antiquity.
• Identified multiple times initially as a ______ and then
also as a ______.
• Discoverer Sir William Herschel first called the planet
_____________ after King George III. As you might
imagine, this choice was not very popular outside of
Britain.
IV. Neptune
A. Size:
_______ mass of Earth
B. Distance from Sun: ________ (about_______ the sunlight as Earth)
C. Composition:
D. Features:
E. Moons:
Similar to ________, _____________________
______________, _______________, ________
_____
____
F. Discovery:
______. First planet discovered by __________
from unexplained changes in the orbit of Uranus.
• Also identified multiple times initially as a _____.
_______ first noted it in 1612.