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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: • • • • 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.