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