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Moons of the Solar System
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Hyperion
Orbits Saturn; chaotic rotation; sponge-like appearance.
Rhea
Orbits Saturn; second-largest moon of Saturn; has a thin oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Ganymede
Orbits Jupiter; largest moon in the Solar System; has a magnetic field.
Iapetus
Orbits Saturn; distinctive dark and light terrain; has an equatorial ridge.
Io
Orbits Jupiter; most volcanically active body in the Solar System; sulfur-rich surface.
Charon
Orbits Pluto; half the size of Pluto; has a reddish polar region.
Umbriel
Orbits Uranus; dark surface; heavily cratered with little evidence of internal activity.
Himalia
Orbits Jupiter; largest of the outer moons; likely a captured asteroid.
Callisto
Orbits Jupiter; heavily cratered ice rock; has a very old and heavily cratered surface.
Thebe
Orbits Jupiter; has a higher density than Amalthea; heavily cratered.
Europa
Orbits Jupiter; ice-encrusted ocean world; potential for extraterrestrial life.
Oberon
Orbits Uranus; largest Uranian moon; marked by large impact craters and icy surface.
Triton
Orbits Neptune; retrograde orbit; geysers of nitrogen gas.
Titania
Orbits Uranus; Uranus's largest moon; geological features suggest ancient volcanic activity.
Enceladus
Orbits Saturn; spews water-ice from its south polar region; potential for subsurface ocean.
Amalthea
Orbits Jupiter; red-tinted surface; one of the innermost moons of Jupiter.
Phobos
Orbits Mars; irregularly shaped; close to the planet causing tidal forces.
Titan
Orbits Saturn; thick nitrogen atmosphere; lakes of liquid ethane and methane.
Mimas
Orbits Saturn; resembles the Death Star from Star Wars; heavily cratered.
Miranda
Orbits Uranus; has large, distinct, and varied terrain; might have been shattered and reassembled.
Deimos
Orbits Mars; smaller and more distant than Phobos; smoother surface.
Ariel
Orbits Uranus; third-largest Uranian moon; very dynamic and young geology.
Dione
Orbits Saturn; has wispy terrain caused by ice cliffs or fractures; has a dense core.
Tethys
Orbits Saturn; large impact basin called Odysseus; high albedo due to water ice.
Elara
Orbits Jupiter; a member of the Himalia group; has an elongated shape.
Adrastea
Orbits Jupiter; one of the smallest of Jupiter's known moons; contributes to Jupiter's ring system.
Metis
Orbits Jupiter; closest moon to Jupiter; tidally locked.
Proteus
Orbits Neptune; largest irregularly shaped moon; has a heavily cratered surface.
Larissa
Orbits Neptune; fourth largest Neptunian moon; has circular features suggesting craters or depressions.
Pasiphae
Orbits Jupiter; retrograde orbit; likely captured and not formed in place.
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