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Orbits Saturn; chaotic rotation; sponge-like appearance.

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Rhea

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Orbits Saturn; second-largest moon of Saturn; has a thin oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere.

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Ganymede

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Orbits Jupiter; largest moon in the Solar System; has a magnetic field.

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Iapetus

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Orbits Saturn; distinctive dark and light terrain; has an equatorial ridge.

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Io

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Orbits Jupiter; most volcanically active body in the Solar System; sulfur-rich surface.

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Charon

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Orbits Pluto; half the size of Pluto; has a reddish polar region.

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Umbriel

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Orbits Uranus; dark surface; heavily cratered with little evidence of internal activity.

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Himalia

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Orbits Jupiter; largest of the outer moons; likely a captured asteroid.

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Callisto

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Orbits Jupiter; heavily cratered ice rock; has a very old and heavily cratered surface.

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Thebe

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Orbits Jupiter; has a higher density than Amalthea; heavily cratered.

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Europa

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Orbits Jupiter; ice-encrusted ocean world; potential for extraterrestrial life.

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Oberon

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Orbits Uranus; largest Uranian moon; marked by large impact craters and icy surface.

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Triton

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Orbits Neptune; retrograde orbit; geysers of nitrogen gas.

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Titania

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Orbits Uranus; Uranus's largest moon; geological features suggest ancient volcanic activity.

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Enceladus

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Orbits Saturn; spews water-ice from its south polar region; potential for subsurface ocean.

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Amalthea

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Orbits Jupiter; red-tinted surface; one of the innermost moons of Jupiter.

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Phobos

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Orbits Mars; irregularly shaped; close to the planet causing tidal forces.

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Titan

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Orbits Saturn; thick nitrogen atmosphere; lakes of liquid ethane and methane.

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Mimas

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Orbits Saturn; resembles the Death Star from Star Wars; heavily cratered.

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Miranda

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Orbits Uranus; has large, distinct, and varied terrain; might have been shattered and reassembled.

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Deimos

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Orbits Mars; smaller and more distant than Phobos; smoother surface.

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Ariel

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Orbits Uranus; third-largest Uranian moon; very dynamic and young geology.

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Dione

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Orbits Saturn; has wispy terrain caused by ice cliffs or fractures; has a dense core.

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Tethys

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Orbits Saturn; large impact basin called Odysseus; high albedo due to water ice.

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Elara

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Orbits Jupiter; a member of the Himalia group; has an elongated shape.

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Adrastea

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Orbits Jupiter; one of the smallest of Jupiter's known moons; contributes to Jupiter's ring system.

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Metis

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Orbits Jupiter; closest moon to Jupiter; tidally locked.

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Proteus

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Orbits Neptune; largest irregularly shaped moon; has a heavily cratered surface.

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Larissa

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Orbits Neptune; fourth largest Neptunian moon; has circular features suggesting craters or depressions.

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Pasiphae

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Orbits Jupiter; retrograde orbit; likely captured and not formed in place.

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