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The Moons of Planets
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Miranda
Orbiting Planet: Uranus Interesting Facts: Known for its extreme geological activity, showcases huge canyons and diverse terrain, one of the smallest and innermost of Uranus' moons.
Deimos
Orbiting Planet: Mars Interesting Facts: Smallest moon of Mars, has a smoother appearance than its sibling, orbits at a greater distance from Mars.
Rhea
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Second-largest moon of Saturn, made primarily of water ice, has a very thin oxygen–carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Tethys
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Home to a massive canyon system called Ithaca Chasma, almost completely composed of water ice, named after a Titaness from Greek mythology.
Europa
Orbiting Planet: Jupiter Interesting Facts: Has a subsurface ocean, possible abode of extraterrestrial life, smooth and bright surface with water-ice.
Callisto
Orbiting Planet: Jupiter Interesting Facts: Heavily cratered ice surface, believed to have subsurface ocean, has a very old landscape.
Phobos
Orbiting Planet: Mars Interesting Facts: Closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system, doomed to crash into Mars or break apart, named after a Greek god personifying fear.
Umbriel
Orbiting Planet: Uranus Interesting Facts: Dark, heavily cratered surface with a mysterious bright ring feature, third-largest moon of Uranus, composed mostly of ice with a rocky core.
Ganymede
Orbiting Planet: Jupiter Interesting Facts: Largest moon in the solar system, is bigger than the planet Mercury, has its own magnetic field.
Iapetus
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Known for its unusual two-toned coloration, has a distinctive equatorial ridge, named after a Titan from Greek mythology.
Hyperion
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Chaotic rotation, sponge-like appearance due to its unusually porous surface, has a reddish color likely due to tholins.
Io
Orbiting Planet: Jupiter Interesting Facts: Most volcanically active body in our solar system, has over 400 active volcanoes, lacks water ice.
Enceladus
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Eruptive geysers at the south pole, may have a subsurface ocean, surface is mostly water ice.
Ariel
Orbiting Planet: Uranus Interesting Facts: Brightest of Uranus' moons, has the youngest and most complex surface, named after a spirit in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest.'
Charon
Orbiting Planet: Pluto Interesting Facts: Largest of Pluto's moons, has an unexplained red polar cap, forms a binary system with Pluto.
Dione
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Has a surface of ice and rock, features bright, wispy streaks and a subsurface ocean, named after the Titaness mother of the Greek god Aphrodite.
Triton
Orbiting Planet: Neptune Interesting Facts: Largest moon of Neptune, geologically active with geysers, orbits the planet in a retrograde direction.
Mimas
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Has a giant crater called Herschel, appearance reminiscent of the Death Star, smallest spherical body with enough gravity to become round due to self-gravitation.
Oberon
Orbiting Planet: Uranus Interesting Facts: Uranus’ second-largest moon, heavily cratered and icy surface, may consist of water ice mixed with rock.
Titan
Orbiting Planet: Saturn Interesting Facts: Only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, has liquid hydrocarbon lakes, second-largest moon in our solar system.
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