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Moons of the Gas Giants
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Io
Orbits Jupiter. It's the most volcanically active body in the Solar System.
Europa
Orbits Jupiter. Believed to have a subsurface ocean that may harbor life.
Ganymede
Orbits Jupiter. It is the largest moon in the Solar System.
Callisto
Orbits Jupiter. Known for its heavily cratered surface and is the oldest landscape in the Solar System.
Titan
Orbits Saturn. Has a thick atmosphere and liquid hydrocarbon lakes.
Rhea
Orbits Saturn. It's the second-largest moon of Saturn and has a thin oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Iapetus
Orbits Saturn. Known for its two-tone coloration and large equatorial ridge.
Triton
Orbits Neptune. It's the largest moon of Neptune and has geysers believed to be nitrogen ice volcanoes.
Umbriel
Orbits Uranus. Dark-surfaced moon with a large, mysterious bright ring on one hemisphere.
Ariel
Orbits Uranus. Surface shows signs of extensive geological activity.
Oberon
Orbits Uranus. Has numerous impact craters and a possible ice volcano.
Titania
Orbits Uranus. It is the largest of Uranus's moons and has long canyons.
Hyperion
Orbits Saturn. Chaotic rotation and its spongy appearance makes it unique.
Miranda
Orbits Uranus. Known for its 'coronae', geological features unique to this moon.
Mimas
Orbits Saturn. Resembles the Star Wars Death Star due to its large crater 'Herschel'.
Tethys
Orbits Saturn. Has a large valley named Ithaca Chasma and a large impact crater called Odysseus.
Dione
Orbits Saturn. It has bright, wispy terrain on its trailing hemisphere.
Enceladus
Orbits Saturn. Known for its geysers emitting plumes of water ice and organic particles from its south polar region.
Phoebe
Orbits Saturn. Irregular shape and retrograde orbit suggest it's a captured centaur from the Kuiper belt.
Amalthea
Orbits Jupiter. A small red-tinted moon located inside the orbit of the Galilean moons.
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