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Callisto

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Orbits Jupiter. Known for its heavily cratered surface and is the oldest landscape in the Solar System.

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Hyperion

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Orbits Saturn. Chaotic rotation and its spongy appearance makes it unique.

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Amalthea

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Orbits Jupiter. A small red-tinted moon located inside the orbit of the Galilean moons.

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Europa

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Orbits Jupiter. Believed to have a subsurface ocean that may harbor life.

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Titania

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Orbits Uranus. It is the largest of Uranus's moons and has long canyons.

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Miranda

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Orbits Uranus. Known for its 'coronae', geological features unique to this moon.

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Ariel

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Orbits Uranus. Surface shows signs of extensive geological activity.

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Ganymede

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Orbits Jupiter. It is the largest moon in the Solar System.

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Oberon

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Orbits Uranus. Has numerous impact craters and a possible ice volcano.

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Rhea

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Orbits Saturn. It's the second-largest moon of Saturn and has a thin oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere.

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Umbriel

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Orbits Uranus. Dark-surfaced moon with a large, mysterious bright ring on one hemisphere.

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Mimas

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Orbits Saturn. Resembles the Star Wars Death Star due to its large crater 'Herschel'.

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Iapetus

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Orbits Saturn. Known for its two-tone coloration and large equatorial ridge.

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Titan

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Orbits Saturn. Has a thick atmosphere and liquid hydrocarbon lakes.

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Phoebe

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Orbits Saturn. Irregular shape and retrograde orbit suggest it's a captured centaur from the Kuiper belt.

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Triton

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Orbits Neptune. It's the largest moon of Neptune and has geysers believed to be nitrogen ice volcanoes.

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Enceladus

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Orbits Saturn. Known for its geysers emitting plumes of water ice and organic particles from its south polar region.

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Tethys

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Orbits Saturn. Has a large valley named Ithaca Chasma and a large impact crater called Odysseus.

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Io

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Orbits Jupiter. It's the most volcanically active body in the Solar System.

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Dione

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Orbits Saturn. It has bright, wispy terrain on its trailing hemisphere.

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