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Moons of Our Solar System
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Deimos
Orbits Mars; smaller and further away than its sibling moon Phobos; has a smoother appearance due to a cover of regolith.
Ganymede
Orbits Jupiter; is the largest moon in the Solar System; has a magnetic field.
Oberon
Orbits Uranus; is the second-largest Uranian moon; has an old, heavily cratered surface interspersed with bright icy patches.
Enceladus
Orbits Saturn; has geysers spewing water and ice; its subsurface ocean may harbor life.
Charon
Orbits Pluto, with which it forms a binary system; has a red polar region likely caused by tholins; diverse surface with canyons and smooth plains.
Phobos
Orbits Mars; is getting closer to the planet over time; will possibly break up or crash into Mars in the distant future.
Miranda
Orbits Uranus; has one of the most extreme and varied geologies, with canyons and terraces; smallest and innermost of Uranus's five major moons.
Callisto
Orbits Jupiter; has a heavily cratered surface; has an ancient, icy landscape.
Mimas
Orbits Saturn; resembles the 'Death Star' from Star Wars; heavily cratered with a giant impact crater named Herschel.
Europa
Orbits Jupiter; has a surface composed of ice; believed to have a subsurface ocean potentially capable of supporting life.
Ariel
Orbits Uranus; has the brightest and youngest surface among Uranus' moons; characterized by a network of canyons.
Triton
Orbits Neptune; has retrograde orbit; has geysers that are likely driven by seasonal temperature changes.
Umbriel
Orbits Uranus; has the darkest surface of the Uranian moons; has a mysterious bright ring called Wunda in one of its craters.
Titan
Orbits Saturn; has a dense atmosphere; host to hydrocarbon lakes and rivers on its surface.
Io
Orbits Jupiter; has over 400 active volcanoes; surface is yellow to orange in color due to sulfur and sulfur dioxide frost.
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