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By A rjun Gutta Part 1. Moons. Moons. Moons for Each Planet. Solar System. Mercury: 0 Venus: 0 Earth: 1 Mars: 2 Jupiter: 63 Saturn:61 Uranus: 27 Neptune: 13 Pluto: 3. Earth’s Moon. The moon takes about 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, and 11.6 seconds to orbit the Earth.
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By Arjun Gutta Part 1 Moons
Moons Moons for Each Planet Solar System • Mercury: 0 • Venus: 0 • Earth: 1 • Mars: 2 • Jupiter: 63 • Saturn:61 • Uranus: 27 • Neptune: 13 • Pluto: 3
Earth’s Moon • The moon takes about 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, and 11.6 seconds to orbit the Earth. • Earth’s moon creates the waves that surfers ride. • Among the craters of the moon, mountain peaks rise up to 13,000 ft. high. • The Romans named their moon Luna.
Mars’Moon: Phobos Phobos • Phobos was named after the attendant of the Roman god Mars (Ares).
Jupiter’sMoon: Callisto • Callisto is the least dense of the four moons of Jupiter. • It’s texture is between ice and rock. • Callisto is very heavily cratered.
Saturn’sMoon: Titan • Saturn’s moon Titan may be it’s most famous moon. • Titan is very similar to our moon, except for the name. • Titan orbits just around the rings outside of Saturn.
Pluto’sMoon: Hydra • Pluto’s moon Hydra is the brightest moon of Pluto. • Hydra may have been named after the Greek creature. • Hydra is the farthest away from Pluto. • Hydra is the most rocky of all the moons of Pluto.