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What are natural satellites and how did they form?

What are natural satellites and how did they form?. wikimedia.org. What is a natural satellite?. Celestial body Orbits another natural body Also called moons. There are 2 kinds of natural satellites:. Regular Satellites Irregular Satellites. wikimedia.org. Irregular Satellites.

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What are natural satellites and how did they form?

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  1. What are natural satellites and how did they form? wikimedia.org

  2. What is a natural satellite? • Celestial body • Orbits another natural body • Also called moons

  3. There are 2 kinds of natural satellites: • Regular Satellites • Irregular Satellites

  4. wikimedia.org Irregular Satellites • Inclined • Mostly Retrogade orbited

  5. Regular Satellites • Mostly Progade orbited • Little inclination wikimedia.org

  6. How they were formed Scientists believe that natural satellites are formed in lots of ways: • Accretion • Capture • Fission • Impact

  7. Moons(natural satellite names) • Ganymede • Titan • Callisto • Io • Luna(Earth's moon) • Europa • Triton • and many more... static.thetimenow.com boysjoys.com

  8. Ganymede • Largest and heaviest moon • Moon of Jupiter • Derived from Ganymede, “The son of King Tros” frostydrew.org

  9. Titan • Dense atmosphere • Only body with liquid other than Earth • Moon of Saturn • Second largest moon wikimedia.org

  10. Callisto • Moon of Jupiter • Third largest moon • Derived from Callisto, the “Nymph of Lycaon” wikimedia.org

  11. Io • Fourth largest moon • Has over 400 active volcanoes • Derived from Io, a “Priestess of Hera” • Moon of Jupiter wikimedia.org

  12. Europa • Sixth largest moon • Moon of Jupiter • Full of water ice wikimedia.org

  13. Triton • Seventh largest moon • Moon of Neptune • Only large moon with Retrogade orbit seasky.org

  14. References: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/FullMoon2010.jpg http://static.thetimenow.com/img/astronomy/all/solarsystemwiki-Galilean-moons-Io-Europa-Ganymede-and-Callisto-650x250.jpg http://boysjoys.com/content/kids/images/titan-triton.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Leading_hemisphere_of_Helene_-_20110618.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/PIA07763_Rhea_full_globe5.jpg http://frostydrew.org/images/ganymede.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Callisto,_moon_of_Jupiter,_NASA.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Io_highest_resolution_true_color.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Europa-moon.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Europa-moon.jpg

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