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How many days long is Jupiter's moon's orbit around Jupiter?
It taked 4,333 days to go round the sun. Not Jovian days. Normal days of ours
How fast Jupiter moon moves?
jupiter moves around its orbit lol
Why is some planet don't have moon?
It has to do with the formation of the planet and happenstance. The Earth has a gigantic moon relative to the Earth's size because (it is currently theorized) when the Earth was nearly formed, it collided with another planet (Orpheus) at an oblique angle which scattered debris around the forming Earth. This debris coalesced into what is now our Moon. Mars, Venus and Mercury did not have these types of collisions so they did not have a moon form when they were formed. However, Mars' gravitational pull has captured its moons: Phobos and Deimos. These rocks that look like potatoes are thought to be captured from the asteroid belt. The Jovian Planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune all have multiple moons. Most of the Jovian moons are thought to have been formed at the same time as the planets during the accretion phase of the solar system. Some Jovian moons are small captured rocks from the asteroid belt or the Kuiper Belt (the Kuiper Belt is a ring of rocks and ice left over from the formation of the solar system which revolves around the sun outside the orbit of Neptune.) The largest captured moon is thought to be Neptune's moon Triton. This moon revolves around Neptune in a "retrograde" orbit. This means the moon goes around Neptune in the opposite direction in which Neptune spins. It is about 3/4 the size of the Earth's moon and could have been a planet in its own right. But it was captured by Neptune and is doomed to crash into the planet or be torn apart by tidal forces creating a new ring system around Neptune in a few million years. Neptune has 4 known moons that are thought to be captured Kuiper Belt objects Pluto, no longer considered a "planet" rather a "Dwarf Planet", has a moon, Charon. It is thought that both Pluto and Charon are two individually formed Kuiper Belt chunks of ice and dust that are caught in a gravitational dance.
Why is Pluto more like a moon than a Jovian or terrestrial planet?
Pluto is more like a moon because now it is just another part of the kipper belt and since it doesn't clear out its path of orbit it is not a planet also it is considered the largest asteroid.
Why have many jovian moons been more geologically active than the moon or mercury?
Unlike Earth's moon and Mercury, the Jovian moons are subject to very strong tidal forces that heat their interiors.
Which large Jovian moon is thought to have been captured into its present orbit?
Triton.
What is the largest jovian moon?
Ganymede is the largest Jovian Moon.
What causes the moon to revolve around earth in an ellipse-shaped orbit?
The gravitational attraction of the earth on the moon. The ellipse including a circle indicates a captured orbit. If the moon was not captured it could travel the path of a parabola or Hyperbola.
What is a moon of Jupiter called?
A moon of Jupiter is called a Jovian moon.
Why moon tiny?
In order for the moon to have been captured by the earth, it has to be smaller than the earth. If it were bigger, it would have pulled the earth into its orbit, making the earth the moon.
How many days long is Jupiter's moon's orbit around Jupiter?
It taked 4,333 days to go round the sun. Not Jovian days. Normal days of ours
Does a jovian planet have moon?
All four Jovian planets in our solar system have multiple moons.
How does the current model of the formation of Earths moon differ from the nebular model of moon formation?
In previous models, the moon either formed concurrently with Earth in its accretion disk, or was captured when its orbit crossed that of Earth's and was captured in Earth's gravitational field.
How does the current model of the formation of earth's moon differ from the nebular model of moon formation?
In previous models, the moon either formed concurrently with Earth in its accretion disk, or was captured when its orbit crossed that of Earth's and was captured in Earth's gravitational field.
Which Jovian moon with the thickest atmosphere?
Titan
What moon had the best chance of supporting life?
Jovian
How fast Jupiter moon moves?
jupiter moves around its orbit lol
