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What are 3 moons of mars?
Mars has two moons which are among the smallest moons in the solar system. They are made up of Carbon rich rock and ice. The moons are called Deimos and Phobos.
What Jupiters four Galilean moons and describe something about each of them?
Ganymede - looks just like MercuryCallisto - Possible sub surface ocean.Io - The most volcanically active body in the Solar SystemEuropa - Has a crust of frozen ice an the possibility of an ocean.
Is there water in any form on jupiters moon?
The US space agency's data from a planetary missions shows what appears to be a large body of water beneath Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa. Similar deposits are thought to be present on Ganymede and Callisto.
What is Jupiters climate like?
Jupiter is a big gas giant and has rings with ice in them
Does any of the moons on Saturn have water?
It is known that it has frozen water but it is unclear whether or not it has liquid water. There may be some indirect evidence of water under its frozen surface, in the form of spreading cracks.
Which jupiters moon covered with water ice?
Typical of moons of the outer solar system nearly all of Jupiter's moons are covered in ice. Only Io, the innermost moon is not and that it because it is powerfully volcanic.
Does Jupiters moon have any water on it?
Jupiters moon is thought to contain microscopic ice crystals but this theory has not yet been proven
Why is ice on the moon referred to as water ice?
To differentiate from other frozen liquids like methane ice. The moons of the gas giants are mostly covered in methane ice.
Which planet has the most moons discovered by 2002?
Jupiter (or Saturn that depends on your definition of "moon" the rings of Saturn are composed of billions of chunks of rock and ice which each could be called a "moon" if you want to stretch the definition a lot...)
Why are jovian moons more geologically active than the moon or mercury?
Jovian moons are made mostly of ice that can melt or deform at lower temperatures than can the rock and metal that make up the Moon and Mercury.
Are all the moons made of the same stuff?
No. The composition of the moons differs, in some cases considerably. For example, Earth's moon is mainly rock, but some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn appear to be mainly ice.
What does a moon show evidence of?
some moons show evidence of ice or water that lie deep beneath the surface
What are 3 moons of mars?
Mars has two moons which are among the smallest moons in the solar system. They are made up of Carbon rich rock and ice. The moons are called Deimos and Phobos.
Which of Jupiters moons is thought to have more water than earth?
Not too sure if it has more water than Earth, but Europa has an estimated ice crust over 60 miles deep, with the possiblity of liquid water under this.
Is there any form of water on Saturn's moon Titan?
Yes in large pockets of ice like all of saturns moons.
Europa is a remarkable moon because it?
Europa is a remarkable moon because it may be comprised of mostly liquid water under a layer of ice. Europa is one of the moons of Jupiter.
What Jupiters four Galilean moons and describe something about each of them?
Ganymede - looks just like MercuryCallisto - Possible sub surface ocean.Io - The most volcanically active body in the Solar SystemEuropa - Has a crust of frozen ice an the possibility of an ocean.
