1. Moons of Our Solar System By: ScottThurman Theo Dubiel Moons of Our Solar System
2. The Lonely Planets Mercury does not have a moon. Neither does Venus. Poor planets……..
3. Earth/Moon The surface temperature is 107 degrees Celsius during day and -153 degrees Celsius during the night…on average. Has the largest crater in the Solar System which is called South Pole-Aitkin basin. Fifth largest moon in the Solar System.
4. Mars/Phobos Pronounced as Fo-bes. The name, in Greek, means…… FEAR..................fear One of the least reflective bodies in the Solar System. It is a theory that it might be hollow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_(moon)
5. Jupiter/Callisto Second largest moon of Jupiter. Has no large mountains. Bright central region stretching 600 kilometers long. The rings extend to 3,000 kilometers long. The interior is made of rocks and ice.
6. Saturn/Titan -179.5 degrees Celsius is the temperature of the moon called Titan. The atmosphere consists of 98.4% nitrogen and 1.6% methane. It was the first discovered moon of Saturn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)
7. Uranus/Titania Orbits the planet in 8.705 days. Rotates a full 360 degrees in the exact same time. It is the largest of the moons and is the 8th most massive in our Solar System.
8. Neptune/Triton The seventh largest moon and the 16th largest object in our Solar System. 55% of Triton is covered with frozen nitrogen. Also along with 20% dry ice and 35% water. Streaks across Triton’s surface are left from nitro geysers.
