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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
Info on Jupiter's moons (from the Lab)
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Physics
10th Grade
01/06/2007

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-What are Jupiter's Galilean moons?
-What are their characteristics?
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Io: active volcanoes
Europa: ...
Ganymede: largest moon
Callisto: most heavily cratered
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Which moon has the shortest distance to complete one orbit?
Definition
Io
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Which moon has the longest distance to complete one orbit?
Definition
Callisto
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Which moon orbits Jupiter in the least amount of time?
Definition
Io
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Which moon orbits Jupiter in the most amount of time?
Definition
Callisto
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When viewed from a position above Jupiter's north pole, do the Galilean moons appear to move in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction?
Definition
clockwise
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Whem viewed from a position above the north pole of earth, does the moon appear to move in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction?
Definition
Counterclockwise
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