Ch. 18Lesson 3

What do we know about Jupiter, Saturn & Uranus?

outer outer planetsplanets

Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

gasgiants

• larger• many moons

• far apart• rings

JupiterJupiter•largest planetlargest planet

View of Jupiter from Voyager 1

JupiterJupiter•many moonsmany moons

•6363 moons moons

Galileo

used telescope to see 4 moonsrevolving around Jupiter

Jupiter- 63 known Jupiter- 63 known moonsmoons

Largest 4:Largest 4:

Callisto-most cratered object in solar system

Io-most volcanically active object in solar system

Ganymede-largest moon in solar system

Europa-liquid ocean?

Jupiter with one of its many moons.

Saturn

Saturn• rings-made of ice, dust, rock

Saturn•Voyager space probe

Voyager record

Name that sound from the Voyager record.

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2.

3.

Saturn•34 moons-largest Titan- has atmosphere

Uranus•rotates on its side

•90o angle

Uranus •27 moons