SUB.H | Goodnight Moons
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We’ve already discovered more than 200 moons in our solar system, and they’re as diverse as you could imagine. Some orbit planets; others, asteroids. Some are enormous (Jupiter’s Ganymede tops the list, with a radius of 1,636.8 mi, making it even bigger than the planet Mercury), and others tiny (Deimos, orbiting Mars, has a radius of less than 4 miles, though there are probably others of that size that have yet to be named). Some have atmospheres and even oceans. Do any have life? Maybe someday we’ll find out.
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Curriculum Reference Links
- Earth and Space / Building Blocks/ 1:Â Â Students should be able to describe the relationships between various celestial objects including moons, asteroids, comets, planets, stars, solar systems, galaxies and space.
- Earth and Space / Building Blocks/ 3:Â Students should be able to interpret data to compare the Earth with other planets and moons in the solar system, with respect to properties including mass, gravity, size, and composition.
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