... Besides the Moon, Earth now has many artificial satellites, put up by us earthlings for a variety of purposes. ... The calculation applied by Newton to the Moon can also be used for them. ...
... Parting view of Earth and Moon from Voyager 36K gif . ... Earth-Moon together from Galileo 2nd flyby P-41508 79K gif . ... Earth and the Moon from Mariner 10 40k gif . Earth and the Moon from Nozomi html . ...
... The moon is extremely elongated about 145 by 85 by 62 kilometers (90 by 53 by 39 miles) in diameter. ... Stooke, P. J., "Shapes and Surface Features of Prometheus and Pandora," Earth, Moon and Planets , 62 (1993), 199-221. ...
... D ione is the densest of Saturn 's moons (aside from Titan , whose density is increased by gravitational compression). ... Like Callisto , the craters lack the high relief features seen on the Moon and Mercury . ...
... Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons. orbit : 129,850 km from Uranus diameter : 472 km mass : 6.3e19 kg M iranda is ... Everyone had expected that Uranus' moons would show very little history of internal activity (like Callisto ). ...
... It is the only large moon to orbit "backwards", the only other moons with retrograde orbits are Jupiter 's moons Ananke , Carme , Pasiphae and Sinope and Saturn 's Phoebe all of which are less than 1/10 the diameter of Triton. ...
... 9. History . 10. Moon . 11. Orbits . 12. ... 148) View of Earth and Moon from Mars . (155) Questions about the Solar Corona: . ... 5) Asymmetry of the Moon's orbit. (30) Radiation hazard in space (3 queries) . ...
... Planetary Protection and the Icy Moons of the Giant Planets . ... waves in the system hidden ocean of the Jovian moon Europa - ice shell ... of Existence of an Ocean at the Jovian Moon Europa Based on the Study of Its Ice ...