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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:52 PM Nov 2020

The six largest moons of the solar system in perspective

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The six largest moons of the solar system in perspective (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP

Ah the Moon, our Moon is so important to life on Earth StClone Nov 2020 #1

Moon Moon CharleyDog Nov 2020 #2

Is that to scale? Midnightwalk Nov 2020 #3

No. Except for Titan and our Moon, those are 4 of the 79 known moons of Jupiter... Princess Turandot Nov 2020 #4

Europa is the most interesting of all PJMcK Nov 2020 #5

StClone

(11,682 posts)

1. Ah the Moon, our Moon is so important to life on Earth

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

Nov 2020

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/moon-life-tides/

CharleyDog

(757 posts)

2. Moon Moon

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 12:33 AM

Nov 2020

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Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

3. Is that to scale?

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 12:37 AM

Nov 2020

Doesn’t that make the moon enormous compared to its planet size?

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)

4. No. Except for Titan and our Moon, those are 4 of the 79 known moons of Jupiter...

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 12:56 AM

Nov 2020

which is enormous. Titan is a moon of Saturn, which is also enormous.

PJMcK

(21,988 posts)

5. Europa is the most interesting of all

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 01:20 AM

Nov 2020

It's a slushy snowball that is tidally heated by Jupiter's gravity. There could be some form of life there. That moon should be the target of our space explorations.

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