Jovian Moons

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Across
  1. 4. Moon that is responsible for one of saturn's large dusty rings, both of which orbit backwards.
  2. 6. small asteroid-esk moon with a surface that looks like a sea-sponge or coral
  3. 7. this moon is now believed that have table salt on its surface
  4. 9. This moon has an icey surface that covers a planet-wide ocean. Although unknown the depth of this ocean it is believed to have hydrothermal vents.
  5. 10. the astronomer that finally went out and observed Neptune
  6. 12. this small moon looks like it could be the inspiration for star wars famous evil space station
  7. 14. about how many active volcanos are on Io (2wds)
  8. 17. the amount of time it takes to fall off a cliff on miranda before you hit the ground (2wds)
  9. 18. This moon of saturn has hydrocarbon/water ice 'rocks' and methane lakes. This moon probably has a methane cycle of methane rain
  10. 22. a spherical moon that shows only cratering and no other geologic surface activity
  11. 24. small icey moon that is constantly active and is responsible for saturn's E ring
  12. 25. discovered Uranus while making a star catalog
Down
  1. 1. this galilean moon has a subsurface ocean, frozen surface and an iron core generating a magnetic field
  2. 2. this planet has at least 82 moons
  3. 3. volcanoes that spew ices instead of rocks/lava are called this
  4. 5. the most active object in the solar system
  5. 8. these frozen surface features look like maria on the moon but are created with ices instead
  6. 11. Heavily scarred moon of Uranus. This moon has canyons that are 12 times deeper than the grand canyon that cover its surface.
  7. 13. mission that is being sent to Titan to fly across its surface
  8. 15. Many of Uranus's moons are named after characters from this author
  9. 16. a moon that forms with the planet
  10. 19. this moon has a surface like a canteloupe, with cryovolcanoes and high winds
  11. 20. mission that is being sent to Europa to drill into its ice oceans(2wrds)
  12. 21. this second largest moon of saturn is thought to have a subsurface ocean and a very thin oxygen & carbon dioxide atmosphere
  13. 23. This moon has two faces, one light and one dark