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Moons
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Grade 6 Science Mind Map on Moons, created by Maxwell Amador Vonkeman on 10/11/2016.
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grade 6
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Moons
Earth's moon
The first celestial bodie man kind has ever set foot on
Nobody actually discovered the moon. It has been here for a long time
The moon controls the tides on earth
Only 59% of the moon's surface is visible from earth
The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the earth's rotation of 1000 miles per hour
Titan
The biggest moon in the solar system. Even bigger than mercury
Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan in 1655
Titans diameter is 50 percent lager than our moon
It gets it's hazy atmosphere from nitrogen, with methane and ethane clouds and a thick organic smog
One of the largest natural satellites
Enceladus
Could support life
William Herschel discovered Enceladus in 1789
Named after the Greek mythological giant Enceladus.
Like Europa, it has water
Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon
It is one of the most studied moons
Europa
Could support life
Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius discovered Europa at the same time, in 1610
Has water on the inside of the icy layer
It is the smallest of the Galilean moons
Europa is the sixth closest moon of Jupiter
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