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Exploring the Planets
Go to NASA. Check out the moon chart.
Counting both the named and provisionally named moons, how many do we know of that orbit Jupiter? _____ Saturn? ______
Why do you think that huge planets get more moons than small ones like Earth? ______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Right click on Compare Mercury to other planets/moons. Look near the bottom of the page and find the New Planets/Moons to Compare. Try out comparisons between several different space objects with Mercury. List a few fun facts that you've found.
Go back to the Mercury page. Click on Read More About Mercury. Do you think that places on Mercury ever have temperatures that are right for humans? ____________
Could someone live in perpetual twilight on Mercury and be relatively okay? __________________________
What could be dangerous about trying to observe Mercury? ___________________________________________________________________________________
Would you expect to find pieces of meteorites on the surface of Mercury? ____________________________________________ ______
What are scarps? How were they formed on Mercury? ____________________________________________________________________________________
Does Mercury have active volcanoes? __________________________________________
Water? ______________________________
A magnetic field? _______________________________
Who discovered Mercury?
_____________________________________________________________
Be sure to check out the Gallery, located on a tab at the top of the page.
Exploring the Planets
Go to NASA. Check out the moon chart.
Counting both the named and provisionally named moons, how many do we know of that orbit Jupiter? _____ Saturn? ______
Why do you think that huge planets get more moons than small ones like Earth? ______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________
Right click on Compare Mercury to other planets/moons. Look near the bottom of the page and find the New Planets/Moons to Compare. Try out comparisons between several different space objects with Mercury. List a few fun facts that you've found.
Go back to the Mercury page. Click on Read More About Mercury. Do you think that places on Mercury ever have temperatures that are right for humans? ____________
Could someone live in perpetual twilight on Mercury and be relatively okay? __________________________
What could be dangerous about trying to observe Mercury? ___________________________________________________________________________________
Would you expect to find pieces of meteorites on the surface of Mercury? ____________________________________________ ______
What are scarps? How were they formed on Mercury? ____________________________________________________________________________________
Does Mercury have active volcanoes? __________________________________________
Water? ______________________________
A magnetic field? _______________________________
Who discovered Mercury?
_____________________________________________________________
Be sure to check out the Gallery, located on a tab at the top of the page.
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