SIERRA COLLEGE
ASTRONOMY 2

SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS
FOR FINAL

Feature

Object

Notable Characteristic

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Sun Spot

Sun

 Cooler region on the photosphere of the Sun


Sea of Tranquility

Moon

Mare feature

Landing Site of Apollo 11


Caloris Basin

Mercury

Giant Impact region


Sapas Mons

Venus
Large Volcano on Venus


Olympus Mons

Mars

 Largest volcano in the Solar System


Great Red Spot

Jupiter

 Giant High Pressure Storm in Jovian Southern Hemisphere


Hale-Bopp

Long Period Comet

Made of dirty ice.

Spiral jet from nucleus.


Halley

Short Period Comet

First comet predicted to return.

Made of dirty ice.


Surface of Io

Satellite of Jupiter

Dozens of active volcanoes.

No craters on surface.


Surface of

Europa

Satellite of Jupiter

Water underneath surface likely.


Surface of

Ganymede

Satellite of Jupiter

Largest moon in solar system

Has own magnetic field


Surface of

Callisto

Satellite of Jupiter

Most heavily cratered surface.


Surface of

Mimas

Satellite of Saturn

 Giant imact crater named Herschel

Moon's gravity responsible for opening the Cassini Division.


Surface of

Titan

Satellite of Saturn

 Only satellite with thick atmosphere.
May have lakes of methane.


Surface of

Miranda

Satellite of Uranus

 Has heavily grooved surface including “chevrons”.


Surface of

Triton

Satellite of Neptune

Revolves backwards.

Ice geysers on surface.


 
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