Jovian System

It has a vey old and cratered surface

• IO

• EUROPA

• GANYMEDE

• CALLISTO

The largest moon in the Solar system is

• Titan

• Mercury

• Triton

• Ganymede

ThIs moon is NOT part of the jovian system

• Titan

• Io

• Ganymede

• Callisto

This satelite is known to have water plumes.

What is tidal bending?

• The tides on Io are high and flood the volcanos

• The moons are "squeezed" by the orbital influence of Jupiter and the other major moons

• The moons get squeezed by Saturn's rings

• Europa has low tides because she has no moons of her own

Draw the internal layers of Europa

Justify why scientists think that there is are oceans on 3 of the 4 Jovian moons. Give at least 2 reasons :)

Europa orbits within Jupiter's Radiation Belt.

• True

• False

Explain orbital resonance.

(Clue: 4:2:1)

Describe a challenge a human mission headed for Europa or Io might entail.