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I hope our solar system inspires you the way it continually inspires me.
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This image is of two of Saturn 62 known moons. Dione is overshadowed by Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons at 3200 miles across — twice the diameter of our moon, and larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is also the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and surface liquid.

This image is of two of Saturn 62 known moons.

Dione is overshadowed by Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons at 3200 miles across — twice the diameter of our moon, and larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is also the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and surface liquid.

All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

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Quadruple Saturn moon transit!The giant, Titan (larger than Mercury) can be seen in orange in the upper right. The whitey ice moons are, going from left-to-right, Enceladus, Dione, and Mimas (far right above the rings.) This image was taken by Hubble in 2009.

Quadruple Saturn moon transit!

The giant, Titan (larger than Mercury) can be seen in orange in the upper right. The whitey ice moons are, going from left-to-right, Enceladus, Dione, and Mimas (far right above the rings.) This image was taken by Hubble in 2009.

mission-to-mars: Jupiter System Montage Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were photographed in early March 1979 by Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions. Startling new discoveries on the Galilean moons and the planet Jupiter made by Voyager 1 factored into a new mission design for Voyager 2. Reddish Io (upper left) is nearest Jupiter; then Europa (center); Ganymede and Callisto (lower right). Nine other much smaller satellites circle Jupiter, one inside Io’s orbit and the other millions of miles from the planet. Not visible is Jupiter’s faint ring of particles, seen for the first time by Voyager 1. Source : Wikipedia

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Jupiter System Montage

Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were photographed in early March 1979 by Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions.

Startling new discoveries on the Galilean moons and the planet Jupiter made by Voyager 1 factored into a new mission design for Voyager 2. Reddish Io (upper left) is nearest Jupiter; then Europa (center); Ganymede and Callisto (lower right). Nine other much smaller satellites circle Jupiter, one inside Io’s orbit and the other millions of miles from the planet. Not visible is Jupiter’s faint ring of particles, seen for the first time by Voyager 1.

Source : Wikipedia

Solar System Visualiser

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You can watch the planets, moons and asteroids of our solar system move in proportional time with this awesome visualiser. Set the date and speed, as well as the model (Copernican or the pre-Renaissance Tychonian/geocentric model) and watch the physics happen. Unfortunately, it doesn’t depict the degradation of orbits over time, nor does the sun explode when set a few billion years in the future. Still cool, though!

cosmosscience: The Jets of Enceladus. On Jan. 31, 2011, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn’s intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 37,282 miles of Enceladus and 17,398 miles of Helene. It also caught a glimpse of Mimas in front of Saturn’s rings. In this image, Cassini snapped a picture of the famous jets erupting from the south polar terrain of Enceladus. 

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The Jets of Enceladus.

On Jan. 31, 2011, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn’s intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 37,282 miles of Enceladus and 17,398 miles of Helene. It also caught a glimpse of Mimas in front of Saturn’s rings. In this image, Cassini snapped a picture of the famous jets erupting from the south polar terrain of Enceladus.