Chapter 12: Key Words

You should be familiar with the following terms:
  • gravity assist
  • gas giants
  • ice giants
  • Great Red Spot
  • Great Dark Spot
  • liquid metal
  • Io
  • Europa
  • Ganymede
  • Callisto
  • Titan
  • Triton
  • Io torus
  • synchronous rotation
  • orbital resonance
  • cryogeyser
  • number density
  • Enceladus
  • Mimas
  • Miranda
  • Cassini division
  • Roche’s distance limit
  • shepherd moon
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