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Law 1: The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with two foci.
Law 2: A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time -
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is one-tenth the size of the sun and ten times the size of the earth.
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Inertia is a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line. It is one of the properties that keep the planets in their orbits.
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Jupiter's moon, Callisto, was discovered by Galileo and Marius.
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In 1610, Galileo first turned a telescope to space, starting the scientific interest of space.
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Law 3: The square of the orbital period is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
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Gravity was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Gravity is a key force that keeps the planets in orbit. While the Earth would "like" to move in a straight line, the sun's gravitational pull keeps the Panets in orbit.
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Titan is the fifteenth and largest of Saturn's satellites.
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Iapetus is the seventeenth and third largest of Saturn's moons.
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Rhea is the fourteenth and second largest of Saturn's moons
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Dione is Saturn's twelfth satellite.
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Oberon is the outermost of Uranu's moons.
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Neptune was the first planet to be discovered using math. It is the furthest planet from the sun.
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Umbrial is the thirteenth of Uranus's known moons.
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The second and smallest Mars moon discovered by Hall.
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The fifth of Jupiter's moons discovered by Barnard.
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The outermost of Saturn's satellites discovered by Pickering.
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Jupiter's tenth satellite discovered by Perrine.
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Jupiter's tenth moon.
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Elara is Jupiter's twelfth satellite.
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Pasiphae, the fifteenth of Jupiter's known satellites, discovered by P. Melotte in 1908
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Sinope is the furthest satellite from Jupiter.
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Pluto was discovered by a complete accident. It was found while Clyde W. Tombaugh was searching the sky for Planet X. Instead of being called a planet, Pluto is considered to be a dwarf planet because of its size. Pluto has three moons, Charon, Hydra, and Nix. Pluto differs from the other planets by having the most irregular orbit. In some pionts in its orbit, Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune. Its orbit is the furthest from circular.
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Carme is Jupiter's fourteenth satellite.
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Lysithea is the 11th of Jupiter's moons
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Miranda, the eleventh of Uranus's known satellites, was discovered by Kuiper. Miranda is the closest moon to Uranus.
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Nereid is the furthest moon from Neptune.
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Ananke is Jupiter's 13th satellite.
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Epimetheus is the fifth moon of Saturn. It is co-orbital.
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Janus is the sixth satellite of Saturn.
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The smallest of Jupiter's moons.
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Pluto's largest moon.
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Jupiter's 4th satellite.
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Jupiters second moon.
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Jupiters innermost moon.
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Prometheus is the third of Saturn's moons.
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Atlas is the second of Saturn's small moons.
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Telestro is the tenth of Saturn's known satellites
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Pandora is Saturn's fourth moon.
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Calypso is the is the eleventh of Saturn's known satellites
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Helene is the thirteenth of Saturn's known moons.
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Puck is the tenth of Uranus's moons
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Pan is the closest moon to Saturn.
