Moons

By emmaxwell13

  • Galileo observes moon

    Galileo observes the moon for the first time wiht his telescope.
    "10 Coolest Moon Discoveries." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.space.com/21-10-coolest-moon-discoveries.html

  • The moon Rhea discovered

    Saturn has 62 moons and in 1672 Giovanni Cassini discovered the moon Rhea.
    "Moons in Our Solar System." Table of Moons in Solar System: Discovery, Size and Orbital Period. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/moons_table.html

  • Jupiter moons discovered

    4 of the 63 moons that Jupiter has was discovered by Galileo in 1610. Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.
    "10 Coolest Moon Discoveries." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.space.com/21-10-coolest-moon-discoveries.html

  • Maranda moon discovered

    Gerard Kuiper discovered Uranis's moon Maranda.
    "Moons in Our Solar System." Table of Moons in Solar System: Discovery, Size and Orbital Period. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/moons_table.html

  • Soviet Union Launches Luna 1.

    The Soviet Union launches Luna 1, the first spacecraft to fly by the Moon. Data from the mission enabled the discovery that the Moon has no magnetic field.
    "Moons in Our Solar System." Table of Moons in Solar System: Discovery, Size and Orbital Period. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/moons_table.html

  • Neil Armstrong lands on moon

    Landed spacecraft, named Eagle on the moon and spent two hours exploring the lunar surface.
    "10 Coolest Moon Discoveries." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.space.com/21-10-coolest-moon-discoveries.html

  • Uranis has 5 moons

    Astronomers knew of 5 moons surrounding Uranis.
    "Moons of Uranus: Facts About the Tilted Planet's Satellites." Space.com. N.p., 23 Feb. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

  • Jupiter's moon

    One of the four inner moons of Jupiter was oficially named Adrastea. Adrastea originated from the foster mother of the Greek god Zeus.
    "Moons of Uranus: Facts About the Tilted Planet's Satellites." Space.com. N.p., 23 Feb. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

  • Water Dicovered on Earths moon.

    NASA's LCROSS probe hit earths moon and discovered water on the moon.
    "10 Coolest Moon Discoveries." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
    http://www.space.com/21-10-coolest-moon-discoveries.html

  • Additional 10 moons discovered on Uranis

    The Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered that Uranis has 27 moons.
    "Moons of Uranus: Facts About the Tilted Planet's Satellites." Space.com. N.p., 23 Feb. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.