Moons

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Grade 6 Science Mind Map on Moons, created by Maxwell Amador Vonkeman on 10/11/2016.
Maxwell Amador Vonkeman
Mind Map by Maxwell Amador Vonkeman, updated more than 1 year ago
Maxwell Amador Vonkeman
Created by Maxwell Amador Vonkeman over 7 years ago
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Moons
  1. Earth's moon
    1. The first celestial bodie man kind has ever set foot on
      1. Nobody actually discovered the moon. It has been here for a long time
        1. The moon controls the tides on earth
          1. Only 59% of the moon's surface is visible from earth
            1. The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the earth's rotation of 1000 miles per hour
            2. Titan
              1. The biggest moon in the solar system. Even bigger than mercury
                1. Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan in 1655
                  1. Titans diameter is 50 percent lager than our moon
                    1. It gets it's hazy atmosphere from nitrogen, with methane and ethane clouds and a thick organic smog
                      1. One of the largest natural satellites
                      2. Enceladus
                        1. Could support life
                          1. William Herschel discovered Enceladus in 1789
                            1. Named after the Greek mythological giant Enceladus.
                              1. Like Europa, it has water
                                1. Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon
                                  1. It is one of the most studied moons
                                  2. Europa
                                    1. Could support life
                                      1. Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius discovered Europa at the same time, in 1610
                                        1. Has water on the inside of the icy layer
                                          1. It is the smallest of the Galilean moons
                                            1. Europa is the sixth closest moon of Jupiter
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