Astr 201 Nov 9, 1999
FORMATION OF THE GAS GIANTS
Temperature in solar nebula
Gas accretion
You should look at the images of satellites of the giant planets on
the Nine Planets web page
maintained by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
Jupiter's Galilean satellites
Tidal locking
Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
Dirty ice
Life on Europa?
Saturn satellites
Low density
Uranus satellites
Miranda -- the most beat-up satellite?
Triton and its retrograde orbit
Formation of Triton