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Articles<\/h2>\r\n
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Moons<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Carroll, M. \"Titan: What We\u2019ve Learned about a Strange New World.\" Astronomy<\/em> (March 2010): 30. Nice review of Cassini mission results.<\/p>\r\n

Elliot, J. \"The Warming Wisps of Triton.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (February 1999): 42. About Neptune\u2019s intriguing moon.<\/p>\r\n

Hayes, A., \"Secrets from Titan\u2019s Seas.\" Astronomy<\/em> (October 2015): 24. Good review of what we now know and what puzzles us about the hydrocarbon lakes of Titan.<\/p>\r\n

Jewitt, D., et al. \"The Strangest Satellites in the Solar System.\" Scientific American<\/em> (August 2006): 40. Small irregular moons in the outer solar system.<\/p>\r\n

Lakdawalla, E. \"Ice Worlds of the Ringed Planet.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (June 2009): 27. On the Cassini mission exploration of Enceladus, Iapetus, and other moons.<\/p>\r\n

Mackenzie, D. \"Is There Life under the Ice?\" Astronomy<\/em> (August 2001): 32. On future exploration of Europa.<\/p>\r\n

Robertson, D. \"Where Goes the Rain?\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (March 2013): 26. About the methane weather cycle on Titan and what Cassini experiments are telling us.<\/p>\r\n

Scharf, C. \"A Universe of Dark Oceans.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (December 2014): 20. Subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, and Titan.<\/p>\r\n

Showalter, M. \"How to Catch a Moon (or Two) of Pluto.\" Astronomy Beat<\/em> (December 2012): http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ab2012-106.pdf. On the discovery of small moons around Pluto, written by the person who discovered two of them.<\/p>\r\n

Spencer, J. \"Galileo\u2019s Closest Look at Io.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (May 2001): 40.<\/p>\r\n

Talcott, R. \"Cassini Flies through Enceladus\u2019 Geysers.\" Astronomy<\/em> (March 2009): 32.<\/p>\r\n

Zimmerman, R. \"Does Methane Flow on Titan?\" Astronomy<\/em> (February 2014): 22. Ideas about lakes, channels, and rain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Pluto<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Stern, A. \"Pluto: Up Close and Personal.\" Astronomy<\/em> (July 2015): 22. Good summary of the history of understanding Pluto and our current knowledge on the eve of the New Horizons encounter.<\/p>\r\n

Stern, A. \"The Pluto System Explored.\" Astronomy<\/em> (November 2015): 24. Fine review of what the team learned from the first few data downloads from New Horizons.<\/p>\r\n

Tombaugh, C. \"How I Found Pluto\" Astronomy Beat<\/em> (May 2009): http:\/\/astrosociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ab2009-23.pdf.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Rings<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Beatty, J. \"Saturn\u2019s Amazing Rings.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (May 2013): 18. Good 7-page summary of what we know.<\/p>\r\n

Burns, J., et al. \"Bejeweled Worlds.\" Scientific American<\/em> (February 2002): 64. On rings throughout the solar system.<\/p>\r\n

Elliot, J., et al. \"Discovering the Rings of Uranus.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (June 1977): 412.<\/p>\r\n

Esposito, L. \"The Changing Shape of Planetary Rings.\" Astronomy<\/em> (September 1987): 6.<\/p>\r\n

Sobel, D. \"Secrets of the Rings.\" Discover<\/em> (April 1994): 86. Discusses the outer planet ring systems.<\/p>\r\n

Tiscareno, M. \"Ringworld Revelations.\" Sky & Telescope<\/em> (February 2007): 32. Cassini results about the rings of Saturn.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section><\/section>

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Websites<\/h2>\r\n

Note: Many of the sites about planets and planetary missions listed for Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System<\/a> and The Giant Planets<\/a> also include good information about the moons of the planets.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Cassini Mission to Saturn: http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/ and http:\/\/www.esa.int\/SPECIALS\/Cassini-Huygens\/index.html and http:\/\/ciclops.org<\/p>\r\n

Jupiter\u2019s Moons, at JPL: http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/jupiter\/moons<\/p>\r\n

Neptune\u2019s Moons, at JPL: http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/neptune\/moons<\/p>\r\n

New Horizons Mission: http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu. Gives the latest news bulletins and images from the Pluto encounter, plus lots of background information.<\/p>\r\n

Pluto, at JPL: http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/pluto<\/p>\r\n

Saturn\u2019s Moons, at JPL: http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/saturn\/moons<\/p>\r\n

Uranus\u2019 Moons, at JPL: http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/uranus\/moons<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Apps<\/h2>\r\n

Two apps you can buy for iPhones or iPads can show you the positions and features of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn for any selected date:<\/p>\r\n\r\n