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Articles<\/h4>\r\n
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Moons<\/em><\/h5>\r\n

Carroll, M. \u201cTitan: What We\u2019ve Learned about a Strange New World.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(March 2010): 30. Nice review of Cassini mission results.<\/p>\r\n

Elliot, J. \u201cThe Warming Wisps of Triton.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(February 1999): 42. About Neptune\u2019s intriguing moon.<\/p>\r\n

Hayes, A., \u201cSecrets from Titan\u2019s Seas.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(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. \u201cThe Strangest Satellites in the Solar System.\u201d\u00a0Scientific American<\/em>\u00a0(August 2006): 40. Small irregular moons in the outer solar system.<\/p>\r\n

Lakdawalla, E. \u201cIce Worlds of the Ringed Planet.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(June 2009): 27. On the Cassini mission exploration of Enceladus, Iapetus, and other moons.<\/p>\r\n

Mackenzie, D. \u201cIs There Life under the Ice?\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(August 2001): 32. On future exploration of Europa.<\/p>\r\n

Robertson, D. \u201cWhere Goes the Rain?\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(March 2013): 26. About the methane weather cycle on Titan and what Cassini experiments are telling us.<\/p>\r\n

Scharf, C. \u201cA Universe of Dark Oceans.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(December 2014): 20. Subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, and Titan.<\/p>\r\n

Showalter, M. \u201cHow to Catch a Moon (or Two) of Pluto.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy Beat<\/em>\u00a0(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. \u201cGalileo\u2019s Closest Look at Io.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(May 2001): 40.<\/p>\r\n

Talcott, R. \u201cCassini Flies through Enceladus\u2019 Geysers.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(March 2009): 32.<\/p>\r\n

Zimmerman, R. \u201cDoes Methane Flow on Titan?\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(February 2014): 22. Ideas about lakes, channels, and rain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Pluto<\/em><\/h5>\r\n

Stern, A. \u201cPluto: Up Close and Personal.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(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. \u201cThe Pluto System Explored.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(November 2015): 24. Fine review of what the team learned from the first few data downloads from New Horizons.<\/p>\r\n

Tombaugh, C. \u201cHow I Found Pluto\u201d\u00a0Astronomy Beat<\/em>\u00a0(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><\/h5>\r\n

Beatty, J. \u201cSaturn\u2019s Amazing Rings.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(May 2013): 18. Good 7-page summary of what we know.<\/p>\r\n

Burns, J., et al. \u201cBejeweled Worlds.\u201d\u00a0Scientific American<\/em>\u00a0(February 2002): 64. On rings throughout the solar system.<\/p>\r\n

Elliot, J., et al. \u201cDiscovering the Rings of Uranus.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(June 1977): 412.<\/p>\r\n

Esposito, L. \u201cThe Changing Shape of Planetary Rings.\u201d\u00a0Astronomy<\/em>\u00a0(September 1987): 6.<\/p>\r\n

Sobel, D. \u201cSecrets of the Rings.\u201d\u00a0Discover<\/em>\u00a0(April 1994): 86. Discusses the outer planet ring systems.<\/p>\r\n

Tiscareno, M. \u201cRingworld Revelations.\u201d\u00a0Sky & Telescope<\/em>\u00a0(February 2007): 32. Cassini results about the rings of Saturn.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section><\/section>

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Websites<\/h4>\r\n

Note: Many of the sites about planets and planetary missions listed for\u00a0Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Giant Planets<\/a>\u00a0also include good information about the moons of the planets.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Cassini Mission to Saturn:\u00a0http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0http:\/\/www.esa.int\/SPECIALS\/Cassini-Huygens\/index.html<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0http:\/\/ciclops.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Jupiter\u2019s Moons, at JPL:\u00a0http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/jupiter\/moons<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Neptune\u2019s Moons, at JPL:\u00a0http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/neptune\/moons<\/a><\/p>\r\n

New Horizons Mission:\u00a0http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu.<\/a>\u00a0Provides information and images from the Pluto encounter, plus lots of background information.<\/p>\r\n

Pluto, at JPL:\u00a0http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/pluto<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Saturn\u2019s Moons, at JPL:\u00a0http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/saturn\/moons<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Uranus\u2019 Moons, at JPL:\u00a0http:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/planets\/uranus\/moons<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Apps<\/h4>\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