Small Moon



This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
Click on image for full size version (16K JPG)
Image from: NASA
A small moon is a moon which is hard to see. The pictures of these moons often have poor resolution. In general, no detailed spectra of these moons have been taken. This makes it hard to know anything specific about these moons. Small moons are about the size of a city.

As the cameras we send into space aboard spacecraft improve so will the pictures we take of these small moons. An example of a small moon is Saturn's moon Helene which is only 10 miles across! It is still difficult to say anything about this moon because the features are too hard to see.

Most small moons are also icy, meaning that they seem to be composed of ice. For example Uranus' moon Miranda which is small, only 200 miles across, but seems to be made of ice. Some small moons may be rocky, however.



Small Moon



This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
Click on image for full size version (16K JPG)
Image from: NASA
A small moon is a moon which is hard to see. The pictures of these moons are often fuzzy. This makes it hard to know anything specific about these moons. Small moons are about the size of a city.

As the cameras we send into space improve so will the pictures we take of these small moons. Here's an example of a picture of a small moon - Saturn's moon Helene which is only 10 miles across. It is still difficult to say anything about small moons because the images are so fuzzy. As images improve, we'll have a better understanding of what small moons are made of.

Right now, scientists believe that most small moons are also icy moons, meaning that they seem to be composed of ice. For example, Uranus' moon Miranda which is small, only 200 miles across, but seems to be made of ice.



Small Moon



This is a composite image of the small moons of Saturn
Click on image for full size version (16K JPG)
Image from: NASA
Small moons are so small that they are hard to see! The pictures we have of these moons are often fuzzy. This makes it hard to know anything specific about the moons. Small moons are about the size of a city.

Picutres of small moons will get better as our cameras sent into space get better. Here's an example of a picture of Saturn's moon Helene.

Most small moons seem to be made of ice, for example Uranus' moon Miranda.




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