The Jovian Planets

Small Moons

Galilean Moons

Io

Volcanism on Io

Tidal Heating

Jupiter’s Tidal Force

Europa

Water Mantle on Europa

Tidal Flexing on Europa

Ganymede

Callisto

Titan

Infrared Image of Titan

Medium-sized Moons of Saturn

Triton

Rings of Saturn

Ices In Saturn’s Rings

Rings of Saturn and Uranus

Saturn’s Rings in Detail

Dusty Rings of Uranus

How Rings Are Created

• Ring material must be replenished

• Rings cannot last 4.6 billion years due to atmospheric friction and collisions

• Rings are continually created by destroying moons, comets, asteroids

Rings of Jovian Planets