Which best describes the surface of Triton?
a. old, dark and cratered with a younger surface marked by ovoids
b. dark, dirty ice heavily pocked with craters
c. an icy crust free of craters with a liquid water ocean beneath it
d. an icy surface dominated by frozen nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
e. an icy surface dominated by frozen methane with a liquid ocean beneath it
Question 2
What makes Neptune's moon Triton stand out from all the other large satellites in the Solar System?
a. originated as a comet
b. the most geologically active
c. the most reflective satellite
d. largest satellite in the Solar System
e. the only large satellite with a backward orbit
Natural selection of a population for dark coloration.
The reflection nebula NGC 1999 is brilliantly illuminated by V380 Orionis (center), a variable star
Views of Earth’s Surface
Surface Features on Europa
Nomogram for determining Body Surface Area (BSA).
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