Hippocamp (moon)

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hippocamp-moon

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the type of celestial body?Moon
2. What is the parent planet?Neptune
3. What is Hippocamp and where is it located?Hippocamp is Neptune's smallest moon, about 35 kilometers wide. It orbits very close to the planet, only about 105,283 kilometers from Neptune's center.
4. How fast does Hippocamp orbit Neptune?It completes one orbit in just 23 Earth hours, which is much faster than most moons.

Irregular Moon: A moon with a distant, often highly inclined or eccentric orbit, typically captured asteroids.
Albedo: The measure of how much light a surface reflects; a low albedo means it's dark.
Orbital Resonance: When two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other.
Accretion: The process by which dust and gas gradually clump together to form larger bodies.