Juliet (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/juliet-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. Who discovered Juliet (moon)?Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1986
2. What is the type?Inner moon of Uranus
3. What is the diameter?Approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles)
4. What is Juliet?Juliet is a tiny moon of Uranus, about 100 kilometers across. It has an irregular, pebble‑like shape and is much smaller than Uranus’s big moons.
5. How fast does Juliet orbit Uranus?Juliet circles Uranus once every 15 Earth hours. It travels at a mean distance of about 64,000 kilometers from the planet.

Hydrostatic equilibrium: The balance between gravity and internal pressure that makes a celestial body spherical.
Albedo: The measure of how much light a surface reflects; a low albedo means a dark surface.
Shepherd moon: A small moon that gravitationally influences the edges of a planetary ring.
Accretion disk: A rotating disk of gas and dust surrounding a young star or planet, from which celestial bodies form.