Margaret (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/margaret-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 Margaret (moon)?February 2003
2. What is the type?Irregular Moon
3. What is the parent planet?Uranus
4. What is Margaret?Margaret is a tiny moon that orbits the planet Uranus. It is irregularly shaped and one of the smallest moons of Uranus.
5. How big is Margaret?Margaret is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) across, which is very small compared to other moons.

Irregular Satellite: A moon with a distant, inclined, and often retrograde orbit, typically captured rather than co-formed.
Circumplanetary Disk: A disk of gas and dust surrounding a planet, from which large, regular moons are thought to form.
Albedo: The measure of how much light a celestial body reflects; a low albedo indicates a dark surface.
Orbital Eccentricity: A measure of how much an orbit deviates from a perfect circle; higher eccentricity means a more elongated orbit.