Suttungr (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/suttungr-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 object classification?Moon of Saturn (Saturn XXXVIII)
2. What is the morphology?Irregular, non-spherical
3. What does Suttungr look like?Suttungr looks like a lumpy potato. Its shape is irregular and not round. The surface has many big craters.
4. Why is Suttungr not a sphere?Suttungr is too small for its gravity to pull it into a sphere. The weak gravity lets it keep its potato shape. It may have never been reshaped by gravity.

Hydrostatic Equilibrium: The balance between gravity and internal pressure that shapes celestial bodies into spheres.
Irregular Moon: A moon with a non-spherical shape, typically found in distant, inclined, and eccentric orbits around a planet.
Norse Mythology: A body of myths and legends originating from the North Germanic peoples, including tales of gods, giants, and heroes.