WORLD GEOGRAPHY (SPACE2)

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

                                              SPACE (2.)

FAMOUS STARS

NAME	REMARKS
Polaris	Pole Star
Sirius
Canopus
Alpha Centauri (RigilKentaurus)	Three Stars – Alpha Centauri A & B & C. Closest star system of Sun.
Arcturus
Vega
Capella

FAMOUS COMETS

NAME	REMARKS
Halley’s Comet	Visits Inner Solar System Every 75-76 Years
Kohoutek
Kirch’s Comet	Brightest of 17th Century
Lovejoy
McNaught
Hale-Bopp
Borrelly
Encke

FAMOUS MOONS

MOON	PLANET	REMARKS
Europa	Jupiter	Frozen Exterior
Io	Jupiter
Ganymede	Jupiter	Largest moon. Magnetic field.
Mimas	Saturn
Enceladus	Saturn
Hyperion	Saturn
Iapetus	Saturn
Titan	Saturn	·         Only moon with dense atmosphere. ·         Huygens Space probe landed on it.
Phobos	Mars
Triton	Neptune	Orbits in a direction opposite of Parent Planet