Jupiter's moon, Ganymede
By: Yash Sharma
Discovery of Ganymede
Ganymede's size
This shows how big Ganymede is compared to other things in space.
Ganymede in Orbit
The biggest moon orbiting Jupiter is Ganymede.
Ganymede up cloce
This is a picture of Ganymede up close.
Physical properties of Ganymede
Ganyemede is the largest moon in the solar system. It is bigger than Mercury and Pluto. It is also 3/4 of the size of mars.
Fourty percent of Ganymede has dark craters and the remaining sixty percent has ligheted, grooved surfaces.
Ganymede causes trouble
Ganymede created an aurora which is a curtain of light because high-energy electrons race along the planet's magnetic field and into the upper atmosphere where they releace atmospheric gases, causing them to glow.
Ganymede up close
This is a picture of one of Ganyemede's craters. It is on the light side of Ganymede.
Layers of Ganymede
Ganymede has a rocky/ metallic Iron core with an outer core which mainly rocky. It has a watery/icy mantle. It also has a crust made up of rock and Ice.