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How Many Moons does each planet have? Let’s go ask each one and we’ll see
How many moons does Mercury have?
Do you have any moons for us to meet?
I’m Mercury and I don’t have a moon I’m too close to the Sun’s gravity
My gravitational pull isn’t strong enough The Sun would pull any moons away from me
(SUN – sorry)
How Many moons do Venus and Earth have?
I am Venus and I also have no moons It could be due to the Sun’s gravity
Or maybe I had a moon a long time ago, That’s orbit decayed
and it crashed right into me (Ouch!)
I am the Earth and I have just one moon Look up into the sky and you will see
Luna is her name and she’s my best friend She helps control the ocean tides for me
How Many Moons does each planet have? Let’s go ask each one and we’ll see
How many moons does Mars have?
Do you have any moons for us to meet?
I am Planet Mars and I have 2 moons!
Phobos and Deimos are their names (hello!)
Both are oddly shaped and not round at all Compared to asteroids they’re almost same
My name Phobos in Greek means fear and panic I orbit Mars 3 times every day (I’m really fast)
My name Deimos in Greek means terror and dread
A 30 hour orbit round Mars is my way
How Many Moons Does Jupiter Have?
I’m Jupiter and I have at least 69 moons!
They hide behind me and we just keep finding more
My gravitational pull is so strong, moons are drawn to me
Let me introduce my biggest – The Galilean four
I’m Io, and I am covered With Volcanic Activity The sulfur on my surface makes me colorful sight
I’m Europa and my surface is covered in ice
There may be an ocean beneath it contains that contains life!
(look space fish)
I’m Ganymede, I’m Unique, I have my own magnetic field
And I’m the largest moon in the solar system I’m even bigger than Mercury
I’m Callisto and I am very old I’m heavily covered in craters which shows my history
Hello! It’s me Saturn and I have at least 62 moons
Some like Pan and Daphnis were even found hiding in my Rings
These Shepard moons stay close to me in and around my ring system
Here are a few more of my moons to tell you more interesting things
I’m Titan, 2nd largest moon in the solar system, and the only moon with an atmosphere
I’m Iapetus, and I have a striking color pattern; one side light and one side dark
I’m Hyperion and I have a flattened shape, I rotate chaotically around the Planet
I’m Mimas and I have a huge crater from an impact that nearly split me in two
How Many Moons does each planet have? Let’s go ask each one and we’ll see
How many moons does Uranus have?
Do you have any moons for us to meet?
I’m Uranus and I have at least 27 moons It’s great out here to have so much company
Their names mostly come from Shakespearean characters
Instead of being named from Greek mythology
I’m Titania and I am Oberon; the first two large moons to be discovered here
I am Ariel the brightest moon of Uranus; I’m Umbriel the darkest one
We’re Cordelia and Ophelia, we’re shepherd moons, We’re close to the rings and keep them well defined
I’m Miranda and I’m quite unique, with cracks 12 times deeper than the Grand Canyon
How Many Moons does each planet have?
Let’s go ask each one and we’ll see
How many moons does Neptune have? Do you have any moons for us to meet?
My name is Neptune and I have at least 14 moons.
It’s really dark out here so there could be more to see
6 of my moons were discovered by Voyager 2 It lit up the darkness that surrounds all of me
I’m Triton the largest Neptunian moon, I orbit Neptune backwards in retrograde
My surface is covered in Icy Volcanoes, I’m one of the coldest places in the solar system
I’m Nereid and I have the weirdest orbit, I get close to the planet then as far as I can go
I’m Proteus, Voyager 2 found me, because
I’m one of the darkest objects in the solar system
How many moons does each planet have? Now we have the answers that we seek
Moons of every shape and size are out in space Each planetary system is unique
How many more moons are still hiding out Keep Looking through your telescope to see
You could be the next to discover one And then your moon will go down in history