• Question: What's your favourite thing in the solar system? ( you can't pick earth !)

    Asked by Hannah Austen to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 16 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      Definitely the sun. It’s gives us light, energy and warmth and we couldn’t survive without it.

    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      Hard question! I like Saturn and it’s moons. It looks super-cool because of the rings, and each of it’s satellites is different – one of them looks like a sponge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(moon).

      Search for Cassini, which is a NASA probe currently orbiting Saturn (for the next few years until it runs out of fuel), there are loads of good pictures there!

    • Photo: Anna Kutner

      Anna Kutner answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      Probably Io, one of Jupiter’s moon. It stands out from all the other moons orbiting the planets due to its yellowish-greenish tint. It is the most geologically active moon in the Solar System due to its massive heat fluctuation in the moon’s core called tidal heating (as opposed to radioactive decay occurring in the Earth’s core). Constant volvano eruptions and lava flows have painted the landscapes in various hues of yellow, white, red and green and shaped the surface of the moon. Some of the mountain peaks are even higher than Mount Everest (!). But the air is absolutely vile, saturated with sulphur diooxide, not a great place to visit 🙂

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