Use the Random Moon Name Generator to find a moon in our solar system, and then do something creative with your lunar discovery — draw a picture of the moon, share an interesting fact, write a poem, compose a story ….
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• #tdc4138 #ds106 Lunar Explorations (May 13, 2023)
Sarah Honeychurch
@creating #tdc4879 #ds106 I got the name Mundilfari. I asked nightcafe for an image and then used giphy to add stickers
dogtrax
@creating
#tdc4879 #ds106 #DailyCreate
I spun Telesto (a moon of Saturn) for a poem
I am Telesto,
a tiny moon in motion,
a forgotten daughter
of the Greek god, Oceanus,
an orbital body
of stories and myth –
forget me at your peril,
for I am proof that
even the smallest of us
can become our own
centers of
gravity
Kay McCarthy
@creating #tdc4879 #ds106 I got Jupiter’s carpo. One interesting fact about this moon is that Carpo has an inclination of about 54 degrees, meaning its orbit is significantly tilted relative to Jupiter’s equator. It also has an eccentric orbit, which means it travels in a stretched-out ellipse rather than a near-perfect circle.
Noah Rojas
@creating #tdc4881 #ds106 #DailyCreate I got Charon, one of Pluto’s moons. I drew a picture of it in Procreate, and also have some fun facts. (photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/202920347@N08/54544417772/in/dateposted-public/)
Fun Facts:
1) This moon is named after Charon, the undead ferryman who carries souls across the River Styx in Greek mythology. It’s likely named after them to reflect Pluto, which is the Roman name of Hades, Greek god of the dead and the Underworld, as well as Charon’s boss.
2) This moon is one-half the diameter and one-eighth the mass of Pluto, and about a quarter of our Moon’s size.
3) I’m actually out of fun facts, so uhhhhhhhhhhh stay hydrated