'Hey Bill Nye, Why Don't Gas Giants Have Gas Moons?' #TuesdaysWithBill
A very small person asks a very big question: why aren't the moons of gaseous planets also made of gas? Do you want to ask Bill a question for a future ...
========== Hi Bill Nye. My name is Aria. My question is where does all moons come from
and why does gas giants not have gas moons? Wow. That is a great question Aria. Wow. First of all I was alive when people figured
out or satisfied themselves as were our moon came from. And it's generally agreed that our moon was
created when the earth was hit with another pretty big thing, another asteroid. And the impact was very hard and the energy
of the smashing was converted to heat and both the earth and the moon were hot and molten
and they both cooled off and here we are with this other separate thing in orbit around
us. Now why do gas giants not have gas moons is
a great question and the answer is almost certainly because of gravity. So when you have these little things that
spun off of let's say...