Europalife - Denise Jacobs
... find, in addition to some rock and metal, water ice, dry ice, and frozen ammonia and methane. Despite their frozen state today, at the time, if water was in liquid form then, most, if not all of the chemicals listed above were also in liquid or vapor form. Plus, with the exposure of these vapors and ...
... find, in addition to some rock and metal, water ice, dry ice, and frozen ammonia and methane. Despite their frozen state today, at the time, if water was in liquid form then, most, if not all of the chemicals listed above were also in liquid or vapor form. Plus, with the exposure of these vapors and ...
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... parallel to the ecliptic plane, instead of perpendicular. • Component perpendicular to the ecliptic points the opposite direction of revolution: retrograde rotation. • The orbital plane of Uranus’s moons is similarly tilted: thus one can’t explain the odd tilt of the planet by invoking one big impac ...
... parallel to the ecliptic plane, instead of perpendicular. • Component perpendicular to the ecliptic points the opposite direction of revolution: retrograde rotation. • The orbital plane of Uranus’s moons is similarly tilted: thus one can’t explain the odd tilt of the planet by invoking one big impac ...
Additional Exercises for Chapter 7 In these exercises we will use
... that its mass is relatively small means that the gravitational forces acting on V are negligible. By Newton’s second law, the probe now travels in a straight line with constant velocity. Let’s say that after some time its path brings it into the ”gravitational neighborhood” of an outer planet. At th ...
... that its mass is relatively small means that the gravitational forces acting on V are negligible. By Newton’s second law, the probe now travels in a straight line with constant velocity. Let’s say that after some time its path brings it into the ”gravitational neighborhood” of an outer planet. At th ...
5 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
... Imagine watching a cosmic collision! That’s exactly what happened in July 1994. The year before, Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy discovered a comet that had previously broken into pieces near Jupiter. When their orbit passed near Jupiter again, the fragments crashed into Jupiter. On Eart ...
... Imagine watching a cosmic collision! That’s exactly what happened in July 1994. The year before, Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy discovered a comet that had previously broken into pieces near Jupiter. When their orbit passed near Jupiter again, the fragments crashed into Jupiter. On Eart ...
Comins Chapter 8 - The Outer Planets
... Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to that of the Sun. The visible features of Jupiter exist in the outermost 100 km of its ...
... Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to that of the Sun. The visible features of Jupiter exist in the outermost 100 km of its ...
Exploring Comets
... coma so that it flows around the nucleus and forms a fanned out tail behind it extending millions of miles through space. 7. We see a comet's coma and tail because sunlight reflects off the dust (in the coma and dust tail) and because the energy from the Sun excites some molecules so that they glow ...
... coma so that it flows around the nucleus and forms a fanned out tail behind it extending millions of miles through space. 7. We see a comet's coma and tail because sunlight reflects off the dust (in the coma and dust tail) and because the energy from the Sun excites some molecules so that they glow ...
Four Great Satellite Observatories Hubble Space Telescope
... Pluto and “Planet X” • Pluto’s size was overestimated after its discovery in 1930 • It was considered a planet, and nothing of similar size was discovered for several decades • Now other large objects have been discovered in Kuiper Belt, including “Planet X” • Some scientists consider all of those ...
... Pluto and “Planet X” • Pluto’s size was overestimated after its discovery in 1930 • It was considered a planet, and nothing of similar size was discovered for several decades • Now other large objects have been discovered in Kuiper Belt, including “Planet X” • Some scientists consider all of those ...
Jovian Planets - Valhalla High School
... Neptune’s Rings and Moons Rings Neptune, like the other giant planets, has rings They are probably the debris from small satellites or comets that have collided and broken up The rings are not distributed uniformly around the ring indicating they are relatively new ...
... Neptune’s Rings and Moons Rings Neptune, like the other giant planets, has rings They are probably the debris from small satellites or comets that have collided and broken up The rings are not distributed uniformly around the ring indicating they are relatively new ...
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... Bulk Properties of the Jovian Planets The Jovian planets are large and much less dense than the terrestrial planets; Saturn is less dense than water! ...
... Bulk Properties of the Jovian Planets The Jovian planets are large and much less dense than the terrestrial planets; Saturn is less dense than water! ...
Can Comets Contain Water? A "Wet"
... to have albedo in the .3-.7 range, like most asteroids. This made comets seem much smaller than was actually correct. They turned out to be blacker than soot. • Why do short-period comets have such low albedo? • Do new comets have the same albedo? ...
... to have albedo in the .3-.7 range, like most asteroids. This made comets seem much smaller than was actually correct. They turned out to be blacker than soot. • Why do short-period comets have such low albedo? • Do new comets have the same albedo? ...
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... radius for Saturn instead of a diameter and get the same result. Or, one can remain totally consistent with the original Jupiter equation and simply posit a rotational value of 2 and a square of 2. Since the square is ultimately used, a factor of 2 makes no great difference. Notice that the equation ...
... radius for Saturn instead of a diameter and get the same result. Or, one can remain totally consistent with the original Jupiter equation and simply posit a rotational value of 2 and a square of 2. Since the square is ultimately used, a factor of 2 makes no great difference. Notice that the equation ...
the outer planets
... 3. “Picture Smart”: Ask students how they would draw a picture to show what each word means. Draw a picture on chart paper, based on their responses, for each word. Ask them what important details should be labeled in each picture. Label the important details of each picture. Mini-Lesson: Suffixes – ...
... 3. “Picture Smart”: Ask students how they would draw a picture to show what each word means. Draw a picture on chart paper, based on their responses, for each word. Ask them what important details should be labeled in each picture. Label the important details of each picture. Mini-Lesson: Suffixes – ...
Jupiter – Friend or Foe? IV:The influence of orbital eccentricity and
... particularly pronounced at high “Jupiter” masses. For the short-period comets, the same effect is clearly apparent, albeit to a much lesser degree. The flux of short-period comets impacting the Earth is slightly higher for more eccentric Jovian orbits. We also considered scenarios in which Jupiter’s ...
... particularly pronounced at high “Jupiter” masses. For the short-period comets, the same effect is clearly apparent, albeit to a much lesser degree. The flux of short-period comets impacting the Earth is slightly higher for more eccentric Jovian orbits. We also considered scenarios in which Jupiter’s ...
The Cosmic Perspective Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
... a planet. b) The asteroids were too far apart to run into each other frequently enough to form a planet. c) A planet formed early in the solar system and was broken apart by a giant impact. d) Orbital resonances with Jupiter disrupted the orbits of the asteroids and prevented them from forming a ...
... a planet. b) The asteroids were too far apart to run into each other frequently enough to form a planet. c) A planet formed early in the solar system and was broken apart by a giant impact. d) Orbital resonances with Jupiter disrupted the orbits of the asteroids and prevented them from forming a ...
Astronomy 291 Problem Set 2 Due Monday 1
... planet Etats Nagihcim, which is being terrorized by the nefarious renegade pirate ship Tom Osborne. The planet has a solitary moon that has 1% of the mass of the planet and has a sidereal orbital period about Etats Nagihcim of 30 days. The Nittany Lion arrives only to find that the planet had refuse ...
... planet Etats Nagihcim, which is being terrorized by the nefarious renegade pirate ship Tom Osborne. The planet has a solitary moon that has 1% of the mass of the planet and has a sidereal orbital period about Etats Nagihcim of 30 days. The Nittany Lion arrives only to find that the planet had refuse ...
Kuiper Belt
... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/1107128-trojan-asteroid-earth-planet-orbit-nasa-space-science/ ...
... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/1107128-trojan-asteroid-earth-planet-orbit-nasa-space-science/ ...
Jupiter and Saturn - University of Surrey
... Saturn’s rings are not solid, but composed of many small icy particles: from pebble-szied fragments (1cm diameter) to large objects (5m across) the most common size is ~10 cm The icy particles reflect sunlight strongly: ~80% reflectivity compared to ~46% for Saturn Total amount of material ...
... Saturn’s rings are not solid, but composed of many small icy particles: from pebble-szied fragments (1cm diameter) to large objects (5m across) the most common size is ~10 cm The icy particles reflect sunlight strongly: ~80% reflectivity compared to ~46% for Saturn Total amount of material ...
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... mostly of ice and dust coated with dark organic material, with the ice composed mainly of frozen water but perhaps other frozen substances as well, such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane. The nucleus might have a small rocky core. ...
... mostly of ice and dust coated with dark organic material, with the ice composed mainly of frozen water but perhaps other frozen substances as well, such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane. The nucleus might have a small rocky core. ...
Spacebook Profiles McGill
... In November, we started studying about space! We went on different websites to learn more information about planets and the moon. Then some coaches came and we learned about the phases of the moon. A couple weeks later we looked at some slide shows of the planets. In January, we started thinking abo ...
... In November, we started studying about space! We went on different websites to learn more information about planets and the moon. Then some coaches came and we learned about the phases of the moon. A couple weeks later we looked at some slide shows of the planets. In January, we started thinking abo ...
comets asteroid meteor differnences
... After 500 or so passes near the Sun off most of a comet's ice and gas is lost leaving a rocky object very much like an asteroid in appearance. ...
... After 500 or so passes near the Sun off most of a comet's ice and gas is lost leaving a rocky object very much like an asteroid in appearance. ...
Chapter 10
... cloud around the comet • Fluorescence is the source of a large portion of the comet’s light • Repeated passage by Sun eventually erodes a comet’s gas production ability ...
... cloud around the comet • Fluorescence is the source of a large portion of the comet’s light • Repeated passage by Sun eventually erodes a comet’s gas production ability ...
Rings and Inner Moons of Jupiter
... 1892 considering its orbit is half the size of that of Io and its size is only 270 by 166 by 150 km. In this Voyager 1 image, impact craters can be glimpsed. Its reddish colour is attributed to sulphur ejected from Io’s volcanoes. Tidal drag has made Amalthea’s rotation synchronous with its orbit pe ...
... 1892 considering its orbit is half the size of that of Io and its size is only 270 by 166 by 150 km. In this Voyager 1 image, impact craters can be glimpsed. Its reddish colour is attributed to sulphur ejected from Io’s volcanoes. Tidal drag has made Amalthea’s rotation synchronous with its orbit pe ...
Physics 111 Exam 2 Fall 2016 Multiple Choice. Choose the one
... C) It is made of planetesimals between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that never formed into a planet. D) It is made of planetesimals formed in the outer solar system that were flung into distant orbits by encounters with the jovian planets. E) It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune' ...
... C) It is made of planetesimals between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that never formed into a planet. D) It is made of planetesimals formed in the outer solar system that were flung into distant orbits by encounters with the jovian planets. E) It is made of planetesimals that formed beyond Neptune' ...
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. This generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media, and the comet was closely observed by astronomers worldwide. The collision provided new information about Jupiter and highlighted its role in reducing space debris in the inner Solar System.The comet was discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy. Shoemaker–Levy 9, at the time captured by and orbiting Jupiter, was located on the night of March 24, 1993, in a photograph taken with the 40 cm (16 in) Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was the first comet observed to be orbiting a planet, and had probably been captured by the planet around 20 – 30 years earlier.Calculations showed that its unusual fragmented form was due to a previous closer approach to Jupiter in July 1992. At that time, the orbit of Shoemaker–Levy 9 passed within Jupiter's Roche limit, and Jupiter's tidal forces had acted to pull apart the comet. The comet was later observed as a series of fragments ranging up to 2 km (1.2 mi) in diameter. These fragments collided with Jupiter's southern hemisphere between July 16 and July 22, 1994, at a speed of approximately 60 km/s (37 mi/s) or 216,000 km/h (134,000 mph). The prominent scars from the impacts were more easily visible than the Great Red Spot and persisted for many months.