lecture15_2014_giant_planets
... Jupiter has 3x more mass than Saturn, but is only slightly larger in radius! • the added weight of H & He compresses the gases below to a higher density • like stacking pillows ...
... Jupiter has 3x more mass than Saturn, but is only slightly larger in radius! • the added weight of H & He compresses the gases below to a higher density • like stacking pillows ...
Comets and Asteroids
... • Water vapor + other volatiles escape from the nucleus when heated by sunlight. • No large fragments of solid matter from a comet ever survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere – full composition of the nuclei - not known. ...
... • Water vapor + other volatiles escape from the nucleus when heated by sunlight. • No large fragments of solid matter from a comet ever survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere – full composition of the nuclei - not known. ...
Jupiter`s Radio Signals
... from a short wave broadcast station. I wrote it all up in my combined log book/technical notebook. I had been working on an academic paper about deep space gamma ray bursts in my spare time and spent many hours at the Grundy Observatory on Franklin & Marshall College's Baker Campus in Lancaster. On ...
... from a short wave broadcast station. I wrote it all up in my combined log book/technical notebook. I had been working on an academic paper about deep space gamma ray bursts in my spare time and spent many hours at the Grundy Observatory on Franklin & Marshall College's Baker Campus in Lancaster. On ...
pptx format - Hildas and Trojans
... telescope, as opposed to photography or CCD imaging) than any other astronomer (And I assume he will hold this distinction forever as no one discovers asteroids visually now!) Hilda was named for daughter of another Austrian astronomer ...
... telescope, as opposed to photography or CCD imaging) than any other astronomer (And I assume he will hold this distinction forever as no one discovers asteroids visually now!) Hilda was named for daughter of another Austrian astronomer ...
Space Science - Discovery Education
... Context: The main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the coma, and the tail. Jupiter Definition: A gas planet with an atmosphere that is mostly hydrogen and helium Context: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Levy-Shoemaker comet Definition: A comet discovered in 1992 by amateur astron ...
... Context: The main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the coma, and the tail. Jupiter Definition: A gas planet with an atmosphere that is mostly hydrogen and helium Context: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Levy-Shoemaker comet Definition: A comet discovered in 1992 by amateur astron ...
Comets
... solid ball called a nucleus. It is made of several gases, water, and dust that are frozen into a kind of dirty snowball. Sometimes it can also be made of rock. The nucleus is only a few kilometers or a few miles in diameter. A cloud of dust and gases called a coma surrounds the nucleus. Together, th ...
... solid ball called a nucleus. It is made of several gases, water, and dust that are frozen into a kind of dirty snowball. Sometimes it can also be made of rock. The nucleus is only a few kilometers or a few miles in diameter. A cloud of dust and gases called a coma surrounds the nucleus. Together, th ...
27.4 Directed Reading Guide
... 10. Jupiter’s mass is more than ______________________ times that of Earth. 11. How long is Jupiter’s orbital period? _______________________________________________________________ 12. How often does Jupiter rotates on its axis? _______________________________________________________________ 13. Ju ...
... 10. Jupiter’s mass is more than ______________________ times that of Earth. 11. How long is Jupiter’s orbital period? _______________________________________________________________ 12. How often does Jupiter rotates on its axis? _______________________________________________________________ 13. Ju ...
Asteroids
... Trojan Asteroids • The law of gravity permits an orbit around the sun exactly 60º ahead of and behind Jupiter, called Lagrange points. – Asteroids collect there – Several hundred Trojan asteroids locked to Jupiter ...
... Trojan Asteroids • The law of gravity permits an orbit around the sun exactly 60º ahead of and behind Jupiter, called Lagrange points. – Asteroids collect there – Several hundred Trojan asteroids locked to Jupiter ...
Moons of Jupiter
... sun is 778 million km • The distance from Jupiter and the sun varies by 75 million km between perihelion and aphelion • Completes an orbit every 11.86 years • Jupiter’s elliptical orbit is inclined 1.31 degrees compared to earth Again the inset picture (smaller one) clashes or competes for attention ...
... sun is 778 million km • The distance from Jupiter and the sun varies by 75 million km between perihelion and aphelion • Completes an orbit every 11.86 years • Jupiter’s elliptical orbit is inclined 1.31 degrees compared to earth Again the inset picture (smaller one) clashes or competes for attention ...
What are the Jovian Planets? Characteristics of Jovian Planets
... Composition & Structure of Jovians • Mostly Hydrogen & Helium • They have low densities • At most they have only small rocky cores • At high pressures, Hydrogen acts like a metal: conducts electricity ...
... Composition & Structure of Jovians • Mostly Hydrogen & Helium • They have low densities • At most they have only small rocky cores • At high pressures, Hydrogen acts like a metal: conducts electricity ...
A Comet Nucleus
... known examples of “Plutinos” — ice/rock bodies mostly a few hundred km in diameter that are in 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune. That is, they make 2 complete orbits around the Sun for every 3 orbits by Neptune. This is a stable situation into which they were captured from somewhat different orbit ...
... known examples of “Plutinos” — ice/rock bodies mostly a few hundred km in diameter that are in 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune. That is, they make 2 complete orbits around the Sun for every 3 orbits by Neptune. This is a stable situation into which they were captured from somewhat different orbit ...
Astronomy 311: Lecture 7 - Resonance • Solar System consists of 8
... with the Earth. • Mercury’s orbital period is 87.9 days. Its rotation period is 58.6 days. • Is there a spin-orbit resonance there? • Jupiter/Saturn have a 5:2 ”near resonance” which affects their motion on an approx 900 year time scale. • Neptune:Pluto have a 3:2 orbit, orbit resonance: this maximi ...
... with the Earth. • Mercury’s orbital period is 87.9 days. Its rotation period is 58.6 days. • Is there a spin-orbit resonance there? • Jupiter/Saturn have a 5:2 ”near resonance” which affects their motion on an approx 900 year time scale. • Neptune:Pluto have a 3:2 orbit, orbit resonance: this maximi ...
The Solar System
... • Io is stretched more, then less, then more, then less…etc. for each and every 42hr orbit. • This converts orbital kinetic energy into thermal energy, heating the interior above the melting point of sulfur (239F or 115C), and it burbles up through cracks to make volcanoes. • Constant volcanic erupt ...
... • Io is stretched more, then less, then more, then less…etc. for each and every 42hr orbit. • This converts orbital kinetic energy into thermal energy, heating the interior above the melting point of sulfur (239F or 115C), and it burbles up through cracks to make volcanoes. • Constant volcanic erupt ...
Astronomy Study Guide GT
... 5. A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long narrow ellipse is a(n) _______________. 6. If a meteoroid hits Earth’s surface, it is called a(n) _______________ . 7. An object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet, is a(n) _______________ . 8. A chunk of ...
... 5. A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long narrow ellipse is a(n) _______________. 6. If a meteoroid hits Earth’s surface, it is called a(n) _______________ . 7. An object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet, is a(n) _______________ . 8. A chunk of ...
Astronomy Study Guide ACADEMIC
... 5. A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long narrow ellipse is a(n) _______________. 6. If a meteoroid hits Earth’s surface, it is called a(n) _______________ . 7. An object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet, is a(n) _______________ . 8. A chunk of ...
... 5. A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long narrow ellipse is a(n) _______________. 6. If a meteoroid hits Earth’s surface, it is called a(n) _______________ . 7. An object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet, is a(n) _______________ . 8. A chunk of ...
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
... nucleus. The comet’s head is called the coma. The tail of the comet is composed of gas and dust being pushed away from the coma. nucleus ...
... nucleus. The comet’s head is called the coma. The tail of the comet is composed of gas and dust being pushed away from the coma. nucleus ...
The Structure of Comets - Oregon State University
... ecliptic, and Pluto’s axis is heavily tipped as well. • Two new moons were discovered in 2005, and were named Nix and Hydra in 2006. • Pluto is a mix of water ice, rock, methane and frozen nitrogen. • When Pluto is within Neptune’s orbit, it has an atmosphere. – As the planet moves further out in to ...
... ecliptic, and Pluto’s axis is heavily tipped as well. • Two new moons were discovered in 2005, and were named Nix and Hydra in 2006. • Pluto is a mix of water ice, rock, methane and frozen nitrogen. • When Pluto is within Neptune’s orbit, it has an atmosphere. – As the planet moves further out in to ...
THE MASS OF JUPITER
... System: its mass is more than 300 times the mass of Earth and its volume is more than 1000 times the volume of our planet. Jupiter is surrounded by at least 67 natural moons and a thin set of rings (too faint to be seen in most images): it is the planet of the Solar System with the largest number of ...
... System: its mass is more than 300 times the mass of Earth and its volume is more than 1000 times the volume of our planet. Jupiter is surrounded by at least 67 natural moons and a thin set of rings (too faint to be seen in most images): it is the planet of the Solar System with the largest number of ...
Stratigraphy and composition of lava flows in Mare Nubium
... Because of this, Jupiter is sometimes called the Solar System’s vacuum cleaner. Although things have calmed down, impacts do still happen from time to time, as demonstrated again this year when an amateur astronomer discovered the aftermath of an impact which left a dark scar on the planet. ...
... Because of this, Jupiter is sometimes called the Solar System’s vacuum cleaner. Although things have calmed down, impacts do still happen from time to time, as demonstrated again this year when an amateur astronomer discovered the aftermath of an impact which left a dark scar on the planet. ...
951 Gaspra
... 1. Small objects in the solar system are leftovers that never accreted into planets 2. Minor planets mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter 3. Comets formed in the outer solar system and were flung outward by close encounters with other planets 4. Comets can be trapped in the inner solar system by pl ...
... 1. Small objects in the solar system are leftovers that never accreted into planets 2. Minor planets mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter 3. Comets formed in the outer solar system and were flung outward by close encounters with other planets 4. Comets can be trapped in the inner solar system by pl ...
Unit 7 Planetary Sciences - Comparisons of Moons ppt
... would not be surprised if Europa harbors some form of microscopic life. The temperature of the water is measured from 40-60 degrees below the surface. ...
... would not be surprised if Europa harbors some form of microscopic life. The temperature of the water is measured from 40-60 degrees below the surface. ...
Outer Planets!
... Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. This gas giant has a thick atmosphere and a dark, barely-visible ring composed of dust from nearby meteoroids. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is a gaseous planet; ...
... Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. This gas giant has a thick atmosphere and a dark, barely-visible ring composed of dust from nearby meteoroids. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is a gaseous planet; ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... If a large moon, held together by gravity, gets too close to Saturn, the tidal force breaks it apart into small pieces. The radius where this happens is called the Roche Limit. Total mass of ring particles equivalent to 250 km moon. Perhaps a collision between moons sent one inwards this way, or a c ...
... If a large moon, held together by gravity, gets too close to Saturn, the tidal force breaks it apart into small pieces. The radius where this happens is called the Roche Limit. Total mass of ring particles equivalent to 250 km moon. Perhaps a collision between moons sent one inwards this way, or a c ...
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.