Juno Fact Sheet and Outline Script Jupiter, the third brightest object
... Once humans started traveling into space we sent three missions to study the solar system’s juggernaut. Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five ...
... Once humans started traveling into space we sent three missions to study the solar system’s juggernaut. Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five ...
Alien_Skies_CHAPTER5
... hydrogen and helium, the material that stars are made of too, and have no real surface. The name gas giant can be misleading though, because these planets are not fluffy balls of gas. In their interior, the pressure is so extreme that the hydrogen/helium mix is compressed to very high density, and s ...
... hydrogen and helium, the material that stars are made of too, and have no real surface. The name gas giant can be misleading though, because these planets are not fluffy balls of gas. In their interior, the pressure is so extreme that the hydrogen/helium mix is compressed to very high density, and s ...
Neptune
... discovered Nereid Was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1949. The third moon named Larissa was first observed by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larrt A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on May 24, 1981. The Voyager 2 discovered 5 inner moons Naiad, Thalassa, Despina Glatea and Proteus. In 2002 ...
... discovered Nereid Was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1949. The third moon named Larissa was first observed by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larrt A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on May 24, 1981. The Voyager 2 discovered 5 inner moons Naiad, Thalassa, Despina Glatea and Proteus. In 2002 ...
Saturn - Wikispaces
... Saturn can be seen by the naked eye Flattest planet in the Solar System Orbits the sun once every 29.4 Earth years ...
... Saturn can be seen by the naked eye Flattest planet in the Solar System Orbits the sun once every 29.4 Earth years ...
History of Saturn Discovery
... 1. Look at the group of the History of Discovery Cards. Make sure you understand the information on the cards. 2. Match the scientist with what he learned about Saturn or the space probe and what it discovered about Saturn. ____1. Cassini-Huygens ____2. Christiaan Huygens ...
... 1. Look at the group of the History of Discovery Cards. Make sure you understand the information on the cards. 2. Match the scientist with what he learned about Saturn or the space probe and what it discovered about Saturn. ____1. Cassini-Huygens ____2. Christiaan Huygens ...
Chapter 29
... • The nine planets of our solar system can be grouped into two main categories according to their basic properties. – The terrestrial planets are the inner four planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars that are close to the size of Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces. – The Jovian planets are the ...
... • The nine planets of our solar system can be grouped into two main categories according to their basic properties. – The terrestrial planets are the inner four planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars that are close to the size of Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces. – The Jovian planets are the ...
Asteroids and Comets
... Most asteroids (thousands) lie in the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter The first asteroid (Ceres) of this asteroid belt swarm was discovered as a result of a search for the “missing planet” of Bode’s law The combined mass of all the asteroids is probably less than ...
... Most asteroids (thousands) lie in the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter The first asteroid (Ceres) of this asteroid belt swarm was discovered as a result of a search for the “missing planet” of Bode’s law The combined mass of all the asteroids is probably less than ...
A105 Stars and Galaxies
... that it nearly lies in its orbital plane The orbits of Uranus’s moons are similarly tilted ...
... that it nearly lies in its orbital plane The orbits of Uranus’s moons are similarly tilted ...
Overview of Our Solar System
... – The terrestrial planets are the inner four planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars that are close to the size of Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces. – The gas giant planets are the outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune which are much larger, more gaseous, and lack solid surfac ...
... – The terrestrial planets are the inner four planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars that are close to the size of Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces. – The gas giant planets are the outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune which are much larger, more gaseous, and lack solid surfac ...
Juno, a NASA spacecraft, gets to giant Jupiter after five years
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest one in the solar system. It is a giant ball of hydrogen and helium, which are both gasses. Jupiter is known as a gas giant, unlike rocky Earth and Mars. With its billowy clouds and colorful stripes, Jupiter is an extreme world. It likely formed ...
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest one in the solar system. It is a giant ball of hydrogen and helium, which are both gasses. Jupiter is known as a gas giant, unlike rocky Earth and Mars. With its billowy clouds and colorful stripes, Jupiter is an extreme world. It likely formed ...
Planetary Evolution - Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
... Solar System. After about a million years the solar wind began to blow, clearing out most of the remaining gas and dust from the Solar Nebula and thereby halting any further growth of the planets. This means that both the cores and atmospheres of the giant planets must have formed within that time. ...
... Solar System. After about a million years the solar wind began to blow, clearing out most of the remaining gas and dust from the Solar Nebula and thereby halting any further growth of the planets. This means that both the cores and atmospheres of the giant planets must have formed within that time. ...
Planetary Evolution
... Solar System. After about a million years the solar wind began to blow, clearing out most of the remaining gas and dust from the Solar Nebula and thereby halting any further growth of the planets. This means that both the cores and atmospheres of the giant planets must have formed within that time. ...
... Solar System. After about a million years the solar wind began to blow, clearing out most of the remaining gas and dust from the Solar Nebula and thereby halting any further growth of the planets. This means that both the cores and atmospheres of the giant planets must have formed within that time. ...
Vocabulary - Understanding Revolution in our Solar System
... Rank the planets’ orbits in order of increasing eccentricity. Do they group together? Calculate the average eccentricity for all the planets in our solar system, the Jovian planets, and the terrestrial planets. ...
... Rank the planets’ orbits in order of increasing eccentricity. Do they group together? Calculate the average eccentricity for all the planets in our solar system, the Jovian planets, and the terrestrial planets. ...
Planetary Atmospheres - Jupiter and the Outer Planets
... lower boundary conditions, incident solar energy fluxes, and histories, the phenomena observed there are unique. The study of these planets enriches atmospheric science by placing Earth in a broader perspective. ...
... lower boundary conditions, incident solar energy fluxes, and histories, the phenomena observed there are unique. The study of these planets enriches atmospheric science by placing Earth in a broader perspective. ...
Slides in PDF format
... Formation location of the different classes of OCs? Initial average size of their parent bodies? Amplitude of the bias in our collections? How many parent bodies for a given meteorite class ? Level of radial mixing experienced by their parent bodies after their formation? • Their accretion timescal ...
... Formation location of the different classes of OCs? Initial average size of their parent bodies? Amplitude of the bias in our collections? How many parent bodies for a given meteorite class ? Level of radial mixing experienced by their parent bodies after their formation? • Their accretion timescal ...
4 The Outer Planets
... Gas Giants and Pluto Jupiter and the other planets farthest from the sun are called the outer planets. The first four outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are much larger and more massive than Earth, and they do not have solid surfaces. Because these four planets are all so large, they ...
... Gas Giants and Pluto Jupiter and the other planets farthest from the sun are called the outer planets. The first four outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are much larger and more massive than Earth, and they do not have solid surfaces. Because these four planets are all so large, they ...
Stratigraphy and composition of lava flows in Mare Nubium
... – things like comets and asteroids. With its powerful gravity, Jupiter sucked up many of them and also kicked lots of them out of the Solar System that could have hit Earth. Because of this, Jupiter is sometimes called the Solar System’s vacuum cleaner. Although things have calmed down, impacts do s ...
... – things like comets and asteroids. With its powerful gravity, Jupiter sucked up many of them and also kicked lots of them out of the Solar System that could have hit Earth. Because of this, Jupiter is sometimes called the Solar System’s vacuum cleaner. Although things have calmed down, impacts do s ...
neptune - Robertson County School
... largest moon is Triton. Triton is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon and has active volcanoes which erupt like geysers and eject nitrogen frost over the surface. Some of the other moons of Neptune are Nereid, Proteus, Larissa, Despina, Galatea, Thalassa, and Naiad. These moons are much smaller than ...
... largest moon is Triton. Triton is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon and has active volcanoes which erupt like geysers and eject nitrogen frost over the surface. Some of the other moons of Neptune are Nereid, Proteus, Larissa, Despina, Galatea, Thalassa, and Naiad. These moons are much smaller than ...
the ringed giants – jupiter and saturn
... probe that will detach from Cassini and descend into the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is unique in the solar system as having an atmosphere that is more dense even than Earth’s. This probe is known as Huygens and was built by the European Space Agency. The Huygens probe has been designed ...
... probe that will detach from Cassini and descend into the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is unique in the solar system as having an atmosphere that is more dense even than Earth’s. This probe is known as Huygens and was built by the European Space Agency. The Huygens probe has been designed ...
Goal: To understand what the Kuiper Belt is, and why it is
... • Has an orbital resonance (3:2) with Neptune. • Shares an orbit with millions to hundreds of millions of other Plutinos. • Pluto is considered a dwarf planet and is considered a TNO. ...
... • Has an orbital resonance (3:2) with Neptune. • Shares an orbit with millions to hundreds of millions of other Plutinos. • Pluto is considered a dwarf planet and is considered a TNO. ...
Lesson 3 | The Outer Planets - 6th Grade earth and space Science
... differences between two places, things, ideas, or phenomena. This kind of essay includes: • a general statement about two or more things that are alike in certain ways and different in other ways; • specific details that develop each point of similarity or difference; • a discussion of why the simil ...
... differences between two places, things, ideas, or phenomena. This kind of essay includes: • a general statement about two or more things that are alike in certain ways and different in other ways; • specific details that develop each point of similarity or difference; • a discussion of why the simil ...
Inner versus Outer Planets
... Compared to the outer planets, the inner planets are small. They have shorter orbits around the Sun and they spin more slowly. Venus spins backward and spins the slowest of all the planets. All of the inner planets were geologically active at one time. They are all made of cooled igneous rock with i ...
... Compared to the outer planets, the inner planets are small. They have shorter orbits around the Sun and they spin more slowly. Venus spins backward and spins the slowest of all the planets. All of the inner planets were geologically active at one time. They are all made of cooled igneous rock with i ...
Slide 1
... • Comets have large erratic orbits which when they get close to the sun the ice is melted and this forms the tail. • When the comet is completely melted, the remnant becomes an asteroid. • Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material • Comets are made up of ice, dust and rocky material. • Both ...
... • Comets have large erratic orbits which when they get close to the sun the ice is melted and this forms the tail. • When the comet is completely melted, the remnant becomes an asteroid. • Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material • Comets are made up of ice, dust and rocky material. • Both ...