Chapter6- Our Solar System and Its Origin
... • These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. ...
... • These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. ...
Side View of Our Solar System The Origins of
... • These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. ...
... • These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. ...
The 4 Galilean Satelites of Jupiter!!!!
... largest in our solar system with a diameter of 5,262 km (3,280 miles). If Ganymede orbited the Sun instead of Jupiter it could be classified as a planet. Like Callisto, Ganymede is most likely composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. Its low density of 1.94 gm/cm ...
... largest in our solar system with a diameter of 5,262 km (3,280 miles). If Ganymede orbited the Sun instead of Jupiter it could be classified as a planet. Like Callisto, Ganymede is most likely composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. Its low density of 1.94 gm/cm ...
Vagabond MOONS - UMd Astronomy
... temperature of 107 kelvins (–267° Fahrenheit), shown in white. The coldest temperature Cassini detected (purple) was found on the nightside: 75 kelvins, or –324° F. ...
... temperature of 107 kelvins (–267° Fahrenheit), shown in white. The coldest temperature Cassini detected (purple) was found on the nightside: 75 kelvins, or –324° F. ...
Solar System 2
... • Jupiter and the other major outer planets have been visited by several space missions, including the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions which flew by Jupiter in 1973 and 1974 respectively, and the Voyager 1 and 2, flying by Jupiter in March, 1979 and July, 1979, respectively. • These missions not only obt ...
... • Jupiter and the other major outer planets have been visited by several space missions, including the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions which flew by Jupiter in 1973 and 1974 respectively, and the Voyager 1 and 2, flying by Jupiter in March, 1979 and July, 1979, respectively. • These missions not only obt ...
solar system - New Concept
... exchanging orbits with one another in a "waltz" -- they are called the coorbital satellites. ...
... exchanging orbits with one another in a "waltz" -- they are called the coorbital satellites. ...
Birth of the Solar System
... Planets orbit in same direction as Sun rotates (prograde) Most planets rotate in same direction as they orbit with axial tilts less than 30 (Venus and Uranus are exceptions) Separation between orbits increases with distance from Sun Multitude of smaller bodies (asteroids, KBOs, comets) with ...
... Planets orbit in same direction as Sun rotates (prograde) Most planets rotate in same direction as they orbit with axial tilts less than 30 (Venus and Uranus are exceptions) Separation between orbits increases with distance from Sun Multitude of smaller bodies (asteroids, KBOs, comets) with ...
Why are the Jovian Planets so Different?
... • Best estimate: “frost line” was between current orbits of Mars and Jupiter • Outside “frost line”: rocky cores could attract icy solid material fast enough that planets were already quite massive before early solar wind blew gas nebula away ...
... • Best estimate: “frost line” was between current orbits of Mars and Jupiter • Outside “frost line”: rocky cores could attract icy solid material fast enough that planets were already quite massive before early solar wind blew gas nebula away ...
PPT
... • Best estimate: “frost line” was between current orbits of Mars and Jupiter • Outside “frost line”: rocky cores could attract icy solid material fast enough that planets were already quite massive before early solar wind blew gas nebula away ...
... • Best estimate: “frost line” was between current orbits of Mars and Jupiter • Outside “frost line”: rocky cores could attract icy solid material fast enough that planets were already quite massive before early solar wind blew gas nebula away ...
Lecture - Faculty
... Asteroids (minor planets) • Bode’s Law suggests a planet between Mars and Jup. at 2.8 AU: – 1801 – Piazzi (It.) discovers Ceres – 1804 – Juno disc. – 1807 – Vesta disc. (these are the largest ...
... Asteroids (minor planets) • Bode’s Law suggests a planet between Mars and Jup. at 2.8 AU: – 1801 – Piazzi (It.) discovers Ceres – 1804 – Juno disc. – 1807 – Vesta disc. (these are the largest ...
For Space: Our Solar System and Beyond The Solar System Planets
... The inner planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are small and mostly solid. The outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are large and made mostly of gases. Between the inner and outer planets is a belt of rocks called asteroids that orbit the sun. Lying beyond the gas giants, the ...
... The inner planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are small and mostly solid. The outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are large and made mostly of gases. Between the inner and outer planets is a belt of rocks called asteroids that orbit the sun. Lying beyond the gas giants, the ...
Giant collision - The Jupiter in the recent past A Paramashivam
... The ancient Indian astronomical text Surya-siddhanta dates back thousands of years which means the predictions were made thousands of years ago. It may be possible that Jupiter's diameter was 41624 miles when it was calculated in ancient times and possibly increased after some time. Two readings tak ...
... The ancient Indian astronomical text Surya-siddhanta dates back thousands of years which means the predictions were made thousands of years ago. It may be possible that Jupiter's diameter was 41624 miles when it was calculated in ancient times and possibly increased after some time. Two readings tak ...
New Horizons - Montgomery College
... cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
... cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
American Scientist - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
... An asteroid that orbits the Sun exactly three times while Jupiter goes around just once would make its closest approaches to the giant planet at the same point in its own orbit and get a similar gravitational kick from its massive celestial neighbor each time. The ...
... An asteroid that orbits the Sun exactly three times while Jupiter goes around just once would make its closest approaches to the giant planet at the same point in its own orbit and get a similar gravitational kick from its massive celestial neighbor each time. The ...
Chapter 21
... Our Solar System the BIG idea Planets and other objects form a system around our Sun. ...
... Our Solar System the BIG idea Planets and other objects form a system around our Sun. ...
The Jovian Planets
... • Zones and belts are equivalent to low and high pressure systems we experience on Earth. Due to Jupiter’s rapid differential rotation, these systems wrap completely around the planet. • Because of the pressure difference, belts and zones lie at slightly different heights in the atmosphere, and thus ...
... • Zones and belts are equivalent to low and high pressure systems we experience on Earth. Due to Jupiter’s rapid differential rotation, these systems wrap completely around the planet. • Because of the pressure difference, belts and zones lie at slightly different heights in the atmosphere, and thus ...
Europa`s structure
... As we move out from Jupiter, the tidal flexing becomes less, and the surfaces get colder and older. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and also generates it's own magnetic field, just like the Earth! ...
... As we move out from Jupiter, the tidal flexing becomes less, and the surfaces get colder and older. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and also generates it's own magnetic field, just like the Earth! ...
Lecture
... Asteroids (minor planets) • Bode’s Law suggests a planet between Mars and Jup. at 2.8 AU: – 1801 – Piazzi (It.) discovers Ceres – 1804 – Juno disc. – 1807 – Vesta disc. (these are the largest asteroids) ...
... Asteroids (minor planets) • Bode’s Law suggests a planet between Mars and Jup. at 2.8 AU: – 1801 – Piazzi (It.) discovers Ceres – 1804 – Juno disc. – 1807 – Vesta disc. (these are the largest asteroids) ...
Planets
... (when looking down upon the solar system from the sun’s north pole). All the planets, except for Venus, Uranus, and Pluto, rotate in the same direction as their orbits. ...
... (when looking down upon the solar system from the sun’s north pole). All the planets, except for Venus, Uranus, and Pluto, rotate in the same direction as their orbits. ...
Jupiter and Saturn Guiding Questions Long orbital periods of Jupiter
... 1. How did Uranus and Neptune come to be discovered? 2. What gives Uranus its distinctive greenish-blue color? 3. Why are the clouds on Neptune so much more visible than those on Uranus? 4. Are Uranus and Neptune merely smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What is so unusual about the magnetic ...
... 1. How did Uranus and Neptune come to be discovered? 2. What gives Uranus its distinctive greenish-blue color? 3. Why are the clouds on Neptune so much more visible than those on Uranus? 4. Are Uranus and Neptune merely smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What is so unusual about the magnetic ...
Chapter 12 Remnants of Rock and Ice What are asteroids like
... • Pluto will never hit Neptune, even though their orbits cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
... • Pluto will never hit Neptune, even though their orbits cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
Lecture 14: The Giant Planets, their Moons, and their Rings
... • On Earth, convection cells are formed when air is heated at the Earth's surface • What sources of heating might power convective cells on Jupiter? ...
... • On Earth, convection cells are formed when air is heated at the Earth's surface • What sources of heating might power convective cells on Jupiter? ...
Meteorite
... Which explanation for the asteroid belt seems the most plausible? • The belt is where all the asteroids happened to form. • The belt is the remnant of a large terrestrial planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter. • The belt is where all the asteroids happened to survive. But WHY didn’t they f ...
... Which explanation for the asteroid belt seems the most plausible? • The belt is where all the asteroids happened to form. • The belt is the remnant of a large terrestrial planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter. • The belt is where all the asteroids happened to survive. But WHY didn’t they f ...
Chapter 11 (in pdf)
... because the particles are too small to have survived this long. They would have spiraled down into planet. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with the jovian moons. ...
... because the particles are too small to have survived this long. They would have spiraled down into planet. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with the jovian moons. ...