Overview of the Solar System
... All planetary orbits are nearly circular All planets orbit the Sun in the same “direction” Most planets rotate in the same sense as the orbit. ...
... All planetary orbits are nearly circular All planets orbit the Sun in the same “direction” Most planets rotate in the same sense as the orbit. ...
ppt - Faculty Virginia
... All planetary orbits are nearly circular All planets orbit the Sun in the same “direction” Most planets rotate in the same sense as the orbit. ...
... All planetary orbits are nearly circular All planets orbit the Sun in the same “direction” Most planets rotate in the same sense as the orbit. ...
asteroids, comets - MSU Solar Physics
... Its orbit is highly eccentric; at times it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. Its orbit inclination is also much larger than other planets. Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 ...
... Its orbit is highly eccentric; at times it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. Its orbit inclination is also much larger than other planets. Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 ...
Gravity Workbook
... birth. At first, the four giant planets had compact orbits. Neptune, for example, was only half as far away from the Sun as it now. A slowly circulating band of ice, dust, and gas lay beyond these planets. Ice, dust, and gas might not seem like much of a match for huge planets. But the researchers s ...
... birth. At first, the four giant planets had compact orbits. Neptune, for example, was only half as far away from the Sun as it now. A slowly circulating band of ice, dust, and gas lay beyond these planets. Ice, dust, and gas might not seem like much of a match for huge planets. But the researchers s ...
Directed Reading A
... The Saturn system is made up of the planet Saturn and the several moons that orbit it. B D 1 second light minute There are 8.3 light minutes in one astronomical unit. D C the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon C B the inner solar system terrestrial planets Mercury, Mars, ...
... The Saturn system is made up of the planet Saturn and the several moons that orbit it. B D 1 second light minute There are 8.3 light minutes in one astronomical unit. D C the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon C B the inner solar system terrestrial planets Mercury, Mars, ...
Jupiter=Zeus=Indra
... Jupiter’s moon Io is very hot because: a) It has so many volcanoes b) It has not had time to cool since its formation c) Of impacts from the dust in the plasma torus d) Electric currents generated by its motion through Jupiter’s magnetic field e) Orbital resonances with Europa and Ganymede ...
... Jupiter’s moon Io is very hot because: a) It has so many volcanoes b) It has not had time to cool since its formation c) Of impacts from the dust in the plasma torus d) Electric currents generated by its motion through Jupiter’s magnetic field e) Orbital resonances with Europa and Ganymede ...
DTU 8e Lecture PPT Chap 8 The Outer Planets v2
... and Neptune are quite similar in mass, size, and chemical composition. Both planets are surrounded by thin, dark rings, quite unlike Saturn’s, which are broad and bright. The clouds on the right of Uranus (false color pink) are each the size of Europe. ...
... and Neptune are quite similar in mass, size, and chemical composition. Both planets are surrounded by thin, dark rings, quite unlike Saturn’s, which are broad and bright. The clouds on the right of Uranus (false color pink) are each the size of Europe. ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... Rocky fragments ranging from 940 km across (Ceres) to < 0.1 km. 100,000 known. Most in Asteroid Belt, at about 2-3 AU, between Mars and Jupiter. The Trojan asteroids orbit 60 o ahead of and behind Jupiter. Some asteroids cross Earth's orbit. Their orbits were probably disrupted by Jupiter's gravity. ...
... Rocky fragments ranging from 940 km across (Ceres) to < 0.1 km. 100,000 known. Most in Asteroid Belt, at about 2-3 AU, between Mars and Jupiter. The Trojan asteroids orbit 60 o ahead of and behind Jupiter. Some asteroids cross Earth's orbit. Their orbits were probably disrupted by Jupiter's gravity. ...
The Jovian Planets
... – Zone within which bodies held together by gravity (i.e. moons) are ripped apart by the tidal forces from the Jovian planet – Tidal forces result from the different gravitational force on either side of a large body (this is why we have tides). ...
... – Zone within which bodies held together by gravity (i.e. moons) are ripped apart by the tidal forces from the Jovian planet – Tidal forces result from the different gravitational force on either side of a large body (this is why we have tides). ...
The most important questions to study for the exam
... • soft-landed on the solid surface of Jupiter, just below the cloud layers. • used a parachute to land on the oceans of water, hidden below the cloud layers. • penetrated into the fluid atmosphere of Jupiter, never encountering a solid surface. 4. The average density of the massive planet, Jupiter, ...
... • soft-landed on the solid surface of Jupiter, just below the cloud layers. • used a parachute to land on the oceans of water, hidden below the cloud layers. • penetrated into the fluid atmosphere of Jupiter, never encountering a solid surface. 4. The average density of the massive planet, Jupiter, ...
Neptune - SUSD Student Community
... that zips around Neptune every 16 hours or so now known as "The Scooter" (right). ...
... that zips around Neptune every 16 hours or so now known as "The Scooter" (right). ...
Chapter 17 – Asteroids and Comets
... • Perhaps a planet was going to form there, but Jupiter’s pull disrupted orbits of planetesimals, ejecting some completely, preventing formation of planet. Asteroids are leftovers. • Supported by simulations. If no Jupiter, an Earth-like planet likely to form. With Jupiter, orbits are disrupted. ...
... • Perhaps a planet was going to form there, but Jupiter’s pull disrupted orbits of planetesimals, ejecting some completely, preventing formation of planet. Asteroids are leftovers. • Supported by simulations. If no Jupiter, an Earth-like planet likely to form. With Jupiter, orbits are disrupted. ...
Unit 7 Planets Day 1!
... I can classify the inner and outer planets by looking at their characteristics. ...
... I can classify the inner and outer planets by looking at their characteristics. ...
ASTR 150
... Either icy planetesimals or rocky planetesimals with some water from near the frost line (beyond Mars’ orbit) ...
... Either icy planetesimals or rocky planetesimals with some water from near the frost line (beyond Mars’ orbit) ...
Lecture14: Solar System Debris
... Its orbit is highly eccentric; at times it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. Its orbit inclination is also much larger than other planets. Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 ...
... Its orbit is highly eccentric; at times it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. Its orbit inclination is also much larger than other planets. Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 ...
August 2016
... might contain a primitive life form. Ganymede’s surface is also unique. It’s a patchwork of old dark highly cratered areas made of salty rock. These darker forms are separated by lighter frozen water ice covered with mysterious sinuous grooves. These seemed to have slowly welled up from the subsurfa ...
... might contain a primitive life form. Ganymede’s surface is also unique. It’s a patchwork of old dark highly cratered areas made of salty rock. These darker forms are separated by lighter frozen water ice covered with mysterious sinuous grooves. These seemed to have slowly welled up from the subsurfa ...
The outer solar system has four giant planets.
... Saturn was the first planet known to have rings. A planetary ring is a wide, flat zone of small particles that orbit a planet. All four gas giants have rings around their equators. Saturn’s rings are made of chunks of water ice the size of a building or smaller. Larger chunks, considered to be tiny ...
... Saturn was the first planet known to have rings. A planetary ring is a wide, flat zone of small particles that orbit a planet. All four gas giants have rings around their equators. Saturn’s rings are made of chunks of water ice the size of a building or smaller. Larger chunks, considered to be tiny ...
Scale of the Solar System Modeling the Solar System (Size, distance
... (2) Explain how the scale models will work. Size, Distance. (Sun - Pluto) By "a scale model" in this case, we mean a model that has smaller parts but parts that are relatively the same size and distance to each other as the real planets, dwarf planets, asteroid belt, and Sun. Ask students about othe ...
... (2) Explain how the scale models will work. Size, Distance. (Sun - Pluto) By "a scale model" in this case, we mean a model that has smaller parts but parts that are relatively the same size and distance to each other as the real planets, dwarf planets, asteroid belt, and Sun. Ask students about othe ...
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... Pluto and Charon tidally locked. Nix and Hydra about 30-100 km. Origin of Pluto Now known to be just the largest known of a class of objects in the outer reaches of the Solar System. These objects are Kuiper Belt Objects. ...
... Pluto and Charon tidally locked. Nix and Hydra about 30-100 km. Origin of Pluto Now known to be just the largest known of a class of objects in the outer reaches of the Solar System. These objects are Kuiper Belt Objects. ...
Astronomy of the Solar System
... • How did these small seeds that condensed out of the protoplanetary disk grow into planets? – Accretion ...
... • How did these small seeds that condensed out of the protoplanetary disk grow into planets? – Accretion ...
Neptune - Mid-Pacific Institute
... Magnetic Field is off-centered and at a large angle to it’s rotation axis ...
... Magnetic Field is off-centered and at a large angle to it’s rotation axis ...
DIY Solar system
... the planets within our Solar System appear dull and colourless, but Uranus is a blue-green colour due to methan in its atmosphere. Like its neighbour, Saturn, Uranus also has rings although they are much less apparent. Unlike Saturn’s rings which are made of bright ice, the rings of Uranus are very ...
... the planets within our Solar System appear dull and colourless, but Uranus is a blue-green colour due to methan in its atmosphere. Like its neighbour, Saturn, Uranus also has rings although they are much less apparent. Unlike Saturn’s rings which are made of bright ice, the rings of Uranus are very ...
The Outer Planets
... The Jovian planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are unlike the terrestrial planets in several ways. First, Jovian planets are much larger. The smallest Jovian planet, Uranus, is nearly 15 times more massive than the largest terrestrial planet, Earth. Second, Jovian planets do not have solid ...
... The Jovian planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are unlike the terrestrial planets in several ways. First, Jovian planets are much larger. The smallest Jovian planet, Uranus, is nearly 15 times more massive than the largest terrestrial planet, Earth. Second, Jovian planets do not have solid ...
Solar system - Institute of Astronomy
... • Polar ice caps: all (except Venus) • Craters: Mercury heavily, no small (<2km) craters on Venus, few on Earth due to plate tectonics, on both Mars and Pluto • Water: none Venus and Mercury, oceans on Earth, water channels on Mars • Topological: mountains on Earth (8km), Mars (Olympus Mons 27km ...
... • Polar ice caps: all (except Venus) • Craters: Mercury heavily, no small (<2km) craters on Venus, few on Earth due to plate tectonics, on both Mars and Pluto • Water: none Venus and Mercury, oceans on Earth, water channels on Mars • Topological: mountains on Earth (8km), Mars (Olympus Mons 27km ...