File - Walker Koberlein
... "Spacecraft Galileo: To Jupiter and Its Moons." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014..
"Space Today Online - Voyager spacecraft are leaving the Solar System." Space Today Online - Voyager
spacecraft are leaving the Solar System. N.p., n.d. Web. ...
... "Spacecraft Galileo: To Jupiter and Its Moons." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.
Ch. 13
... Band structure of Neptune is more visible, and Neptune has internal heat source of unknown origin: ...
... Band structure of Neptune is more visible, and Neptune has internal heat source of unknown origin: ...
Neptune Mission Concept
... * From the NAS NRC study: New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, often called the "Planetary Decadal Survey" ...
... * From the NAS NRC study: New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, often called the "Planetary Decadal Survey" ...
Slides - Geophysical Sciences
... terrestrial planets) that differ somewhat from those observed in the Solar System. Thus, although there is general confidence that the basic physics of terrestrial planet formation is understood, it is clear that current models do not include all of the ingredients needed to accurately match Solar S ...
... terrestrial planets) that differ somewhat from those observed in the Solar System. Thus, although there is general confidence that the basic physics of terrestrial planet formation is understood, it is clear that current models do not include all of the ingredients needed to accurately match Solar S ...
RTF - Digitalis Education
... ● Successful “Grand Tour” flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ● Launch: August 20, 1977; Jupiter encounter: April 25 to August 5, 1979 ● Ten months into the flight, well before the spacecraft reached the planet, Voyager 2's primary radio receiver failed. The backup receiver kicked in, but ...
... ● Successful “Grand Tour” flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ● Launch: August 20, 1977; Jupiter encounter: April 25 to August 5, 1979 ● Ten months into the flight, well before the spacecraft reached the planet, Voyager 2's primary radio receiver failed. The backup receiver kicked in, but ...
Formation of Giant Planets
... rely mostly on the old and very non-unique approach of interpreting the gravitational response of the planet to its own rotation (see, e.g., Podolak et al., 1993). In the tradition of Radau-Darwin, the change in gravity field arising from rotation of a hydrostatic body can be related to the moment o ...
... rely mostly on the old and very non-unique approach of interpreting the gravitational response of the planet to its own rotation (see, e.g., Podolak et al., 1993). In the tradition of Radau-Darwin, the change in gravity field arising from rotation of a hydrostatic body can be related to the moment o ...
13. Remnants of Rock and Ice: Asteroids, Comets, and Pluto
... • Analysis of orbits shows where comets in the inner Solar System have come from. Based on the number of comets seen in the inner Solar System and the relatively short times during which comets can survive in the inner Solar System, we conclude that the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt must contain enormo ...
... • Analysis of orbits shows where comets in the inner Solar System have come from. Based on the number of comets seen in the inner Solar System and the relatively short times during which comets can survive in the inner Solar System, we conclude that the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt must contain enormo ...
Family Space Day Overview - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... liquid). Unlike rocky planets, gas giants do not have a well-defined surface. There are four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are also known as the Jovian planets. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system; about 1000 Earths could fit inside ...
... liquid). Unlike rocky planets, gas giants do not have a well-defined surface. There are four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are also known as the Jovian planets. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system; about 1000 Earths could fit inside ...
The model of the formation of solar system formation in The Urantia
... beads that condensed to become the planets [65]. Known as the Tidal Theory, it was advanced by James Jeans in 1916 [79] in an attempt to overcome problems with the previously accepted Nebular Hypothesis. However, in or about 1939 the Tidal Theory fell out of favor as astronomers such as Spitzer poin ...
... beads that condensed to become the planets [65]. Known as the Tidal Theory, it was advanced by James Jeans in 1916 [79] in an attempt to overcome problems with the previously accepted Nebular Hypothesis. However, in or about 1939 the Tidal Theory fell out of favor as astronomers such as Spitzer poin ...
the outer planets: gas giants
... brown and tan bands. It is also known for its Red Spot, a gigantic hurricane that covers an area twice the size of Earth. With a modest telescope, nearly 20 moons can be seen. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis, once every ten hours. It orbits the sun once every twelve years. Saturn is next, known ...
... brown and tan bands. It is also known for its Red Spot, a gigantic hurricane that covers an area twice the size of Earth. With a modest telescope, nearly 20 moons can be seen. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis, once every ten hours. It orbits the sun once every twelve years. Saturn is next, known ...
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... With more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined, Jupiter reigns supreme. It’s the most influential member of our planetary family — after the sun. Jupiter might have hurled the asteroids that delivered water to Earth, robbed Mars of planet-building material and nudged Uranus and Nept ...
... With more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined, Jupiter reigns supreme. It’s the most influential member of our planetary family — after the sun. Jupiter might have hurled the asteroids that delivered water to Earth, robbed Mars of planet-building material and nudged Uranus and Nept ...
Jupiter
... by the density of the material and does not depend much at all upon the particular value of the temperature. From Newton’s law of gravitation, we can determine the gravitational force at any particular distance from the center of a spherical planet, even at a distance that is inside the planet. This ...
... by the density of the material and does not depend much at all upon the particular value of the temperature. From Newton’s law of gravitation, we can determine the gravitational force at any particular distance from the center of a spherical planet, even at a distance that is inside the planet. This ...
ASTR 330: The Solar System
... • The core of Saturn is a similar size to the core of Jupiter (contrary to the previous diagram): about 10-15 Earth masses. • Hence Saturn may be considered to be a ‘Jupiter’ which is depleted in hydrogen and helium. • How much more massive would Jupiter need to have been, to fuse hydrogen and becom ...
... • The core of Saturn is a similar size to the core of Jupiter (contrary to the previous diagram): about 10-15 Earth masses. • Hence Saturn may be considered to be a ‘Jupiter’ which is depleted in hydrogen and helium. • How much more massive would Jupiter need to have been, to fuse hydrogen and becom ...
The Cosmic Perspective Formation of the Solar System
... a) They are captured planetesimals that encountered Jupiter in such a way that they ended up orbiting backward. b) When moons form in a circumplanetary nebula they have roughly equal probability of orbiting forward and backward. c) Jupiter's strong tidal force caused the orbits to evolve into bac ...
... a) They are captured planetesimals that encountered Jupiter in such a way that they ended up orbiting backward. b) When moons form in a circumplanetary nebula they have roughly equal probability of orbiting forward and backward. c) Jupiter's strong tidal force caused the orbits to evolve into bac ...
Formation of the Solar System
... a) They are captured planetesimals that encountered Jupiter in such a way that they ended up orbiting backward. b) When moons form in a circumplanetary nebula they have roughly equal probability of orbiting forward and backward. c) Jupiter's strong tidal force caused the orbits to evolve into backwa ...
... a) They are captured planetesimals that encountered Jupiter in such a way that they ended up orbiting backward. b) When moons form in a circumplanetary nebula they have roughly equal probability of orbiting forward and backward. c) Jupiter's strong tidal force caused the orbits to evolve into backwa ...
The Planet Neptune
... During the Greek mythology times, astronomers named the 4 inner planets after the most important gods. Astronomers eventually found the outer planets and keep the tradition of naming them after the gods. Once they got to Neptune, they decided to name it after Neptune, the god of the sea. They named ...
... During the Greek mythology times, astronomers named the 4 inner planets after the most important gods. Astronomers eventually found the outer planets and keep the tradition of naming them after the gods. Once they got to Neptune, they decided to name it after Neptune, the god of the sea. They named ...
An “Asteroid Garden” for the Gainesville Solar Walk And an Asteroid
... in Public Places Trust (APPT), which oversees the purchase of public art for the City. Recently(2008) the City added two small sculptures by the artist (Figure 2) representing the near and far points of Comet Halley (perihelion and aphelion respectively). This feature allows one to “walk” the walk w ...
... in Public Places Trust (APPT), which oversees the purchase of public art for the City. Recently(2008) the City added two small sculptures by the artist (Figure 2) representing the near and far points of Comet Halley (perihelion and aphelion respectively). This feature allows one to “walk” the walk w ...
Beyond Neptune: The Kuiper Belt
... • Simulations show that at the relative velocities KBO’s experience, that the pieces from collisions would result in many losing angular momentum and falling in on the highly elliptical orbits, like short-period comets have. • Short period comets – a few miles across, not hundred(s) of miles across ...
... • Simulations show that at the relative velocities KBO’s experience, that the pieces from collisions would result in many losing angular momentum and falling in on the highly elliptical orbits, like short-period comets have. • Short period comets – a few miles across, not hundred(s) of miles across ...
Dynamical transport of asteroid fragments from the ν6 resonance
... when we calculate collisions between a test particle (i.e. an asteroid fragment) and a large body. No consideration is given to post-Newtonian gravity, tidal force, gas drag, solar equatorial bulge, and other non-gravitational or dissipative effects such as the Yarkovsky effect. To emulate disruptio ...
... when we calculate collisions between a test particle (i.e. an asteroid fragment) and a large body. No consideration is given to post-Newtonian gravity, tidal force, gas drag, solar equatorial bulge, and other non-gravitational or dissipative effects such as the Yarkovsky effect. To emulate disruptio ...
A coupling of the origin of asteroid belt, planetary ring
... collision of binary satellite system. The center body is replaced with giant planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) respectively, the composition of binary satellite system is similar to that of icy satellites of giant planet, and it is located at the position of present main ring. The smashi ...
... collision of binary satellite system. The center body is replaced with giant planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) respectively, the composition of binary satellite system is similar to that of icy satellites of giant planet, and it is located at the position of present main ring. The smashi ...
Jupiter`s Secrets Revealed
... I saw Jupiter change again, right before my eyes, in July 1994. It was the last night that big chunks of a broken-up comet—called Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9—collided with the planet. I saw several dark “bruises” on Jupiter where the chunks of the comet hit. I drew pictures of these too as I thought abo ...
... I saw Jupiter change again, right before my eyes, in July 1994. It was the last night that big chunks of a broken-up comet—called Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9—collided with the planet. I saw several dark “bruises” on Jupiter where the chunks of the comet hit. I drew pictures of these too as I thought abo ...
ph709-10
... Earth's eccentricity is 0.017, while Jupiter's is 0.094. In our solar system, the planet with the largest eccentricity is Pluto at 0.244, and Mercury with 0.205. The planet with the lowest eccentricity is Venus with 0.007. Unless there is some gravitational tugging (such as with the Galilean Satelli ...
... Earth's eccentricity is 0.017, while Jupiter's is 0.094. In our solar system, the planet with the largest eccentricity is Pluto at 0.244, and Mercury with 0.205. The planet with the lowest eccentricity is Venus with 0.007. Unless there is some gravitational tugging (such as with the Galilean Satelli ...
A Brief History of Planetary Science
... Needed new definition when rest of solar system was discovered with telescopes ...
... Needed new definition when rest of solar system was discovered with telescopes ...
The Solar System as an Exoplanetary System
... The Solar System contains eight planets and two main belts (the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt). While tens of debris disks and warm dust belts (similar perhaps to the Solar System’s asteroid belt) have been observed and resolved, belts with dust masses as low as those in the Solar System would c ...
... The Solar System contains eight planets and two main belts (the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt). While tens of debris disks and warm dust belts (similar perhaps to the Solar System’s asteroid belt) have been observed and resolved, belts with dust masses as low as those in the Solar System would c ...