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... changes to helium during nuclear fusion. The Sun is powered by the energy produced in the core and therefore, produces basically all of the heat and light received on Earth. ...
... changes to helium during nuclear fusion. The Sun is powered by the energy produced in the core and therefore, produces basically all of the heat and light received on Earth. ...
Chapter 8 Jovian Planet Systems
... • Because Mercury is a small planet! • So moons that are the same size or smaller than Mercury should be geologically dead, too • But they’re not… ...
... • Because Mercury is a small planet! • So moons that are the same size or smaller than Mercury should be geologically dead, too • But they’re not… ...
Earth_Universe02
... mission to Meridiani Planum at approximately 11:53:26 Mars local solar time (link) ...
... mission to Meridiani Planum at approximately 11:53:26 Mars local solar time (link) ...
Asteroids Comets Meteor Showers
... Asteroids Discovery of Asteroids: After discovery of Uranus, astronomers wondered if there were other "unknown" planets - anything between Mars and Jupiter? In 1801, Ceres was found at 2.77 AU, followed by others. Referred to as planets, until realized that there was a large number of these. First ...
... Asteroids Discovery of Asteroids: After discovery of Uranus, astronomers wondered if there were other "unknown" planets - anything between Mars and Jupiter? In 1801, Ceres was found at 2.77 AU, followed by others. Referred to as planets, until realized that there was a large number of these. First ...
Earth at the Center
... Although the stars seemed to move, they stayed in the same position relative to one another. These patterns of stars, called constellations, kept the same shapes from night to night and from year to year. Greek Observations As the Greeks observed the sky, they noticed something surprising. Several p ...
... Although the stars seemed to move, they stayed in the same position relative to one another. These patterns of stars, called constellations, kept the same shapes from night to night and from year to year. Greek Observations As the Greeks observed the sky, they noticed something surprising. Several p ...
Blizzard Bag 2
... Saturn is less dense than water (it would float), and that suggests that it is, like Jupiter, rich in hydrogen and helium. In fact, its density is so low that it must have a relatively small core of heavy elements. The shape of a Jovian planet can tell us about the interior. All of the Jovian planet ...
... Saturn is less dense than water (it would float), and that suggests that it is, like Jupiter, rich in hydrogen and helium. In fact, its density is so low that it must have a relatively small core of heavy elements. The shape of a Jovian planet can tell us about the interior. All of the Jovian planet ...
Chapter 12 section 3
... Contrast Make the following Foldable to help you understand how the outer planets are similar and different. ...
... Contrast Make the following Foldable to help you understand how the outer planets are similar and different. ...
Week 5 Lecture
... their mass locked in a small rocky core. For Jupiter this is 11,000 km in diameter, 8 times Earth’s mass with pressures of 70 million bars. • Saturn’s larger core can be inferred from its higher degree of oblateness (due to lesser gravity). However it would be even more oblate were it not for its he ...
... their mass locked in a small rocky core. For Jupiter this is 11,000 km in diameter, 8 times Earth’s mass with pressures of 70 million bars. • Saturn’s larger core can be inferred from its higher degree of oblateness (due to lesser gravity). However it would be even more oblate were it not for its he ...
objects in telescope are farther than they appear
... approximately 360 AU. So according to Galileo the stars we can see range from being hundreds to thousands of AU distant. This is pretty far -- Neptune lies approximately 30 AU from the Sun -- but today we know that stars are vastly more distant than Galileo figured. The nearest stars are almost 300, ...
... approximately 360 AU. So according to Galileo the stars we can see range from being hundreds to thousands of AU distant. This is pretty far -- Neptune lies approximately 30 AU from the Sun -- but today we know that stars are vastly more distant than Galileo figured. The nearest stars are almost 300, ...
The Outer Planets
... 29.5 Earth years to orbit the Sun Rotates on its axis in 10 hours, 39 minutes Saturn’s rings are in the plane of its equator Tilts 27 degrees with respect to its orbital plane Chapter 3, Lesson 3 ...
... 29.5 Earth years to orbit the Sun Rotates on its axis in 10 hours, 39 minutes Saturn’s rings are in the plane of its equator Tilts 27 degrees with respect to its orbital plane Chapter 3, Lesson 3 ...
Moons, Pluto, and Rings
... Io: Volcanic Moon It is the most volcanically active world in the solar system Io has an elliptical orbit, causing it to twist back and forth relative to Jupiter and experience tidal forces This twisting and flexing is the likely source of Io’s internal heating that drives its massive ...
... Io: Volcanic Moon It is the most volcanically active world in the solar system Io has an elliptical orbit, causing it to twist back and forth relative to Jupiter and experience tidal forces This twisting and flexing is the likely source of Io’s internal heating that drives its massive ...
Moon Jupiter Ganymede Artega - ASTR101
... • A Chinese historian named Xi Zezong claimed to have seen the moon Ganymede back in 362 BC (first reported sighting) • Ganymede was officially discovered by Galileo Galilei on January 7, 1610 • Ganymede was discovered along with three other Jovian moons called Io, Europa, and Callisto • Galileo ...
... • A Chinese historian named Xi Zezong claimed to have seen the moon Ganymede back in 362 BC (first reported sighting) • Ganymede was officially discovered by Galileo Galilei on January 7, 1610 • Ganymede was discovered along with three other Jovian moons called Io, Europa, and Callisto • Galileo ...
Figure 1 – [2] Callisto: The Secrets Within Amy Smith Physics 1040
... In 2009 NASA announced that there was a possible mission, the Europa Jupiter System Mission, which would send two orbiters to complete extensive and detailed studies of the planet Jupiter and its moons: IO, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto [8]. The mission, if it precedes, would launch in the year 202 ...
... In 2009 NASA announced that there was a possible mission, the Europa Jupiter System Mission, which would send two orbiters to complete extensive and detailed studies of the planet Jupiter and its moons: IO, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto [8]. The mission, if it precedes, would launch in the year 202 ...
The solar system - LemoineHPCScience
... Jupiter’s Moons: Jupiter’s satellite system, consisting of 67 moons discovered so far, resembles a miniature solar system. The four largest moons were discovered by Galileo. They travel in nearly circular orbits around the planet. To the surprise of almost everyone images from Voyagers 1 and 2 in 19 ...
... Jupiter’s Moons: Jupiter’s satellite system, consisting of 67 moons discovered so far, resembles a miniature solar system. The four largest moons were discovered by Galileo. They travel in nearly circular orbits around the planet. To the surprise of almost everyone images from Voyagers 1 and 2 in 19 ...
Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is
... Jupiter on Dec. 3, 1973. The probe revealed the severe effects of Jupiter's radiation belt on spacecraft. Pioneer 10 also reported the amount of hydrogen and helium in the planet's atmosphere. In addition, the probe discovered that Jupiter has an enormous magnetosphere. Pioneer-Saturn flew within 27 ...
... Jupiter on Dec. 3, 1973. The probe revealed the severe effects of Jupiter's radiation belt on spacecraft. Pioneer 10 also reported the amount of hydrogen and helium in the planet's atmosphere. In addition, the probe discovered that Jupiter has an enormous magnetosphere. Pioneer-Saturn flew within 27 ...
Kuiper Mission Team Presentation
... • Decadal science goals cannot be obtained with current resources • Kuipers mission is complete in 3 years ...
... • Decadal science goals cannot be obtained with current resources • Kuipers mission is complete in 3 years ...
DTU_9e_ch08 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet in the solar system. Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen and helium. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to ...
... Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet in the solar system. Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen and helium. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to ...
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... Four of the innermost satellites were discovered by Galileo in 1610 when he first looked at Jupiter through his small telescope. These four moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) are called the Galilean satellites (see figure). ...
... Four of the innermost satellites were discovered by Galileo in 1610 when he first looked at Jupiter through his small telescope. These four moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) are called the Galilean satellites (see figure). ...
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... Callisto is the eighth of Jupiter’s known satellites and the second largest. Callisto has the oldest, most cratered surface of any body yet observed in the solar system. ...
... Callisto is the eighth of Jupiter’s known satellites and the second largest. Callisto has the oldest, most cratered surface of any body yet observed in the solar system. ...
Lecture 3 - UIC Home
... On Earth, we witness a solar eclipse when our Moon's shadow sweeps across our planet's face as it passes in front of our Sun. Jupiter, however, has four moons roughly the same size as Earth's Moon. The shadows of three of them occasionally sweep simultaneously across Jupiter. The image was taken Mar ...
... On Earth, we witness a solar eclipse when our Moon's shadow sweeps across our planet's face as it passes in front of our Sun. Jupiter, however, has four moons roughly the same size as Earth's Moon. The shadows of three of them occasionally sweep simultaneously across Jupiter. The image was taken Mar ...
Comins Chapter 8 - The Outer Planets
... Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet in the solar system. Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to that of th ...
... Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet in the solar system. Jupiter and Saturn probably have rocky cores surrounded by a thick layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and an outer layer of ordinary liquid hydrogen. Both planets have an overall chemical composition very similar to that of th ...
Juno Mission to Jupiter
... shifts into increasingly intense radiation zones over the course of the mission. Fortunately Juno completes its mission in about a year, before radiation can destroy its sensitive electronics. ...
... shifts into increasingly intense radiation zones over the course of the mission. Fortunately Juno completes its mission in about a year, before radiation can destroy its sensitive electronics. ...
Jupiter and Saturn - University of Surrey
... In terms of mass: MJ = 318 ME, MS = 95 ME. Jupiter contains 2.5x more mass than that of all the other objects in the solar system Jupiter has 4 large moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Saturn has one major moon: Titan Jupiter’s sidereal orbital period is 11.26 years (synodic period 399 da ...
... In terms of mass: MJ = 318 ME, MS = 95 ME. Jupiter contains 2.5x more mass than that of all the other objects in the solar system Jupiter has 4 large moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Saturn has one major moon: Titan Jupiter’s sidereal orbital period is 11.26 years (synodic period 399 da ...
DStroupTalk4 - FSU High Energy Physics
... Long hot solar days and low escape speed: 4.3 km/s Escape speed makes it unlikely for Mercury to have an atmosphere; but a helium and hydrogen atmosphere has been detected, which was probably picked up by solar wind Na and K vapor exists in the atmosphere on the day side No atmosphere? No insu ...
... Long hot solar days and low escape speed: 4.3 km/s Escape speed makes it unlikely for Mercury to have an atmosphere; but a helium and hydrogen atmosphere has been detected, which was probably picked up by solar wind Na and K vapor exists in the atmosphere on the day side No atmosphere? No insu ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... 5. What is the evidence that Europa has an ocean beneath its surface? 6. What is unusual about the magnetic fields of Ganymede and Callisto? 7. How is it possible for Saturn’s moon Titan to have an atmosphere? 8. Why do some of Jupiter’s moons orbit in the “wrong” direction? 9. What kinds of geologi ...
... 5. What is the evidence that Europa has an ocean beneath its surface? 6. What is unusual about the magnetic fields of Ganymede and Callisto? 7. How is it possible for Saturn’s moon Titan to have an atmosphere? 8. Why do some of Jupiter’s moons orbit in the “wrong” direction? 9. What kinds of geologi ...
Exploration of Io
The exploration of Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon, began with its discovery in 1610 and continues today with Earth-based observations and visits by spacecraft to the Jupiter system. Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was the first to record an observation of Io on January 8, 1610, though Simon Marius may have also observed Io at around the same time. During the 17th century, observations of Io and the other Galilean satellites helped with the measurement of longitude by map makers and surveyors, with validation of Kepler's Third Law of planetary motion, and with measurement of the speed of light. Based on ephemerides produced by astronomer Giovanni Cassini and others, Pierre-Simon Laplace created a mathematical theory to explain the resonant orbits of three of Jupiter's moons, Io, Europa, and Ganymede. This resonance was later found to have a profound effect on the geologies of these moons. Improved telescope technology in the late 19th and 20th centuries allowed astronomers to resolve large-scale surface features on Io as well as to estimate its diameter and mass.The advent of unmanned spaceflight in the 1950s and 1960s provided an opportunity to observe Io up-close. In the 1960s the moon's effect on Jupiter's magnetic field was discovered. The flybys of the two Pioneer probes, Pioneer 10 and 11 in 1973 and 1974, provided the first accurate measurement of Io's mass and size. Data from the Pioneers also revealed an intense belt of radiation near Io and suggested the presence of an atmosphere. In 1979, the two Voyager spacecraft flew through the Jupiter system. Voyager 1, during its encounter in March 1979, observed active volcanism on Io for the first time and mapped its surface in great detail, particularly the side that faces Jupiter. The Voyagers observed the Io plasma torus and Io's sulfur dioxide (SO2) atmosphere for the first time. NASA launched the Galileo spacecraft in 1989, which entered Jupiter's orbit in December 1995. Galileo allowed detailed study of both the planet and its satellites, including six flybys of Io between late 1999 and early 2002 that provided high-resolution images and spectra of Io's surface, confirming the presence of high-temperature silicate volcanism on Io. Distant observations by Galileo allowed planetary scientists to study changes on the surface that resulted from the moon's active volcanism.Following Galileo and a distant encounter by the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft in 2007, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) made plans to return to the Jupiter system and Io. In 2009, NASA approved a plan to send an orbiter to Europa called the Jupiter Europa Orbiter as part of a joint program with ESA called the Europa/Jupiter System Mission. The ESA component of the project was the Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter. However, the EJSM mission collaboration was cancelled. ESA is continuing with its initiative under the name Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) to explore Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, without plans to investigate Io at all. The proposed NASA Discovery mission Io Volcano Observer, currently going through a competitive process to be selected, would explore Io as its primary mission. In the meantime, Io continues to be observed by the Hubble Space Telescope as well as by Earth-based astronomers using improved telescopes such as Keck and the European Southern Observatory, that use new technologies such as adaptive optics.