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Saturn`s Moons The Moons of Uranus and Neptune
... Until the Space Age, Saturn was thought to have nine moons, all discovered before 1900. Recently, new moons have been discovered through telescopes and with spacecraft. At least 31 moons orbit Saturn outside of, or within, its rings. The largest and most interesting is Titan. Titan is the second-lar ...
... Until the Space Age, Saturn was thought to have nine moons, all discovered before 1900. Recently, new moons have been discovered through telescopes and with spacecraft. At least 31 moons orbit Saturn outside of, or within, its rings. The largest and most interesting is Titan. Titan is the second-lar ...
Lecture 3
... 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 ...
Additional Exercises for Chapter 7 In these exercises we will use
... period was 114.9 minutes. About 60% of its mass of 13.92 kilograms consisted of instruments. This included a cosmic-ray detection package, temperature sensors, a micrometeorite impact microphone, and micrometeorite erosion gauges. The data collected by these instruments were transmittted back to Ear ...
... period was 114.9 minutes. About 60% of its mass of 13.92 kilograms consisted of instruments. This included a cosmic-ray detection package, temperature sensors, a micrometeorite impact microphone, and micrometeorite erosion gauges. The data collected by these instruments were transmittted back to Ear ...
Moons
... • Most of the iron merged with Earth and differentiated into the core • Most iron poor debris formed a ring around Earth that accreted into Luna • Evidence? Composition of lunar rocks, signs of intense heat, ...
... • Most of the iron merged with Earth and differentiated into the core • Most iron poor debris formed a ring around Earth that accreted into Luna • Evidence? Composition of lunar rocks, signs of intense heat, ...
Fig. 23-CO, p.548
... atmospheres of H and He; molecular H below this and interiors are methane, ammonia and water, with rock/metal cores. Both have magnetic fields tilted at 50-60 degrees from spin axis! Great storms rage on these planets (1,100 km/hr rip through Neptune’s atmosphere, clouds rise and fall; the Great D ...
... atmospheres of H and He; molecular H below this and interiors are methane, ammonia and water, with rock/metal cores. Both have magnetic fields tilted at 50-60 degrees from spin axis! Great storms rage on these planets (1,100 km/hr rip through Neptune’s atmosphere, clouds rise and fall; the Great D ...
The Jovian Planets
... The Galileo probe penetrated to a depth of 200 km (or 0.3% of Jupiter radius) before contact was lost. At a depth of 80–100 km, predictions indicate the temperature is Earth-like and the pressure is 10 times greater than that at the Earth’s surface. As one goes deeper in Jupiter’s atmosphere, gaseou ...
... The Galileo probe penetrated to a depth of 200 km (or 0.3% of Jupiter radius) before contact was lost. At a depth of 80–100 km, predictions indicate the temperature is Earth-like and the pressure is 10 times greater than that at the Earth’s surface. As one goes deeper in Jupiter’s atmosphere, gaseou ...
Jupiter
... • Distinctly larger equatorial than polar diameter – ~ 6.5 % difference for Jupiter – ~ 0.34% difference for Earth ...
... • Distinctly larger equatorial than polar diameter – ~ 6.5 % difference for Jupiter – ~ 0.34% difference for Earth ...
Jupiter
... • Distinctly larger equatorial than polar diameter – ~ 6.5 % difference for Jupiter – ~ 0.34% difference for Earth ...
... • Distinctly larger equatorial than polar diameter – ~ 6.5 % difference for Jupiter – ~ 0.34% difference for Earth ...
Moons of the Solar System
... Moons come in many shapes, sizes, and types. They are gener ally solid bodies, and few have atmospheres. Most of the moons probably formed from the discs of gas and dust circulating around planets in the early solar system. As of November 2005, astronomers have found at least 153 moons orbiting plan ...
... Moons come in many shapes, sizes, and types. They are gener ally solid bodies, and few have atmospheres. Most of the moons probably formed from the discs of gas and dust circulating around planets in the early solar system. As of November 2005, astronomers have found at least 153 moons orbiting plan ...
Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 05 - and the Moons of Jupiter
... Bigman pounded his small right fist into the open palm of his other hand. "Sands of Mars, Lucky, how long do we have to wait here?" Â They were in Lucky's ship, theShooting Starr, whichwas in an orbit about Jupiter, having matched velociÂties with Jupiter Nine, the giant planet's outermostsatellite ...
... Bigman pounded his small right fist into the open palm of his other hand. "Sands of Mars, Lucky, how long do we have to wait here?" Â They were in Lucky's ship, theShooting Starr, whichwas in an orbit about Jupiter, having matched velociÂties with Jupiter Nine, the giant planet's outermostsatellite ...
Review 3
... The more distant planets formed in a cooler region of the solar nebula and contain as much hydrogen but greater proportion of ices B) They differ due to giant impacts at the late stages of planet formation C) The closer planets formed their cores first and captured more of the gasses D) The more dis ...
... The more distant planets formed in a cooler region of the solar nebula and contain as much hydrogen but greater proportion of ices B) They differ due to giant impacts at the late stages of planet formation C) The closer planets formed their cores first and captured more of the gasses D) The more dis ...
December
... Where does the energy for all this come from? From the combined tidal forces exerted by Jupiter and the outer Jovian moons. On Earth, the gravity from the Sun and Moon causes the ocean tides to raise-and-lower by one-to-two meters, on average, far too small to cause any heating. Io has no oceans, ye ...
... Where does the energy for all this come from? From the combined tidal forces exerted by Jupiter and the outer Jovian moons. On Earth, the gravity from the Sun and Moon causes the ocean tides to raise-and-lower by one-to-two meters, on average, far too small to cause any heating. Io has no oceans, ye ...
CH28 Solar System - Van Buren Public Schools
... second-largest satellite in the solar system (after Jupiter’s Ganymede). Titan and Neptune’s Triton are the only satellites in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. The atmospheric pressure at Titan’s surface is about 1.5 times that of the Earth’s surface. ...
... second-largest satellite in the solar system (after Jupiter’s Ganymede). Titan and Neptune’s Triton are the only satellites in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. The atmospheric pressure at Titan’s surface is about 1.5 times that of the Earth’s surface. ...
How to calculate Angular Diameters
... ANGULAR DIAMETERS © Constantine Thomas, 29th May 2005, updated 15/5/14 Sometimes you may want to figure out how big something appears in the sky (again, mostly just for setting detail and atmosphere, and better to visualise things). This is called the angular diameter - the angle that the diameter o ...
... ANGULAR DIAMETERS © Constantine Thomas, 29th May 2005, updated 15/5/14 Sometimes you may want to figure out how big something appears in the sky (again, mostly just for setting detail and atmosphere, and better to visualise things). This is called the angular diameter - the angle that the diameter o ...
Planetary Atmospheres - Jupiter and the Outer Planets
... liquid methane and ethane. Triton (Neptune’s largest satellite) and Pluto have tenuous nitrogen atmospheres thought to be in vapor pressure equilibrium with solid nitrogen ice on their surfaces. And the Galilean satellites of Jupiter F Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto F have tenuous atmospheres re ...
... liquid methane and ethane. Triton (Neptune’s largest satellite) and Pluto have tenuous nitrogen atmospheres thought to be in vapor pressure equilibrium with solid nitrogen ice on their surfaces. And the Galilean satellites of Jupiter F Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto F have tenuous atmospheres re ...
AS 300 Chpt 3 Ls 3 The Outer Planets
... Jupiter isn’t quite the lumbering, slow-moving giant you might picture, though. True, it takes Jupiter nearly 12 Earth years to cycle around the Sun. But it spins around on its axis once every nine hours, 55 minutes. Fast rotations like this are the norm in this part of the Solar System. The Pioneer ...
... Jupiter isn’t quite the lumbering, slow-moving giant you might picture, though. True, it takes Jupiter nearly 12 Earth years to cycle around the Sun. But it spins around on its axis once every nine hours, 55 minutes. Fast rotations like this are the norm in this part of the Solar System. The Pioneer ...
The Outer Planets - Amazon Web Services
... show only a few clouds on Uranus's surface. But even these few clouds allowed astronomers to calculate that lJranus rotates in about 17 hours. (Jranus's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of about 90 degrees from the vertical. Viewed from Earth, lJranus is rotating from top to bottom instead of ...
... show only a few clouds on Uranus's surface. But even these few clouds allowed astronomers to calculate that lJranus rotates in about 17 hours. (Jranus's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of about 90 degrees from the vertical. Viewed from Earth, lJranus is rotating from top to bottom instead of ...
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... clouds, map Jupiter’s interior and deliver humankind’s first good look at the planet’s polar regions. Jupiter is no stranger to robotic explorers, but most have come and gone quickly. Many probes use Jupiter’s gravity to pick up speed on their way to the outer solar system. Even the Ulysses spacecra ...
... clouds, map Jupiter’s interior and deliver humankind’s first good look at the planet’s polar regions. Jupiter is no stranger to robotic explorers, but most have come and gone quickly. Many probes use Jupiter’s gravity to pick up speed on their way to the outer solar system. Even the Ulysses spacecra ...
PPT
... • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means that Jupiter and Saturn can support large internal electrical currents and should thus show large magnetic fields. ...
... • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means that Jupiter and Saturn can support large internal electrical currents and should thus show large magnetic fields. ...
Why are the Jovian Planets so Different?
... • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means that Jupiter and Saturn can support large internal electrical currents and should thus show large magnetic fields. ...
... • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means that Jupiter and Saturn can support large internal electrical currents and should thus show large magnetic fields. ...
Solar System Scavenger Hunt Directions: Use the links in at my
... 27. Which Galilean Moons has active volcanoes? ________________________________________ 28. Which Galilean Moon is the largest? ________________________________________ 29. Which moon appears to be very young (cosmically speaking) and may have a huge liquid ocean beneath kilometers of ice? _________ ...
... 27. Which Galilean Moons has active volcanoes? ________________________________________ 28. Which Galilean Moon is the largest? ________________________________________ 29. Which moon appears to be very young (cosmically speaking) and may have a huge liquid ocean beneath kilometers of ice? _________ ...
The Planetary Zoo
... Europa is Jupiter's fourth largest moon and is slightly smaller than the Earth's Moon. Europa is believed to be composed of silicate rocks with a layer of water ice covering the entire surface. This image is inspired by recent discoveries on Europa of regions that look very much like pack-ice on Ear ...
... Europa is Jupiter's fourth largest moon and is slightly smaller than the Earth's Moon. Europa is believed to be composed of silicate rocks with a layer of water ice covering the entire surface. This image is inspired by recent discoveries on Europa of regions that look very much like pack-ice on Ear ...
crater creator lab
... The planets and moons have been continuously pelted by asteroids ever since their formation. Just look at the Moon through a small telescope or a good pair of binoculars and you will see that its surface is covered by craters. If we assume that asteroids strike all regions of a planetary body at app ...
... The planets and moons have been continuously pelted by asteroids ever since their formation. Just look at the Moon through a small telescope or a good pair of binoculars and you will see that its surface is covered by craters. If we assume that asteroids strike all regions of a planetary body at app ...
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.