“Solar System Study Guide”
... 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through space 24. _____________-A meteoroid that burns up in the earth’s atmosphere 25. _____________- the shape of the orbit of one body around another, such as the Earth around the Sun, is an ellipse. 26. ____________- Mars’Smaller moon 27. _____ ...
... 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through space 24. _____________-A meteoroid that burns up in the earth’s atmosphere 25. _____________- the shape of the orbit of one body around another, such as the Earth around the Sun, is an ellipse. 26. ____________- Mars’Smaller moon 27. _____ ...
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... is so massive and its gravity disturbed planet formation Larger mass enables planets to hang onto particles in rings; less impacted by solar wind (far away from sun) ...
... is so massive and its gravity disturbed planet formation Larger mass enables planets to hang onto particles in rings; less impacted by solar wind (far away from sun) ...
Renaissance Astronomy
... Why were there no telescopes prior to 1600? Consider the following passage, from the Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (1267): “Greater things than these may be performed by refracted vision. For it is is easy to understand by the canons above mentioned that the greatest things may appear exceeding small, ...
... Why were there no telescopes prior to 1600? Consider the following passage, from the Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (1267): “Greater things than these may be performed by refracted vision. For it is is easy to understand by the canons above mentioned that the greatest things may appear exceeding small, ...
Planets and Belts Review Homework
... 15. Which planet has the fastest wind speeds in the solar system? 16. Why is Mars red? 17. What is different about Uranus’ rotational axis? ...
... 15. Which planet has the fastest wind speeds in the solar system? 16. Why is Mars red? 17. What is different about Uranus’ rotational axis? ...
Kepler`s Laws and Galileo 8/31/2016
... • Venus had definite phases and clearly orbiting Sun • Observed sunspots (patches on Sun). Sun revolved on own axis. Wasn’t “perfect” and changes in unpredictable manner • Observed Saturn’s rings but was confused as to what they were • Wrote book on Copernican vs Ptolemaic models in 1632, nominally ...
... • Venus had definite phases and clearly orbiting Sun • Observed sunspots (patches on Sun). Sun revolved on own axis. Wasn’t “perfect” and changes in unpredictable manner • Observed Saturn’s rings but was confused as to what they were • Wrote book on Copernican vs Ptolemaic models in 1632, nominally ...
nov7
... Saturn is smaller than Jupiter and rotates more slowly. How come its equatorial bulge is bigger? ...
... Saturn is smaller than Jupiter and rotates more slowly. How come its equatorial bulge is bigger? ...
14. 1 A Travel Guide to the Outer Planets 14.2 Jupiter 14.3 Saturn
... Saturn's rings are composed of icy particles ranging in size from boulders to dust. In some regions the ice is purer than in other regions. Grooves and other features in the rings can be produced by resonances w ith moons or by w aves that propagate through the rings. Narrow rings and sharp ring edg ...
... Saturn's rings are composed of icy particles ranging in size from boulders to dust. In some regions the ice is purer than in other regions. Grooves and other features in the rings can be produced by resonances w ith moons or by w aves that propagate through the rings. Narrow rings and sharp ring edg ...
The Three-Body Problem: Finding Chaos in the Cosmos
... Ptolemy (2nd century C.E.) of the Early Greeks developed a geocentric scheme for the solar system. ...
... Ptolemy (2nd century C.E.) of the Early Greeks developed a geocentric scheme for the solar system. ...
Lecture Six (Powerpoint format) - FLASH Center for Computational
... Jupiter has 63 known moons, including 4 major ones which are large enough to be spherical. The four major moons of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo in 1610 and are referred to as the Galilean moons. ...
... Jupiter has 63 known moons, including 4 major ones which are large enough to be spherical. The four major moons of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo in 1610 and are referred to as the Galilean moons. ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... • Form faster, and in a different way, compared to terrestrial planets: large enough to accumulate gas directly from the solar nebula • They are far from the Sun (in the case of the solar system) • So far, all known extrasolar planets are gas giants, but they are all close to their parent star (why? ...
... • Form faster, and in a different way, compared to terrestrial planets: large enough to accumulate gas directly from the solar nebula • They are far from the Sun (in the case of the solar system) • So far, all known extrasolar planets are gas giants, but they are all close to their parent star (why? ...
ASTRONOMY 161
... (1) Tycho Brahe made accurate measurements of planetary motion. (2) Planetary orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus. (3) A line between planet & Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times. (4) The square of a planet’s orbital period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the ...
... (1) Tycho Brahe made accurate measurements of planetary motion. (2) Planetary orbits are ellipses with the Sun at one focus. (3) A line between planet & Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times. (4) The square of a planet’s orbital period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the ...
The Celestial Sphere Friday, September 22nd
... (5) Galileo made telescopic observations supporting the heliocentric model. Galileo Galilei (15641642): Italian Galileo was among the first to observe the sky with a telescope ...
... (5) Galileo made telescopic observations supporting the heliocentric model. Galileo Galilei (15641642): Italian Galileo was among the first to observe the sky with a telescope ...
Jupiter and its Moons Fromm
... masses and distances of the planets and their moons. Nevertheless, we can deduce some properties of celestial bodies from their motions despite the fact that we cannot directly measure them. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus hypothesized that the planets revolve in circular orbits around the sun. Tycho B ...
... masses and distances of the planets and their moons. Nevertheless, we can deduce some properties of celestial bodies from their motions despite the fact that we cannot directly measure them. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus hypothesized that the planets revolve in circular orbits around the sun. Tycho B ...
History of astronomy
... Why were there no telescopes prior to 1600? Consider the following passage, from the Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (1267): “Greater things than these may be performed by refracted vision. For it is is easy to understand by the canons above mentioned that the greatest things may appear exceeding small, ...
... Why were there no telescopes prior to 1600? Consider the following passage, from the Opus Majus of Roger Bacon (1267): “Greater things than these may be performed by refracted vision. For it is is easy to understand by the canons above mentioned that the greatest things may appear exceeding small, ...
Giant collision - The Jupiter in the recent past A Paramashivam
... it would be in a lava form at it's initial stage and by slowly losing the heat it becomes a rocky body. The new moon would be orbiting the planet closely at high speed, based on the tidal forces it may drift away slowly. This was exactly the same scenario for Earth's moon. A young moon orbiting Jupi ...
... it would be in a lava form at it's initial stage and by slowly losing the heat it becomes a rocky body. The new moon would be orbiting the planet closely at high speed, based on the tidal forces it may drift away slowly. This was exactly the same scenario for Earth's moon. A young moon orbiting Jupi ...
UP8.LP2.OtherCelestialBodies
... orbiting in our solar system. • What other celestial bodies can you think of? • Six of the eight planets have moons that orbit them including Jupiter which has four of the largest moons in the entire solar system orbiting it. ...
... orbiting in our solar system. • What other celestial bodies can you think of? • Six of the eight planets have moons that orbit them including Jupiter which has four of the largest moons in the entire solar system orbiting it. ...
The Sky This Month
... • Currently rising ~ 9pm but getting earlier, rising before 8pm by the end of the month. ...
... • Currently rising ~ 9pm but getting earlier, rising before 8pm by the end of the month. ...
Chapter 16
... With the death of Frederick II and the rise of Christian IV, Tycho lost his good standing in Denmark. In 1599, Tycho left Denmark and came under the grateful wing of Emperor Rudolf II of Prague. It was in Prague that Tycho developed a new model for the solar system. He did not completely believe th ...
... With the death of Frederick II and the rise of Christian IV, Tycho lost his good standing in Denmark. In 1599, Tycho left Denmark and came under the grateful wing of Emperor Rudolf II of Prague. It was in Prague that Tycho developed a new model for the solar system. He did not completely believe th ...
The Jovian Planets
... Jupiter’s interior generates more heat energy than it receives from the Sun Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s tremendous gravitational pull is causing elements such as He to collapse into the core. The movement of the elements is believed to be the source of the heat. As planets form they shrink as ...
... Jupiter’s interior generates more heat energy than it receives from the Sun Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s tremendous gravitational pull is causing elements such as He to collapse into the core. The movement of the elements is believed to be the source of the heat. As planets form they shrink as ...
ASTR1010_Exam3_Sp11
... 11. The distance from the center of a planet to the point where an asteroid or a moon would begin to break up is called a) the Roche Limit. b) the Schwarzschild Radius. c) the Parsifal Mosaic. d) the Helmholtz Region. e) the Neufeld Zone. 12. The gaps in the asteroid belt produced by a resonance wit ...
... 11. The distance from the center of a planet to the point where an asteroid or a moon would begin to break up is called a) the Roche Limit. b) the Schwarzschild Radius. c) the Parsifal Mosaic. d) the Helmholtz Region. e) the Neufeld Zone. 12. The gaps in the asteroid belt produced by a resonance wit ...
The Jovian Planets
... Jupiter’s interior generates more heat energy than it receives from the Sun Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s tremendous gravitational pull is causing elements such as He to collapse into the core. The movement of the elements is believed to be the source of the heat. As planets form they shrink as ...
... Jupiter’s interior generates more heat energy than it receives from the Sun Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s tremendous gravitational pull is causing elements such as He to collapse into the core. The movement of the elements is believed to be the source of the heat. As planets form they shrink as ...
Powerpoint for today
... A: Mercury, Venus and Earth B: Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter C: Only the Earth D: Mars and Venus E: All terrestrial planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. ...
... A: Mercury, Venus and Earth B: Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter C: Only the Earth D: Mars and Venus E: All terrestrial planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. ...
Solar System Overview Solar System Overview Planets
... (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new ...
... (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new ...
Solar System Overview Solar System Overview Planets
... (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects. This category is t ...
... (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects. This category is t ...
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.