What are the Jovian Planets? Characteristics of Jovian Planets
... • upper decks of frozen ammonia (NH3) • lower decks - ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH) - dark yellows & browns Jupiter – Uranus & Neptune: • methane - pale blue appearance • Uranus is featureless - stable atmosphere ...
... • upper decks of frozen ammonia (NH3) • lower decks - ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH) - dark yellows & browns Jupiter – Uranus & Neptune: • methane - pale blue appearance • Uranus is featureless - stable atmosphere ...
Moonstruck Scientists Count 63 and Rising
... It is a rare person who knows the answer—63 moons and climbing. Just last year, two more satellites were discovered circling counterclockwise around Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. It’s almost inconceivable there aren’t more moons out there.” Said Brett Gladman, an astronomer at Cornell Uni ...
... It is a rare person who knows the answer—63 moons and climbing. Just last year, two more satellites were discovered circling counterclockwise around Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. It’s almost inconceivable there aren’t more moons out there.” Said Brett Gladman, an astronomer at Cornell Uni ...
Day-33
... A small increase in internal temperature leads to a large increase in emitted energy. Something has to be increasing the temperature. It is believed that the planets are still shrinking, with gravitational energy being converted into heat during that process. ...
... A small increase in internal temperature leads to a large increase in emitted energy. Something has to be increasing the temperature. It is believed that the planets are still shrinking, with gravitational energy being converted into heat during that process. ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... The History of the Galilean Moons • The minor moons of Jupiter are probably captured asteroids, but the Galilean moons more than likely formed in a disk-shaped nebula around Jupiter – a mini-solar nebula – We know that Jupiter was very hot when it formed, so, just like the terrestrial and Jovian pl ...
... The History of the Galilean Moons • The minor moons of Jupiter are probably captured asteroids, but the Galilean moons more than likely formed in a disk-shaped nebula around Jupiter – a mini-solar nebula – We know that Jupiter was very hot when it formed, so, just like the terrestrial and Jovian pl ...
Planet Formation in progress
... years or decades. May be holes in cloud cover – they are bright in IR. ...
... years or decades. May be holes in cloud cover – they are bright in IR. ...
Astronomy Chapter 10 – The Outer Planets A. Main Ideas Beyond
... Uranus. Unlike Uranus, however, Neptune has cloud belts and high winds caused by the convection currents that rise to its outer atmosphere • Rings and Moons ⇒ Neptune has very narrow rings like Uranus, but are composed not of ice but of dust. It is possible that these rings will be short lived and d ...
... Uranus. Unlike Uranus, however, Neptune has cloud belts and high winds caused by the convection currents that rise to its outer atmosphere • Rings and Moons ⇒ Neptune has very narrow rings like Uranus, but are composed not of ice but of dust. It is possible that these rings will be short lived and d ...
14. 1 A Travel Guide to the Outer Planets 14.2 Jupiter 14.3 Saturn
... Jupiter and Saturn, usually called "gas giants;' are composed mostly of liquid hydrogen and might instead be called "liquid giants:' Uranus and Neptune contain water in liquid and solid form and therefore are sometimes called "ice giants:' All of the Jovian worlds have large systems of satellites an ...
... Jupiter and Saturn, usually called "gas giants;' are composed mostly of liquid hydrogen and might instead be called "liquid giants:' Uranus and Neptune contain water in liquid and solid form and therefore are sometimes called "ice giants:' All of the Jovian worlds have large systems of satellites an ...
Powerpoint for today
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
Moons, Rings, Pluto and other Solar System Debris
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
nov14
... much faster than Jupiter’s. How can you explain this given that Saturn is twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter. ...
... much faster than Jupiter’s. How can you explain this given that Saturn is twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter. ...
Review for Test #2 March 9
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): AN ESA L-CLASS
... on Earth are not yet clearly understood, one can assume that the necessary conditions involve the simultaneous presence of organic compounds, trace elements, water, energy sources and a relative stability of the environment over time. JUICE will address the question: Are there current habitats elsew ...
... on Earth are not yet clearly understood, one can assume that the necessary conditions involve the simultaneous presence of organic compounds, trace elements, water, energy sources and a relative stability of the environment over time. JUICE will address the question: Are there current habitats elsew ...
Jupiter`s Relative Size
... Since the Earths can't fit exactly side-by-side, there is space remaining inbetween -- space the volume of 400 Earths! We can illustrate these points with the following exercise, approximating (roughly!) the Earth's size and shape by a bean. Activity description: After talking about the planets and ...
... Since the Earths can't fit exactly side-by-side, there is space remaining inbetween -- space the volume of 400 Earths! We can illustrate these points with the following exercise, approximating (roughly!) the Earth's size and shape by a bean. Activity description: After talking about the planets and ...
The JOVIAN PLANETS
... Jovian planets: Hydrogen is a diatomic gas (H2) At higher pressures (few thousand km below the upper cloud deck): H2 becomes dissociated and undergoes a phase transition from the gaseous to a liquid state. ...
... Jovian planets: Hydrogen is a diatomic gas (H2) At higher pressures (few thousand km below the upper cloud deck): H2 becomes dissociated and undergoes a phase transition from the gaseous to a liquid state. ...
Venus -- Our “sister” planet. Stark atmospheric / surface differences
... Bands on the Jovian planets form from the Coriolis effect breaking up convection cells. Since the Coriolis force is stronger (faster rotation) there are more bands. ...
... Bands on the Jovian planets form from the Coriolis effect breaking up convection cells. Since the Coriolis force is stronger (faster rotation) there are more bands. ...
HW10 (due 4/24/14) (There are 205 possible points)
... ____ 27. Io has the most volcanic activity in the Solar System because: a. it is continually being bombarded with material in Saturn’s E ring b. it is one of the largest moons and its interior is heated by radioactive decays c. of gravitational friction caused by the moon Enceladus d. its interior i ...
... ____ 27. Io has the most volcanic activity in the Solar System because: a. it is continually being bombarded with material in Saturn’s E ring b. it is one of the largest moons and its interior is heated by radioactive decays c. of gravitational friction caused by the moon Enceladus d. its interior i ...
The Jovian Planets
... Jupiter and Saturn are naked eye objects and were known from antiquity; however Uranus and Neptune were discovered fairly recently. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the English astronomer, William Hershel, who was hunting for comets with his telescope. (Apparently, if you have a very dark sky and kn ...
... Jupiter and Saturn are naked eye objects and were known from antiquity; however Uranus and Neptune were discovered fairly recently. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the English astronomer, William Hershel, who was hunting for comets with his telescope. (Apparently, if you have a very dark sky and kn ...
Slide 1
... •Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. •It has over 60 moons and 3 rings. •Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
... •Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. •It has over 60 moons and 3 rings. •Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... • The Great Red Spot • Cloud bands • the “Galilean moons” Storms on gas giants last so long because there are no continents over which they can lose their energy and dissipate ...
... • The Great Red Spot • Cloud bands • the “Galilean moons” Storms on gas giants last so long because there are no continents over which they can lose their energy and dissipate ...
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... 1. Most powerful _______ god 2. _____ brightest night object 3. ___ large moons, many smaller B. Size 1. _____ME / .001 MS / _____ rE 2. Density only _______ kg/m3 C. Rotation 1. _____________ rotation 2. Fastest avg. rotation: ~ ____ hrs. 3. Large equatorial bulge a. Due to ______ _______ b. It’s m ...
... 1. Most powerful _______ god 2. _____ brightest night object 3. ___ large moons, many smaller B. Size 1. _____ME / .001 MS / _____ rE 2. Density only _______ kg/m3 C. Rotation 1. _____________ rotation 2. Fastest avg. rotation: ~ ____ hrs. 3. Large equatorial bulge a. Due to ______ _______ b. It’s m ...
Week 6 Notes The Outer Planets
... f. Gas Giants are made up of __LIQUID__ for of the gas due to the enormous __PRESSURE__ g. All of the gas giants have many __MOONS__ and a set of __RINGS__ ...
... f. Gas Giants are made up of __LIQUID__ for of the gas due to the enormous __PRESSURE__ g. All of the gas giants have many __MOONS__ and a set of __RINGS__ ...
Topic: Moons of our Solar System
... 1. Which planets have moons? Do any planets have more than one moon or none at all? Record your findings in the table below. ...
... 1. Which planets have moons? Do any planets have more than one moon or none at all? Record your findings in the table below. ...
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... Jupiter has a giant, strong magnetic field and trapped radiation belts. Jupiter is a strong emitter of synchrotron radiation (radio waves) caused by electrons accelerating along the planet’s magnetic lines of force. ...
... Jupiter has a giant, strong magnetic field and trapped radiation belts. Jupiter is a strong emitter of synchrotron radiation (radio waves) caused by electrons accelerating along the planet’s magnetic lines of force. ...
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but is two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn (Uranus and Neptune are ice giants). Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times. The Romans named it after their god Jupiter. When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of −2.94, bright enough to cast shadows, and making it on average the third-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus.Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen with a quarter of its mass being helium, although helium only comprises about a tenth of the number of molecules. It may also have a rocky core of heavier elements, but like the other giant planets, Jupiter lacks a well-defined solid surface. Because of its rapid rotation, the planet's shape is that of an oblate spheroid (it has a slight but noticeable bulge around the equator). The outer atmosphere is visibly segregated into several bands at different latitudes, resulting in turbulence and storms along their interacting boundaries. A prominent result is the Great Red Spot, a giant storm that is known to have existed since at least the 17th century when it was first seen by telescope. Surrounding Jupiter is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful magnetosphere. Jupiter has at least 67 moons, including the four large Galilean moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Ganymede, the largest of these, has a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury.Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, most notably during the early Pioneer and Voyager flyby missions and later by the Galileo orbiter. Jupiter was most recently visited by a probe in late February 2007, when New Horizons used Jupiter's gravity to increase its speed and bend its trajectory en route to Pluto. The next probe to visit the planet will be Juno, which is expected to arrive in July 2016. Future targets for exploration in the Jupiter system include the probable ice-covered liquid ocean of its moon Europa.