October 2010
... Space Probes • Pioneer – Jupiter and Saturn; early 70's – First man-made object to leave solar system ...
... Space Probes • Pioneer – Jupiter and Saturn; early 70's – First man-made object to leave solar system ...
The affects of the Jovian planets
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest in the solar system • Its atmosphere consists of 83% hydrogen 15% helium and 2% methane. • Uranus has nine rings, but they are very different from those on Saturn and Jupiter. They are made up of boulders of ice and are not reflective ...
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest in the solar system • Its atmosphere consists of 83% hydrogen 15% helium and 2% methane. • Uranus has nine rings, but they are very different from those on Saturn and Jupiter. They are made up of boulders of ice and are not reflective ...
File - We All Love Science
... • Characteristics of the outer planets, how they compare to each other & to the inner planets • The internal sources of heat of these planets • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot • Why Uranus and Neptune appear blue • The moons of the gas giants • Why some of these moons appear geologically ...
... • Characteristics of the outer planets, how they compare to each other & to the inner planets • The internal sources of heat of these planets • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot • Why Uranus and Neptune appear blue • The moons of the gas giants • Why some of these moons appear geologically ...
Chapter8- Jovian Planet Systems
... • The bands of rising air are called zones. • They appear white in color because ammonia clouds form as the air rises to high, cool altitudes. • The adjacent belts of falling air are depleted in cloud forming ingredients and do not contain any white ammonia clouds. • Instead, we see the red/tan amm ...
... • The bands of rising air are called zones. • They appear white in color because ammonia clouds form as the air rises to high, cool altitudes. • The adjacent belts of falling air are depleted in cloud forming ingredients and do not contain any white ammonia clouds. • Instead, we see the red/tan amm ...
The Outer Planets
... How does Pluto compare with the other planets in terms of its size and distance from the sun? It is the smallest and farthest planet from the sun. ...
... How does Pluto compare with the other planets in terms of its size and distance from the sun? It is the smallest and farthest planet from the sun. ...
Handout 27-4 The Outer Planets
... How does Pluto compare with the other planets in terms of its size and distance from the sun? It is the smallest and farthest planet from the sun. ...
... How does Pluto compare with the other planets in terms of its size and distance from the sun? It is the smallest and farthest planet from the sun. ...
AST 105 HW #10 Solution
... 18. Neptune’s deep blue color is not due to methane, as previously thought, but instead is due to its surface being covered with an ocean of liquid water. This discovery is not plausible. Neptune does have a great deal of water, but temperatures at the visible surface would be far too cold for it ...
... 18. Neptune’s deep blue color is not due to methane, as previously thought, but instead is due to its surface being covered with an ocean of liquid water. This discovery is not plausible. Neptune does have a great deal of water, but temperatures at the visible surface would be far too cold for it ...
Moons of Giant Planets
... the tidal bulge always has about the same size, because orbits of Earth and Moon are nearly circular. To get heating, the distance between Earth and Moon would have to be changing with time need more eccentric orbits However the pull of Earth’s bulge on the Moon slows the Earth and makes Moon mo ...
... the tidal bulge always has about the same size, because orbits of Earth and Moon are nearly circular. To get heating, the distance between Earth and Moon would have to be changing with time need more eccentric orbits However the pull of Earth’s bulge on the Moon slows the Earth and makes Moon mo ...
The 4 Galilean Satelites of Jupiter!!!!
... composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. Its low density of 1.94 gm/cm3, indicates that the core takes up about 50% of the satellite's diameter. Ganymede's mantle is most likely composed of ice and silicates, and its crust is probably a thick layer of water ice. ...
... composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. Its low density of 1.94 gm/cm3, indicates that the core takes up about 50% of the satellite's diameter. Ganymede's mantle is most likely composed of ice and silicates, and its crust is probably a thick layer of water ice. ...
JUPITER AND URANUS
... because it rotates really fast. One year is 84 Earth years because it takes a long time to go around the sun. Uranus ...
... because it rotates really fast. One year is 84 Earth years because it takes a long time to go around the sun. Uranus ...
jupiter
... most widely used rotation period is System III This is the rate at which the interior rotates as observed through the radio emissions Radio rotation rate (System III) = 9h55m30.003s ...
... most widely used rotation period is System III This is the rate at which the interior rotates as observed through the radio emissions Radio rotation rate (System III) = 9h55m30.003s ...
Astronomy 1400 – 001: Solar System Astronomy
... Uranus is more dull because of increased mixing of gases. Why might this happen on Uranus (hint: what causes dust storms on Mars)? Storms are starting to brew…seasons! (Uranus’s yr = 84 Earth yr) ...
... Uranus is more dull because of increased mixing of gases. Why might this happen on Uranus (hint: what causes dust storms on Mars)? Storms are starting to brew…seasons! (Uranus’s yr = 84 Earth yr) ...
Section 23.3 The Outer Planets
... Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s atmosphere. ...
... Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s atmosphere. ...
Science 8
... Why don’t astronomers know much about the cores of the gas giants? ____________________________________________________________________ ...
... Why don’t astronomers know much about the cores of the gas giants? ____________________________________________________________________ ...
2010_03_09 LP18 & 19 Jupiter Saturn Uranus
... made of? How do we know that compounds are in an atmosphere, and not their components? Is/was there life on the giant planets or their moons? What makes the colors? Do the colors/stripes change over time? RINGS?!?!?!??!?!?!?! Temperature? ...
... made of? How do we know that compounds are in an atmosphere, and not their components? Is/was there life on the giant planets or their moons? What makes the colors? Do the colors/stripes change over time? RINGS?!?!?!??!?!?!?! Temperature? ...
The most important questions to study for the exam
... • soft-landed on the solid surface of Jupiter, just below the cloud layers. • used a parachute to land on the oceans of water, hidden below the cloud layers. • penetrated into the fluid atmosphere of Jupiter, never encountering a solid surface. 4. The average density of the massive planet, Jupiter, ...
... • soft-landed on the solid surface of Jupiter, just below the cloud layers. • used a parachute to land on the oceans of water, hidden below the cloud layers. • penetrated into the fluid atmosphere of Jupiter, never encountering a solid surface. 4. The average density of the massive planet, Jupiter, ...
Document
... - Zones and belts are Jupiter's high and low pressure systems, respectively. - They mark a convection cycle. - Jupiter's rapid rotation stretches them horizontally around the entire planet. - Gas in zones and belts flow in opposite directions. ...
... - Zones and belts are Jupiter's high and low pressure systems, respectively. - They mark a convection cycle. - Jupiter's rapid rotation stretches them horizontally around the entire planet. - Gas in zones and belts flow in opposite directions. ...
Moons of Jovian Planets
... Limit (approximatly 2.5 x planet radius). Satellite must be held togther solely by its own gravity + must have similar density to planet for this to be an appropriate limit. Total mass of ring particles equivalent to moon 250 km in diameter. All ring systems in Solar System within or close to Roche ...
... Limit (approximatly 2.5 x planet radius). Satellite must be held togther solely by its own gravity + must have similar density to planet for this to be an appropriate limit. Total mass of ring particles equivalent to moon 250 km in diameter. All ring systems in Solar System within or close to Roche ...
PDF file of Lecture 9a - Planet Jupiter
... Rocky core needed to account for details of gravity field (otherwise no evidence for core) Core is probably 14-18x Mearth Data from Juno probe (launched ...
... Rocky core needed to account for details of gravity field (otherwise no evidence for core) Core is probably 14-18x Mearth Data from Juno probe (launched ...
The Galilean Moons of Jupiter
... Europa - slightly smaller than our Moon Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System, slightly larger than Mercury Would you expect Jupiter to be hotter or cooler very early in its history? ...
... Europa - slightly smaller than our Moon Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System, slightly larger than Mercury Would you expect Jupiter to be hotter or cooler very early in its history? ...
Outer Planets
... •Neptune’s magnetic field is tipped 47 degrees. •Its wind speeds up to 2200 kilometers per hour. •Neptune gives off 2.7 times more energy than it obtains from the sun. •Its temperature was once o measured at –214 C. ...
... •Neptune’s magnetic field is tipped 47 degrees. •Its wind speeds up to 2200 kilometers per hour. •Neptune gives off 2.7 times more energy than it obtains from the sun. •Its temperature was once o measured at –214 C. ...
Jovian Planets
... periods of two or more bodies are integer multiples – Causes orbits to be more elliptical ...
... periods of two or more bodies are integer multiples – Causes orbits to be more elliptical ...
The Outer Planets - Jupiter
... • One Neptunian year = 165 Earth yrs. • Atmosphere of mostly hydrogen and ...
... • One Neptunian year = 165 Earth yrs. • Atmosphere of mostly hydrogen and ...
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.