Lecture 1
... hydrogen and an outermost layer composed primarily of ordinary hydrogen and helium • Saturn’s internal structure is similar to that of Jupiter, but its core makes up a larger fraction of its volume and its liquid metallic hydrogen mantle is shallower than that of Jupiter ...
... hydrogen and an outermost layer composed primarily of ordinary hydrogen and helium • Saturn’s internal structure is similar to that of Jupiter, but its core makes up a larger fraction of its volume and its liquid metallic hydrogen mantle is shallower than that of Jupiter ...
Jovian Planets - Valhalla High School
... Dense, richly colored parallel cloud bands cloak the planet Atmosphere is mainly H, He, CH4, NH3, and H2O Clouds appear to be particles of water, ice, and ammonia compounds Bright colors of clouds may come from complex organic molecules with composition still unknown ...
... Dense, richly colored parallel cloud bands cloak the planet Atmosphere is mainly H, He, CH4, NH3, and H2O Clouds appear to be particles of water, ice, and ammonia compounds Bright colors of clouds may come from complex organic molecules with composition still unknown ...
Lecture 14: The Giant Planets, their Moons, and their Rings
... What makes Jupiter's cloud bands so colorful? • Like Earth, Jupiter has circulation cells in its ...
... What makes Jupiter's cloud bands so colorful? • Like Earth, Jupiter has circulation cells in its ...
Titan
... • Titan is one of 53 moons orbiting Saturn. • Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. • It is bigger than our own moon and bigger than the planet Mercury. • Titan is the only moon to be known to have planet-like atmosphere. • If Titan had orbited the Sun rather than Saturn it would def ...
... • Titan is one of 53 moons orbiting Saturn. • Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. • It is bigger than our own moon and bigger than the planet Mercury. • Titan is the only moon to be known to have planet-like atmosphere. • If Titan had orbited the Sun rather than Saturn it would def ...
The Jovian Planets - Sierra College Astronomy Home Page
... Titan may be the most interesting moon in the solar system because it has an atmosphere (How?). It is composed mostly of nitrogen with 1% methane and a trace of argon. When sunlight strikes methane, it can cause the formation of organic molecules, which are a known precursor to life. ...
... Titan may be the most interesting moon in the solar system because it has an atmosphere (How?). It is composed mostly of nitrogen with 1% methane and a trace of argon. When sunlight strikes methane, it can cause the formation of organic molecules, which are a known precursor to life. ...
File - Mrs. Phillips` Physical Science Webpage
... Saturn • There are three cloud layers in Saturn’s atmosphere with an overall thickness about 3 times the thickness of Jupiter’s cloud cover…..and each cloud layer is thicker than its counterpart on Jupiter as well…..why? • The thicker clouds also result in fewer gaps and holes in the to layer so th ...
... Saturn • There are three cloud layers in Saturn’s atmosphere with an overall thickness about 3 times the thickness of Jupiter’s cloud cover…..and each cloud layer is thicker than its counterpart on Jupiter as well…..why? • The thicker clouds also result in fewer gaps and holes in the to layer so th ...
the outer planets, their satellites and the plutoids
... 37. __________ is a satellite of Saturn with one light and one dark side. 38. Saturn’s satellite __________ is a small black-surfaced object in retrograde orbit. 39. __________ __________ can help confine rings to a narrow zone. 40. The planet __________ was discovered by its gravitational effec ...
... 37. __________ is a satellite of Saturn with one light and one dark side. 38. Saturn’s satellite __________ is a small black-surfaced object in retrograde orbit. 39. __________ __________ can help confine rings to a narrow zone. 40. The planet __________ was discovered by its gravitational effec ...
Explain why the jovian planets are so much different
... Explain why the jovian planets are so much different from the terrestrial planets and why Jupiter has the most mass, followed by Saturn, and so forth. The jovian planets formed in a much colder region of the solar system where ice could condense. The terrestrial planets could only have cores of rock ...
... Explain why the jovian planets are so much different from the terrestrial planets and why Jupiter has the most mass, followed by Saturn, and so forth. The jovian planets formed in a much colder region of the solar system where ice could condense. The terrestrial planets could only have cores of rock ...
3 Satellites of Other Planets
... What Are the Characteristics of the Rings of the Gas Giants? Each of Saturn’s rings is divided into hundreds of smaller rings, or ringlets. The ringlets are made up of billions of pieces of rock and ice. The pieces range in size from particles the size of dust to chunks as big as a house. Each piece ...
... What Are the Characteristics of the Rings of the Gas Giants? Each of Saturn’s rings is divided into hundreds of smaller rings, or ringlets. The ringlets are made up of billions of pieces of rock and ice. The pieces range in size from particles the size of dust to chunks as big as a house. Each piece ...
A Comet Nucleus
... situation into which they were captured from somewhat different orbits. The Kuiper belt is the last remnant of the Solar nebula and the planet formation process. Planet formation proceeds very slowly when orbital periods are hundreds of years. The Kuiper belt objects are planetesimals that may still ...
... situation into which they were captured from somewhat different orbits. The Kuiper belt is the last remnant of the Solar nebula and the planet formation process. Planet formation proceeds very slowly when orbital periods are hundreds of years. The Kuiper belt objects are planetesimals that may still ...
class14
... Jovian planets all have rings because they possess many small moons close-in. Impacts on these moons are random. Saturn’s incredible rings may be an “accident” of our time. ...
... Jovian planets all have rings because they possess many small moons close-in. Impacts on these moons are random. Saturn’s incredible rings may be an “accident” of our time. ...
The Jovian Planets
... – This storm resembles a hurricane in that it rotates. – The storm has persisted for at least 300 years. • Also many smaller circulating storms that appear as white ovals. • Brown ovals are holes in the overlying clouds that allow us to see down into the lower atmosphere. • Storms are localized anom ...
... – This storm resembles a hurricane in that it rotates. – The storm has persisted for at least 300 years. • Also many smaller circulating storms that appear as white ovals. • Brown ovals are holes in the overlying clouds that allow us to see down into the lower atmosphere. • Storms are localized anom ...
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... of the moons become more icy, less rocky, less dense. (Similar to planets as we move away from Sun). ...
... of the moons become more icy, less rocky, less dense. (Similar to planets as we move away from Sun). ...
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 ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... Rocky fragments ranging from 940 km across (Ceres) to < 0.1 km. 100,000 known. Most in Asteroid Belt, at about 2-3 AU, between Mars and Jupiter. The Trojan asteroids orbit 60 o ahead of and behind Jupiter. Some asteroids cross Earth's orbit. Their orbits were probably disrupted by Jupiter's gravity. ...
... Rocky fragments ranging from 940 km across (Ceres) to < 0.1 km. 100,000 known. Most in Asteroid Belt, at about 2-3 AU, between Mars and Jupiter. The Trojan asteroids orbit 60 o ahead of and behind Jupiter. Some asteroids cross Earth's orbit. Their orbits were probably disrupted by Jupiter's gravity. ...
Comparative Planetology of the Outer Planets A Travel Guide to the
... Saturn radiates ~ 1.8 times the energy received from the sun. Probably heated by liquid helium droplets falling towards center. ...
... Saturn radiates ~ 1.8 times the energy received from the sun. Probably heated by liquid helium droplets falling towards center. ...
Powerpoint for today
... Clicker Question: Saturn is less massive than Jupiter but almost the same size. Why is this? A: Saturn’s interior is hotter than that of Jupiter’s. B: Saturn is composed of lighter material than Jupiter. C: Saturn is rotating faster than Jupiter so the increased centrifugal force results in a large ...
... Clicker Question: Saturn is less massive than Jupiter but almost the same size. Why is this? A: Saturn’s interior is hotter than that of Jupiter’s. B: Saturn is composed of lighter material than Jupiter. C: Saturn is rotating faster than Jupiter so the increased centrifugal force results in a large ...
solar system - New Concept
... 1. Jupiter, which rotates extremely rapidly (a period of about 10 hours), has a significant bulge at the equator. We call this oblateness, and ...
... 1. Jupiter, which rotates extremely rapidly (a period of about 10 hours), has a significant bulge at the equator. We call this oblateness, and ...
Chapter 11 The Jovian Planets
... •All Jovian planets (and the Earth) have strong magnetic fields . They are caused by the rapid rotation and liquid conductive cores or mantles. •All of them emit low frequency radio emission. The emission is caused by the interaction of electrons with the magnetic field •The magnetic fields are offs ...
... •All Jovian planets (and the Earth) have strong magnetic fields . They are caused by the rapid rotation and liquid conductive cores or mantles. •All of them emit low frequency radio emission. The emission is caused by the interaction of electrons with the magnetic field •The magnetic fields are offs ...
Jupiter and Saturn Guiding Questions Long orbital periods of Jupiter
... • As of early 2004, Saturn has a total of 31 known satellites • In addition to Titan, six moderate-sized moons circle Saturn in regular orbits: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus • They are probably composed largely of ice, but their surface features and histories vary significantly ...
... • As of early 2004, Saturn has a total of 31 known satellites • In addition to Titan, six moderate-sized moons circle Saturn in regular orbits: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus • They are probably composed largely of ice, but their surface features and histories vary significantly ...
Lecture 11
... Air heated from above by the Sun, from below by internal heat: Strong winds and large storms. We see clouds of ammonia (NH3), colored by complex compounds. ASTR111 Lecture 11 ...
... Air heated from above by the Sun, from below by internal heat: Strong winds and large storms. We see clouds of ammonia (NH3), colored by complex compounds. ASTR111 Lecture 11 ...
The Outer Solar System Chapter 7:
... atmosphere of nitrogen and some methane; 105 times less dense than Earth’s atmosphere Surface composed of ices: nitrogen, methane, carbon ...
... atmosphere of nitrogen and some methane; 105 times less dense than Earth’s atmosphere Surface composed of ices: nitrogen, methane, carbon ...
Chapter 3: Our Solar System
... Neptune showing the clouds, both light and dark in its atmosphere, and its moon, Triton, as imaged by Voyager 2 in 1989. Neptune can be seen in even a small telescope and had even been observed by Galileo: whilst observing Jupiter on the 28th December 1612 he recorded Neptune as an 8th magnitude sta ...
... Neptune showing the clouds, both light and dark in its atmosphere, and its moon, Triton, as imaged by Voyager 2 in 1989. Neptune can be seen in even a small telescope and had even been observed by Galileo: whilst observing Jupiter on the 28th December 1612 he recorded Neptune as an 8th magnitude sta ...
The Solar System
... • Virtually all moons of all planets are tidally locked; same face towards planet at all times • All outer planets have rings, which decay over ~few hundred million years, inside tidal Roche Limit • Young rings=water ice, older rings=dust • Cloud tops; condensations of ammonia on Jupiter and Saturn, ...
... • Virtually all moons of all planets are tidally locked; same face towards planet at all times • All outer planets have rings, which decay over ~few hundred million years, inside tidal Roche Limit • Young rings=water ice, older rings=dust • Cloud tops; condensations of ammonia on Jupiter and Saturn, ...
Accretion of Uranus and Neptune
... we investigate whether these embryos could have collided with each other – they converged at specific orbital radii (their inward radial migration in the gas-disk was stopped by the presence of Jupiter and Saturn) ...
... we investigate whether these embryos could have collided with each other – they converged at specific orbital radii (their inward radial migration in the gas-disk was stopped by the presence of Jupiter and Saturn) ...
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. Although only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times more massive. Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture, its astronomical symbol (♄) represents the god's sickle.Saturn's interior is probably composed of a core of iron–nickel and rock (silicon and oxygen compounds). This core is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and finally outside the Frenkel line a gaseous outer layer. Saturn has a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere. Electrical current within the metallic hydrogen layer is thought to give rise to Saturn's planetary magnetic field, which is weaker than Earth's, but has a magnetic moment 580 times that of Earth due to Saturn's larger size. Saturn's magnetic field strength is around one-twentieth the strength of Jupiter's. The outer atmosphere is generally bland and lacking in contrast, although long-lived features can appear. Wind speeds on Saturn can reach 1,800 km/h (500 m/s), higher than on Jupiter, but not as high as those on Neptune.Saturn has a prominent ring system that consists of nine continuous main rings and three discontinuous arcs and that is composed mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. Sixty-two moons are known to orbit Saturn, of which fifty-three are officially named. This does not include the hundreds of moonlets comprising the rings. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the second-largest in the Solar System, is larger than the planet Mercury, although less massive, and is the only moon in the Solar System to have a substantial atmosphere.