Survey of Solar Systems
... the Sun and are vaporized by its heat – Although the majority of comets probably originate in the Oort cloud, some come from the Kuiper belt. Together they probably contain more than 1 trillion comet nuclei, only a few of which get close enough to the Sun to be detected. ...
... the Sun and are vaporized by its heat – Although the majority of comets probably originate in the Oort cloud, some come from the Kuiper belt. Together they probably contain more than 1 trillion comet nuclei, only a few of which get close enough to the Sun to be detected. ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... Triton is a frigid, icy world with a young surface and a tenuous atmosphere • Neptune has 13 satellites, one of which (Triton) is comparable in size to our Moon or the Galilean satellites of Jupiter • Triton has a young, icy surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity ma ...
... Triton is a frigid, icy world with a young surface and a tenuous atmosphere • Neptune has 13 satellites, one of which (Triton) is comparable in size to our Moon or the Galilean satellites of Jupiter • Triton has a young, icy surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity ma ...
All About Neptune
... discoveries. It discovered four of Neptune’s rings, the ring arcs in the Adams ring and five of Neptune’s moons. The probe sent back the first images of three of them: Triton, Proteus and Nereid. Its encounter with Neptune was Voyager’s last stop on its journey, so NASA flight controllers programmed ...
... discoveries. It discovered four of Neptune’s rings, the ring arcs in the Adams ring and five of Neptune’s moons. The probe sent back the first images of three of them: Triton, Proteus and Nereid. Its encounter with Neptune was Voyager’s last stop on its journey, so NASA flight controllers programmed ...
8-4.1 - S2TEM Centers SC
... Gaseous planets are considerably larger than terrestrial planets. Planets may have rings. Some planets have a unique surface characteristic, for example color or an atmospheric storm. Movement of planets is based on revolution around the Sun and rotation on the planet’s axis. Moons Moons are s ...
... Gaseous planets are considerably larger than terrestrial planets. Planets may have rings. Some planets have a unique surface characteristic, for example color or an atmospheric storm. Movement of planets is based on revolution around the Sun and rotation on the planet’s axis. Moons Moons are s ...
Chapter 9
... • Like Jupiter, most of the moons form a mini-solar system, but unlike Jupiter, Saturn’s moons are of similar densities indicating that they were not heated by Saturn as they formed • Saturn’s moons have a smaller density than those of Jupiter indicating interiors must be mostly ice • Most moons are ...
... • Like Jupiter, most of the moons form a mini-solar system, but unlike Jupiter, Saturn’s moons are of similar densities indicating that they were not heated by Saturn as they formed • Saturn’s moons have a smaller density than those of Jupiter indicating interiors must be mostly ice • Most moons are ...
6.6 How Did the Solar System Form?
... 5.Our Planetary System is Highly Differentiated. 6.The Asteroids are Very Old and Exhibit a Range of Properties not Characteristic of Either the Inner or the Outer Planets or their Moons. 7.The Kuiper Belt is a Collection of Asteroid-Sized Icy Bodies Orbiting Beyond Neptune. 8.The Oort Cloud Comets ...
... 5.Our Planetary System is Highly Differentiated. 6.The Asteroids are Very Old and Exhibit a Range of Properties not Characteristic of Either the Inner or the Outer Planets or their Moons. 7.The Kuiper Belt is a Collection of Asteroid-Sized Icy Bodies Orbiting Beyond Neptune. 8.The Oort Cloud Comets ...
Astro-Lecture-Ch09 - Physics and Astronomy
... • Find diameters by observing how long it takes for a planet to pass over a star: stellar occultation. • Find masses by observing the motions of a planet’s moons and effects of gravity. ©2010 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ...
... • Find diameters by observing how long it takes for a planet to pass over a star: stellar occultation. • Find masses by observing the motions of a planet’s moons and effects of gravity. ©2010 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ...
The Inner Worlds - Stockton University
... astronomer) noted a new object which he watched until February 11. He wrote Bode of his discovery, but by the time Bode looked for it, the object was too near the direction of the Sun for observation. • In November, Gauss predicted the location of this object based on Piazzi's observations; it was f ...
... astronomer) noted a new object which he watched until February 11. He wrote Bode of his discovery, but by the time Bode looked for it, the object was too near the direction of the Sun for observation. • In November, Gauss predicted the location of this object based on Piazzi's observations; it was f ...
ppt file
... Many Kuiper Belt objects (including Pluto) are found today in Neptune’s 3:2, 2:1, 5:3, 4:3 resonances: ...
... Many Kuiper Belt objects (including Pluto) are found today in Neptune’s 3:2, 2:1, 5:3, 4:3 resonances: ...
Formation and Dynamical Evolution of the Neptune Trojans – the
... Current models of Solar system formation suggest that the four giant planets accreted as a significantly more compact system than we observe today. In this work, we investigate the dynamical stability of pre-formed Neptune Trojans under the gravitational influence of the four giant planets in compac ...
... Current models of Solar system formation suggest that the four giant planets accreted as a significantly more compact system than we observe today. In this work, we investigate the dynamical stability of pre-formed Neptune Trojans under the gravitational influence of the four giant planets in compac ...
class slides for Chapter 9
... • Uranus and Neptune are similar: gaseous and cold • Uranus’s spin axis is almost in the plane of its orbit • Surface features are hard to discern on Uranus but are more obvious on Neptune • Uranus has no excess heat emission, but Neptune does ...
... • Uranus and Neptune are similar: gaseous and cold • Uranus’s spin axis is almost in the plane of its orbit • Surface features are hard to discern on Uranus but are more obvious on Neptune • Uranus has no excess heat emission, but Neptune does ...
Document
... 248.5 yr orbital period Eccentricity 0.25 29.7 AU perihelion (closer than Neptune) 49.3 AU aphelion 17° inclination to ecliptic 3-2 orbital resonance with Neptune (no danger of collsions) ...
... 248.5 yr orbital period Eccentricity 0.25 29.7 AU perihelion (closer than Neptune) 49.3 AU aphelion 17° inclination to ecliptic 3-2 orbital resonance with Neptune (no danger of collsions) ...
Taylor Samantha Taylor Professor Gennifer Marconette English 102
... Pluto's low gravity (about six percent of Earth's) causes the atmosphere to be much more extended in altitude than our planet's atmosphere. Pluto becomes much colder during the part of each orbit when it is traveling far away from the sun. During this time, the bulk of the planet's atmosphere is tho ...
... Pluto's low gravity (about six percent of Earth's) causes the atmosphere to be much more extended in altitude than our planet's atmosphere. Pluto becomes much colder during the part of each orbit when it is traveling far away from the sun. During this time, the bulk of the planet's atmosphere is tho ...
Outer Space Vocabulary Solar System – The Sun and
... Gravity – A pulling force that acts between all objects in the universe. We are attracted to the earth by gravity. Weight – A measure of how much gravity pull on an object or body. It is measured in Newtons (N). Mass – The amount of matter in an object. It is measured in kilograms (kg). ...
... Gravity – A pulling force that acts between all objects in the universe. We are attracted to the earth by gravity. Weight – A measure of how much gravity pull on an object or body. It is measured in Newtons (N). Mass – The amount of matter in an object. It is measured in kilograms (kg). ...
New Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Super
... We note Madigan and McCourt (2016) recently showed that eccentric small objects within a massive disk would increase their inclinations and could clump into similar arguments of perihelia from a gravitational instability between the bodies and the disk. Though intriguing, it is not clear these objec ...
... We note Madigan and McCourt (2016) recently showed that eccentric small objects within a massive disk would increase their inclinations and could clump into similar arguments of perihelia from a gravitational instability between the bodies and the disk. Though intriguing, it is not clear these objec ...
Chapter 24
... B. The Motion of Uranus C. The Atmosphere of Uranus D. The Interior of Uranus E. The Rings of Uranus F. The Moons of Uranus G. A History of Uranus II. Neptune A. The Discovery of Neptune B. The Atmosphere and Interior of Neptune C. The Rings of Neptune D. The Moons of Neptune E. The History of Neptu ...
... B. The Motion of Uranus C. The Atmosphere of Uranus D. The Interior of Uranus E. The Rings of Uranus F. The Moons of Uranus G. A History of Uranus II. Neptune A. The Discovery of Neptune B. The Atmosphere and Interior of Neptune C. The Rings of Neptune D. The Moons of Neptune E. The History of Neptu ...
Chapter 24
... The Surface of Triton (2) One of few moons in solar system with geologic activity: surface features probably less than 100 million years old. Large basins might have been flooded many times by liquids from the interior. Icy version of greenhouse effect may be one of the heat sources for Triton’s geo ...
... The Surface of Triton (2) One of few moons in solar system with geologic activity: surface features probably less than 100 million years old. Large basins might have been flooded many times by liquids from the interior. Icy version of greenhouse effect may be one of the heat sources for Triton’s geo ...
The outer solar system:
... captured when it ventured too close to Neptune. One suggestion is that Neptune originally had its own more normal family of moons. Triton collided with a small icy moon, with a mass a few percent of Triton’s. The collision completely destroyed the original moon, and robbed Triton of enough energy th ...
... captured when it ventured too close to Neptune. One suggestion is that Neptune originally had its own more normal family of moons. Triton collided with a small icy moon, with a mass a few percent of Triton’s. The collision completely destroyed the original moon, and robbed Triton of enough energy th ...
Planets - Part I
... larger and less dense than the Terrestrial planets. They are also composed primarily out of gases. ...
... larger and less dense than the Terrestrial planets. They are also composed primarily out of gases. ...
DTU_9e_ch09 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... eventually strike the inner planets. A belt asteroid, Ceres, along with four KBOs (Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake) are classified as dwarf planets. Pluto, a KBO and dwarf planet, is an icy world that may well resemble the moon Triton. ...
... eventually strike the inner planets. A belt asteroid, Ceres, along with four KBOs (Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake) are classified as dwarf planets. Pluto, a KBO and dwarf planet, is an icy world that may well resemble the moon Triton. ...
Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar
... objects16. Other compact planetary configurations could lead to the crossing of different MMRs. For reasons of completeness, we studied the crossing of the 2:3 and 1:2 MMRs between (1) Saturn and the inner ice giant, and (2) the two ice giants, by placing Saturn exterior to the 1:2 MMR with Jupiter, ...
... objects16. Other compact planetary configurations could lead to the crossing of different MMRs. For reasons of completeness, we studied the crossing of the 2:3 and 1:2 MMRs between (1) Saturn and the inner ice giant, and (2) the two ice giants, by placing Saturn exterior to the 1:2 MMR with Jupiter, ...
ASTRO-114--Lecture 28-
... those gaps are regions that Jupiter has cleared out, even far away from Jupiter. And the reason is that at those particular positions, such as two and a half astronomical units, t hat is exactly the place where asteroids would have one-third of the orbit period of Jupiter. That means that an asteroi ...
... those gaps are regions that Jupiter has cleared out, even far away from Jupiter. And the reason is that at those particular positions, such as two and a half astronomical units, t hat is exactly the place where asteroids would have one-third of the orbit period of Jupiter. That means that an asteroi ...
Planetary Satellites,Asteroids,Comets
... asteroids in the outer solar system, including those captured into planetocentric orbits, are cometary (i.e. icy) in composition and would display cometary activity (formation of a bright coma and tails) if they were to arrive in the inner solar system. Quite apart from the major planets, it is now ...
... asteroids in the outer solar system, including those captured into planetocentric orbits, are cometary (i.e. icy) in composition and would display cometary activity (formation of a bright coma and tails) if they were to arrive in the inner solar system. Quite apart from the major planets, it is now ...
Neptune The Stormy Planet Our Solar System
... it is a stormy world. the planet has the fastest winds ever discovered in the solar system. neptune ... when pluto lost its status as our solar system’s ninth planet. LOOK UP TO THE PLANET NEPTUNE THE LAST GIGANT Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:20:00 GMT look up to the planet neptune the last ... the eighth pla ...
... it is a stormy world. the planet has the fastest winds ever discovered in the solar system. neptune ... when pluto lost its status as our solar system’s ninth planet. LOOK UP TO THE PLANET NEPTUNE THE LAST GIGANT Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:20:00 GMT look up to the planet neptune the last ... the eighth pla ...
Scattered disc
The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant region of the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy minor planets, a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high as 0.8, inclinations as high as 40°, and perihelia greater than 30 astronomical units (4.5×109 km; 2.8×109 mi). These extreme orbits are thought to be the result of gravitational ""scattering"" by the gas giants, and the objects continue to be subject to perturbation by the planet Neptune.Although the closest scattered-disc objects approach the Sun at about 30–35 AU, their orbits can extend well beyond 100 AU. This makes scattered objects among the most distant and coldest objects in the Solar System. The innermost portion of the scattered disc overlaps with a torus-shaped region of orbiting objects traditionally called the Kuiper belt, but its outer limits reach much farther away from the Sun and farther above and below the ecliptic than the Kuiper belt proper.Because of its unstable nature, astronomers now consider the scattered disc to be the place of origin for most periodic comets in the Solar System, with the centaurs, a population of icy bodies between Jupiter and Neptune, being the intermediate stage in an object's migration from the disc to the inner Solar System. Eventually, perturbations from the giant planets send such objects towards the Sun, transforming them into periodic comets. Many Oort cloud objects are also thought to have originated in the scattered disc. Detached objects are not sharply distinct from scattered disc objects, and some such as Sedna have sometimes been considered to be included in this group.