Frigid Pluto is just the tip of the iceberg in the solar system`s still
... albedos, notably Pluto and Charon. In Pluto’s case, the high albedo of 55 percent arises because its atmosphere regularly deposits fresh snow on its surface. The surface colors of KBOs range widely, from slightly bluish to extremely red. Astronomers also have unearthed evidence of water ice on some ...
... albedos, notably Pluto and Charon. In Pluto’s case, the high albedo of 55 percent arises because its atmosphere regularly deposits fresh snow on its surface. The surface colors of KBOs range widely, from slightly bluish to extremely red. Astronomers also have unearthed evidence of water ice on some ...
Saturn - Kansas City Public Schools
... Each races around Saturn at speeds of up to 50,000 miles per hour. Such a setting of great beauty, enormity and complexity naturally begs the question: How did these rings form in the first place? Observations from Cassini indicate that the rings may have been created when a moon was shattered by an ...
... Each races around Saturn at speeds of up to 50,000 miles per hour. Such a setting of great beauty, enormity and complexity naturally begs the question: How did these rings form in the first place? Observations from Cassini indicate that the rings may have been created when a moon was shattered by an ...
Jupiter, the dominant Gas Giant Planet
... a ‘string of pearls’. Its orbit was calculated to be about Jupiter, not about the Sun. Jupiter had captured the comet on its entry to the inner Solar System and Jupiter’s tidal forces had broken the comet into a number of fragments. Furthermore, calculations showed that on its next orbit it would im ...
... a ‘string of pearls’. Its orbit was calculated to be about Jupiter, not about the Sun. Jupiter had captured the comet on its entry to the inner Solar System and Jupiter’s tidal forces had broken the comet into a number of fragments. Furthermore, calculations showed that on its next orbit it would im ...
joelcrespo - UpWardBoundGeneralScience
... our Solar System. • Saturn contains water too. • Both have an atmosphere and clouds. ...
... our Solar System. • Saturn contains water too. • Both have an atmosphere and clouds. ...
Jupiter – friend or foe? II: the Centaurs
... 7r7r7r3 grid in a-e-i-v space (with clones separated by 0.1 AU in semi-major axis, 0.05 in eccentricity, 0.5 degrees in inclination, and 5 degrees in the argument of perihelion). The steps used, and the number of clones created in a given element, were chosen to disperse the clones widely enough in ...
... 7r7r7r3 grid in a-e-i-v space (with clones separated by 0.1 AU in semi-major axis, 0.05 in eccentricity, 0.5 degrees in inclination, and 5 degrees in the argument of perihelion). The steps used, and the number of clones created in a given element, were chosen to disperse the clones widely enough in ...
American Scientist - Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
... I have worked for 25 years to make the New Horizons mission happen, because the scientific promise is so great. The exploration of Pluto will mark both the opening of the exploration of the Solar System’s third zone and the historic closing of the initial reconnaissance of our planetary system as a ...
... I have worked for 25 years to make the New Horizons mission happen, because the scientific promise is so great. The exploration of Pluto will mark both the opening of the exploration of the Solar System’s third zone and the historic closing of the initial reconnaissance of our planetary system as a ...
Jupiter Properties of Jupiter Jupiter`s Rotation
... • Astronomers believe that this heat is left over from the original formation and compression of Jupiter as a planet ...
... • Astronomers believe that this heat is left over from the original formation and compression of Jupiter as a planet ...
Astro-Lecture-Ch09 - Physics and Astronomy
... • We see atmospheres (some very cloudy, some not), not surfaces. • They are less dense than the terrestrial planets— in fact, Saturn would float in a large enough vat of water. • Jupiter’s chemistry is like the Sun: mostly hydrogen and helium. • Saturn has some more massive elements; Uranus and Nept ...
... • We see atmospheres (some very cloudy, some not), not surfaces. • They are less dense than the terrestrial planets— in fact, Saturn would float in a large enough vat of water. • Jupiter’s chemistry is like the Sun: mostly hydrogen and helium. • Saturn has some more massive elements; Uranus and Nept ...
Jupiter – King of the Gods (and planets)
... a dark, barely-visible ring. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is composed mostly of gas. This enormous planet radiates twice as much heat as it absorbs from the Sun. It also has an extremely strong magnetic field. It is sligh ...
... a dark, barely-visible ring. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is composed mostly of gas. This enormous planet radiates twice as much heat as it absorbs from the Sun. It also has an extremely strong magnetic field. It is sligh ...
PowerPoint
... • Hydrogen, helium, methane (can see features)– banded like Jupiter • Wind speeds ~ 300 km/hr • Large storm like Great Red Spot on Jupiter (but now dissipated). ...
... • Hydrogen, helium, methane (can see features)– banded like Jupiter • Wind speeds ~ 300 km/hr • Large storm like Great Red Spot on Jupiter (but now dissipated). ...
DTU_9e_ch08 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... moons, Io and Europa, are roughly the same size as our Moon. The two outer moons, Ganymede and Callisto, are approximately the size of Mercury. Io is covered with a colorful layer of sulfur compounds deposited by frequent explosive eruptions from volcanic vents. Europa is covered with a smooth layer ...
... moons, Io and Europa, are roughly the same size as our Moon. The two outer moons, Ganymede and Callisto, are approximately the size of Mercury. Io is covered with a colorful layer of sulfur compounds deposited by frequent explosive eruptions from volcanic vents. Europa is covered with a smooth layer ...
Jupiter and Saturn Guiding Questions Long orbital periods of Jupiter
... A space probe has explored Jupiter’s deep atmosphere • There are presumed to be three cloud layers in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn • The reasons for the distinctive colors of these different layers are not yet known • The cloud layers in Saturn’s atmosphere are spread out over a greater ran ...
... A space probe has explored Jupiter’s deep atmosphere • There are presumed to be three cloud layers in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn • The reasons for the distinctive colors of these different layers are not yet known • The cloud layers in Saturn’s atmosphere are spread out over a greater ran ...
Jupiter Maddie Hunt
... 46 of them are less than 3 km wide They were all discovered between 1610-2004 Four Biggest moons are called the Galilean moons because he discovered them Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto These are about the same size as Earths moon ...
... 46 of them are less than 3 km wide They were all discovered between 1610-2004 Four Biggest moons are called the Galilean moons because he discovered them Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto These are about the same size as Earths moon ...
Jupiter–friend or foe? I: the asteroids
... Bombardment. If the ‘Nice model’ (Gomes et al. 2005) is considered, for example, then it is clear that removing Jupiter from our Solar System would greatly lessen or remove the effects of the Late Heavy Bombardment on our young planet. In our opinion, it seems that the idea of ‘Jupiter, the protector ...
... Bombardment. If the ‘Nice model’ (Gomes et al. 2005) is considered, for example, then it is clear that removing Jupiter from our Solar System would greatly lessen or remove the effects of the Late Heavy Bombardment on our young planet. In our opinion, it seems that the idea of ‘Jupiter, the protector ...
NASA Strategic Roadmaps
... develop and test new approaches, technologies, and systems to enable and support sustained human and robotic exploration of Mars and more distant destinations. First robotic mission no later than 2008. (Goal 1, Objective 1) Conduct the first extended human expedition to the lunar surface as early as ...
... develop and test new approaches, technologies, and systems to enable and support sustained human and robotic exploration of Mars and more distant destinations. First robotic mission no later than 2008. (Goal 1, Objective 1) Conduct the first extended human expedition to the lunar surface as early as ...
Voyager
... in front of another (usually a star). From these occultations, one can determine planetary diameters and chemical compositions of the atmosphere. Uranus has a diameter of 51,000 km (32,000 mi), 4 times that of Earth. Uranus’s atmosphere is similar to Jupiter and Saturn: mostly hydrogen and helium wi ...
... in front of another (usually a star). From these occultations, one can determine planetary diameters and chemical compositions of the atmosphere. Uranus has a diameter of 51,000 km (32,000 mi), 4 times that of Earth. Uranus’s atmosphere is similar to Jupiter and Saturn: mostly hydrogen and helium wi ...
Saturn`s Rings - Amazing Space
... After hundreds of years, astronomers are still studying Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, and its signature rings. Other planets have rings, but they are so faint that we cannot easily see them. Saturn’s rings stand out because they are very bright and contain lots of icy material that reflects ...
... After hundreds of years, astronomers are still studying Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, and its signature rings. Other planets have rings, but they are so faint that we cannot easily see them. Saturn’s rings stand out because they are very bright and contain lots of icy material that reflects ...
Jupiter Notes
... Careful calculations indicate that Jupiter would be more flattened than it actually is if its core were composed of hydrogen and helium alone To account for the planet’s observed shape, we must assume that Jupiter has a dense, compact ...
... Careful calculations indicate that Jupiter would be more flattened than it actually is if its core were composed of hydrogen and helium alone To account for the planet’s observed shape, we must assume that Jupiter has a dense, compact ...
Planets - Etiwanda E
... Saturn’s Rings • Saturn is well known for it’s ring system. There are hundreds of thousands of rings making up Saturn’s ring system. Each ring is made up mostly of ice crystals. • To view video of the rings, click on the ...
... Saturn’s Rings • Saturn is well known for it’s ring system. There are hundreds of thousands of rings making up Saturn’s ring system. Each ring is made up mostly of ice crystals. • To view video of the rings, click on the ...
Lecture #27: Saturn The Main Point
... No "surface" like the terrestrial planets: only clouds visible. Gravity = 10.5 m/sec2 (1.07 times Earth's). Cloud-top temperature: 95 K (-178°C). Atmosphere: Mostly H, He (plus CH4, NH3, H2O, NH4HS, ...) Moons: 60+ known as of ’08 (many discovered since 2000!) Rings! Billions of icy moonlets all orb ...
... No "surface" like the terrestrial planets: only clouds visible. Gravity = 10.5 m/sec2 (1.07 times Earth's). Cloud-top temperature: 95 K (-178°C). Atmosphere: Mostly H, He (plus CH4, NH3, H2O, NH4HS, ...) Moons: 60+ known as of ’08 (many discovered since 2000!) Rings! Billions of icy moonlets all orb ...
Tidal forces in the Solar System
... matter the type of planet, moon, asteroid or comet, gravity accounts for the main parameters of each orbit, which can be calculated by considering each body as a point mass. But there are other gravitational effects, those coming from the fact that actual bodies do have internal dimensions, which be ...
... matter the type of planet, moon, asteroid or comet, gravity accounts for the main parameters of each orbit, which can be calculated by considering each body as a point mass. But there are other gravitational effects, those coming from the fact that actual bodies do have internal dimensions, which be ...
Jupiter Reading Comprehension Worksheet
... system's largest moon. It is bigger than Pluto and Mercury. And little Io has more volcanoes than anywhere else in the solar system. Jupiter also has three rings, but they are very hard to see and not nearly as pretty as Saturn's. ...
... system's largest moon. It is bigger than Pluto and Mercury. And little Io has more volcanoes than anywhere else in the solar system. Jupiter also has three rings, but they are very hard to see and not nearly as pretty as Saturn's. ...
Survey of Saturn! - Primary Resources
... Its diameter is about 120,536 km at the equator. From pole to pole to pole it is 108,728 km. That’s about 9.4 times that of Earth. The volume of Saturn is 8.2713 x 10 (x14). It means you can fit in 764 Earth sized planets in Saturn comfortably. The surface area is 4.27 x 1010 sq km. This is 84 times ...
... Its diameter is about 120,536 km at the equator. From pole to pole to pole it is 108,728 km. That’s about 9.4 times that of Earth. The volume of Saturn is 8.2713 x 10 (x14). It means you can fit in 764 Earth sized planets in Saturn comfortably. The surface area is 4.27 x 1010 sq km. This is 84 times ...