Juno, a NASA spacecraft, gets to giant Jupiter after five years
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest one in the solar system. It is a giant ball of hydrogen and helium, which are both gasses. Jupiter is known as a gas giant, unlike rocky Earth and Mars. With its billowy clouds and colorful stripes, Jupiter is an extreme world. It likely formed ...
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest one in the solar system. It is a giant ball of hydrogen and helium, which are both gasses. Jupiter is known as a gas giant, unlike rocky Earth and Mars. With its billowy clouds and colorful stripes, Jupiter is an extreme world. It likely formed ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
jupiter facts for kids - National Astronomy Week 2014
... Jupiter measures 142,984 km (88,846 miles) across. That’s over 11 times wider than the Earth. To put it another way: if Jupiter were an empty bowl, you could fit over 1,300 bodies the size of the Earth inside it. No surprise that Jupiter is known as the Giant Planet. ...
... Jupiter measures 142,984 km (88,846 miles) across. That’s over 11 times wider than the Earth. To put it another way: if Jupiter were an empty bowl, you could fit over 1,300 bodies the size of the Earth inside it. No surprise that Jupiter is known as the Giant Planet. ...
an Educator`s GuidE - Museum of Science, Boston
... Even though they are individual worlds with varying histories and circumstances, moons are vital parts of the systems they inhabit. For example, tidal forces work on a primary and its satellites at all scales. In the same way that the Moon’s gravitational pull generates Earth’s tides, the combined g ...
... Even though they are individual worlds with varying histories and circumstances, moons are vital parts of the systems they inhabit. For example, tidal forces work on a primary and its satellites at all scales. In the same way that the Moon’s gravitational pull generates Earth’s tides, the combined g ...
Modeling the Orbits of the Outer Planets
... 2. Glue planets onto the edge of the correct planet’s orbital disk. 3. Unbend one end of the paperclip. Using this end of the paperclip, poke a hole through the point marked “Sun” on each of the orbital disks. Work from the outer planets, inward (i.e. first poke hole through Pluto’s orbital disk, ne ...
... 2. Glue planets onto the edge of the correct planet’s orbital disk. 3. Unbend one end of the paperclip. Using this end of the paperclip, poke a hole through the point marked “Sun” on each of the orbital disks. Work from the outer planets, inward (i.e. first poke hole through Pluto’s orbital disk, ne ...
Astronomy text. - People Server at UNCW
... science to penetrate. Interestingly, scientists have recently been able to peek through the thick clouds and get a few glimpses of the surface. There are numerous volcanoes and many mountains that appear misshapen. There is much we still do not know about how this planet looks and what it is like. H ...
... science to penetrate. Interestingly, scientists have recently been able to peek through the thick clouds and get a few glimpses of the surface. There are numerous volcanoes and many mountains that appear misshapen. There is much we still do not know about how this planet looks and what it is like. H ...
Lecture 14: The Giant Planets, their Moons, and their Rings
... Liquid metallic hydrogen? • Liquid hydrogen: if you poured it into a cup, it would assume the shape of the cup, but would not spread out throughout the entire volume (as would a gas). • Metallic hydrogen: will conduct electricity. • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means ...
... Liquid metallic hydrogen? • Liquid hydrogen: if you poured it into a cup, it would assume the shape of the cup, but would not spread out throughout the entire volume (as would a gas). • Metallic hydrogen: will conduct electricity. • Fact that this layer can flow and can conduct electricity means ...
All About Saturn
... completing one rotation in 11 hours. Because of its fast rotation, the poles on Saturn are flat. Earth, by comparison, takes 24 hours to complete a rotation around its axis and takes one year to rotate around the sun. Saturn is 75 times larger than Earth. Saturn is also the least dense of all the pl ...
... completing one rotation in 11 hours. Because of its fast rotation, the poles on Saturn are flat. Earth, by comparison, takes 24 hours to complete a rotation around its axis and takes one year to rotate around the sun. Saturn is 75 times larger than Earth. Saturn is also the least dense of all the pl ...
jupiter
... anti-cyclone (goes counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere) Circulation Period: 6 days Known for 300 years It is 14,000 km wide and 40,000 km (three Earth diameters!) long ...
... anti-cyclone (goes counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere) Circulation Period: 6 days Known for 300 years It is 14,000 km wide and 40,000 km (three Earth diameters!) long ...
Question 2 (9-3 thru 9-4 PPT Questions)
... methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red light, makes the planet appear blue. 8. Occultation data from 1977 showed that Uranus has a system of thin rings that contain very little material. 9. Uranus’s rings only reflect 5% of the sunlight that hits them so they cannot be seen from Earth. (Saturn ...
... methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red light, makes the planet appear blue. 8. Occultation data from 1977 showed that Uranus has a system of thin rings that contain very little material. 9. Uranus’s rings only reflect 5% of the sunlight that hits them so they cannot be seen from Earth. (Saturn ...
PPT
... You can make the mirrors huge and the focal length short Keck telescopes – mirrors are 10m across? (built in segments) ...
... You can make the mirrors huge and the focal length short Keck telescopes – mirrors are 10m across? (built in segments) ...
Chapter 3: Our Solar System
... observed over 800 sun-like stars searching for any signals from that might come from ET. It used two of the world’s largest radio telescopes, the 300m Arecibo dish in Puerto Rico and the 76m Lovell Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank in the UK where the author was the project scientist. The use of two v ...
... observed over 800 sun-like stars searching for any signals from that might come from ET. It used two of the world’s largest radio telescopes, the 300m Arecibo dish in Puerto Rico and the 76m Lovell Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank in the UK where the author was the project scientist. The use of two v ...
Jupiter by Jessie Ann and Rosalyn
... Jupiter is the largest of the nine planets, more than 10 times the diameter of Earth and more than 300 times its mass. In fact, the mass of Jupiter is almost 2.5 times that of all the other planets combined. Being composed largely of the light elements hydrogen and helium, its mean density is only 1 ...
... Jupiter is the largest of the nine planets, more than 10 times the diameter of Earth and more than 300 times its mass. In fact, the mass of Jupiter is almost 2.5 times that of all the other planets combined. Being composed largely of the light elements hydrogen and helium, its mean density is only 1 ...
C. Composition
... • Identified multiple times initially as a _star_ and then also as a _comet_. • Discoverer Sir William Herschel first called the planet _George’s Star_ after King George III. As you might imagine, this choice was not very popular outside of Britain. ...
... • Identified multiple times initially as a _star_ and then also as a _comet_. • Discoverer Sir William Herschel first called the planet _George’s Star_ after King George III. As you might imagine, this choice was not very popular outside of Britain. ...
Saturn - Rings
... • Saturn is 9.539 Au from from the Sun. • 9.5 times the distance of Earth from the Sun. • Aphelion - where Saturn is furthest from the Sun. (1,503,000,000 km from the Sun.) • Perihelion - where Saturn is closest to the Sun. (1,348,000,000 km from the Sun.) • A day on Saturn is 10.2 Earth hours. • A ...
... • Saturn is 9.539 Au from from the Sun. • 9.5 times the distance of Earth from the Sun. • Aphelion - where Saturn is furthest from the Sun. (1,503,000,000 km from the Sun.) • Perihelion - where Saturn is closest to the Sun. (1,348,000,000 km from the Sun.) • A day on Saturn is 10.2 Earth hours. • A ...
Giant Planets - Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy
... Recent Exploration of Saturn Saturn, with its spectacular rings and many moons, is intriguing for many reasons The Cassini spacecraft was launched 1997 and reached Saturn in 2004 It deployed the Huygens probe into Saturn’s moon Titan in January 2005 Titan is of particular interest to scientists bec ...
... Recent Exploration of Saturn Saturn, with its spectacular rings and many moons, is intriguing for many reasons The Cassini spacecraft was launched 1997 and reached Saturn in 2004 It deployed the Huygens probe into Saturn’s moon Titan in January 2005 Titan is of particular interest to scientists bec ...
Full Text
... The Saturn "light year" is the distance light travels according to the sidereal period of Saturn (not its axial period). Recall that this paper started with a list of light-year values determined from sidereal periods in days. Now the correct Saturn value for a light year will be computed. This is s ...
... The Saturn "light year" is the distance light travels according to the sidereal period of Saturn (not its axial period). Recall that this paper started with a list of light-year values determined from sidereal periods in days. Now the correct Saturn value for a light year will be computed. This is s ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... 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 ra ...
... 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 ra ...
Powerpoint Presentation (large file)
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets Chapter Fourteen
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
... 2. Why are there important differences between the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn? 3. What is going on in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? 4. What is the nature of the multicolored clouds of Jupiter and Saturn? 5. What does the chemical composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere imply about the planet’s origin ...
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the
... It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy’s edge. But in the process, we have lost the human element; not to mention the high hope of those quaint days when flight would create “one world.'” Instead of one world, we ha ...
... It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy’s edge. But in the process, we have lost the human element; not to mention the high hope of those quaint days when flight would create “one world.'” Instead of one world, we ha ...
3 Satellites of Other Planets
... Scientists once thought that the material in Saturn’s rings was as old as Saturn itself. Evidence now shows that the rings are much younger. Scientists think the particles came from a large cometlike body that entered Saturn’s orbit and broke apart. The other gas giants also have rings. These rings ...
... Scientists once thought that the material in Saturn’s rings was as old as Saturn itself. Evidence now shows that the rings are much younger. Scientists think the particles came from a large cometlike body that entered Saturn’s orbit and broke apart. The other gas giants also have rings. These rings ...
the outer planets
... 3. “Picture Smart”: Ask students how they would draw a picture to show what each word means. Draw a picture on chart paper, based on their responses, for each word. Ask them what important details should be labeled in each picture. Label the important details of each picture. Mini-Lesson: Suffixes – ...
... 3. “Picture Smart”: Ask students how they would draw a picture to show what each word means. Draw a picture on chart paper, based on their responses, for each word. Ask them what important details should be labeled in each picture. Label the important details of each picture. Mini-Lesson: Suffixes – ...
Chapter 9
... 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 inundated with craters, many of which are surrounded by white markings of shattered ice • The moons also have ...
... 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 inundated with craters, many of which are surrounded by white markings of shattered ice • The moons also have ...