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Resonant Origins for Pluto`s High Inclination
... mass. By altering the mass and semi-major axis of this body, we could alter the precession frequencies of Neptune and Pluto’s nodes, as identified in the spectra of their respective ps. Changing
Pluto’s semi-major axis allowed us to set the ratio of its precession frequency with respect to Neptune’s ...
Pluto, Charon & the Plutons
... Another unusual object out there that has some similar properties
to Pluto and Charon is 1992 QB1, discovered in 1992 (!) by David
Jewitt and Jane Luu. It has a diameter of about 200 km, was
found 41 AU from Sun, and is reddish colour - which, like Pluto,
indicates the existence of frozen methane o ...
Jewel of the Solar System INTRODUCTION
... Kids love space, and their favorite planet is often the magnificent ringed “Jewel of our Solar
System” – Saturn!
Saturn is the sixth planet from our Sun and the second largest planet in our Solar System (after
Jupiter). Pressures and temperatures inside Saturn are so extreme that they cannot be dupl ...
On the irrelevance of being a PLUTO! Size Scale of Stars and Planets
... • Kuiper belt is probably the last stable location of the solar
system where the escape velocity (~ 7 km/s) is much higher
than rotation velocity (~ 5 km/s). Beyond this, the Sun’s gravity
is too weak.
• The Kuiper belt has to be studied in detail for information on
early solar system and its edge.
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Early Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System: Pinning Down the
... approach cannot be obtained using other methods.
In the context of these simulations, all four giant planets were introduced simultaneously on planar circular orbits, slightly outside of their desired resonant locations,
with the more massive ice giant on the outermost orbit.
If capture into the des ...
What are Jupiter and its moons like? - Harvard
... This liquid ocean is topped by a thick layer of ice. It is though to be
the likeliest place in our solar system to harbor life, beyond Earth.
You might think that liquid water could not exist on Europa. Jupiter
and its moons are so far from the Sun—about 5 times farther than
Earth—that they are very ...
Pluto: Dwarf Planet - ASTR101
... mountains rising about 11,000
feet
• They formed no more than 100
million years ago, young
compared to the age of the
solar system
• Mountains might sUll be in the
process of growing even taller
• Age is esUmated based on lack
of craters in the area
...
Uranus and Neptune Uranus Saturn Neptune
... satellites similar to the moderate-sized moons of Saturn,
plus at least 22 more small satellites. 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 ...
Pluto
... Most people assume that
the color of Pluto is blue,
but its not
Pluto is thought to be a
light brown
It is expected to be light
brown because of the
existence of dirty
methane ice on the
surface
Scientist don’t know the
“definite” color since it
has never actually been
visited by a spacecraft
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... on Jupiter, either. Scientists believe
Jupiter does not have a solid surface
like Earth does. If you went to Jupiter,
you would sink through its clouds. As
you get closer to Jupiter’s core, the
clouds get denser, or more pressed
together.
...
Saturn - Heroku
... vehicles owner assistance gm com - saturn vehicles if you ve owned one of our vehicles then
you know firsthand about the saturn difference it s a truly unique way of doing things from
customer, nasa spacecraft dives between saturn and its rings nasa - nasa s cassini spacecraft
is back in contact wit ...
Asteroids - Friend or Foe? - [email protected]
... who dream of what could lie beyond the confines of our tiny world. Our own sun and moon, the
planets, and even the distant stars have been observed since people first gazed skyward. However,
there too lies a group of celestial bodies which remained unnoticed for most of human’s history.
These elusiv ...
Jupiter - Friend or Foe
... that, even in a 100 Myr simulation, very few close encounters with the Earth would be expected even were the Earth greatly inflated. Therefore, in order to directly acquire the rate of impacts on
the Earth, we would have had to simulate a vast number of test particles, many orders of magnitude
highe ...
Jupiter – friend or foe? III: the Oort cloud comets
... that, even in a 100 Myr simulation, very few close encounters with the Earth would be expected
even were the Earth greatly inflated. Therefore, in order to directly acquire the rate of impacts on
the Earth, we would have had to simulate a vast number of test particles, many orders of magnitude
highe ...
Teacher resources - Museum of Tropical Qld
... The high tide closest to the Moon tends to be taller than the matching high tide on the other
side of the Earth (which is a little flatter). About six hours later in the same area, a low tide
occurs and the water level drops.
Tides are easiest to see as the rising and falling water levels along a be ...
Pluto Moon Discovered
... This evidence indicates that the moons had plenty of time to interact gravitationally with each other, and therefore were
probably born together. This would be the case if the moons formed in a single titanic collision between Pluto and another
Kuiper belt object billions of years ago. This collisi ...
Jupiter: Cosmic Jekyll and Hyde - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers
... 2005b). Results that track the fate of planetesimals orbiting
in the outer Solar System in the presence of full-mass jovian
planets and embryos are presented in Section 3. Finally, in
Section 4, the implications of these simulations are presented along with a reflection on their relevance to the
‘‘J ...
Jupiter
... moons,” with his telescope. This apparent planetary system in
miniature, where the 4 moons obviously revolved about Jupiter
and not about the earth, contributed to the demise of the Ptolemaic
system of the cosmos, in which the earth was at the center.
The moons of Jupiter, whose orbital radii and pe ...
File - Walker Koberlein
... Jupiter radiates much more energy into
space than it receives from the sun
Jupiter is more than twice as massive as
all the other planets combined
If it had been about 80 times more
massive, it would have actually become a
star instead of a planet
...
Planetary Ring Systems
... into a new orbit. Orbital resonances would, after billions of years, eventually sweep all
the particles out of a ring, but the effects of the inner moons counteract the pull from the
outer moon. This is how gaps formed and its relation to the existing rings.
For a long time, astronomers had the ques ...
Saturn - Heroku
... finale download on the final orbit cassini will plunge into saturn s atmosphere sending back new
and, the planet saturn universe today - the farthest planet from the sun that can be observed
with the naked eye the existence of saturn has been known for thousands of years and much like
all celestial, ...
Pluto Brochure
... http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/
profile.cfm?Object=Pluto&Display=Facts
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/
science/space/solar-system/dwarfplanet.html
Pluto and Charon by isaac Asimov
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Determination of meteor showers on other planets using comet
... Throughout this paper, SI (Système Internationale) units are employed, except where
the size of the units makes it convenient to work in standard units employed in astronomy
(e.g., on large scales, astronomical units (AU) will be used, rather than meters).
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Eight Worlds
The Eight Worlds are the fictional setting of a series of science fiction novels and short stories by John Varley, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the Earth. Earth and Jupiter are off-limits to humanity, but Earth's moon and the other worlds and moons of the solar system have all become heavily populated. There are also minor colonies set in the Oort cloud beyond the solar system itself. Faster than light travel is not (as yet) possible, though it's mentioned that test-flights will begin soon at the end of ""The Golden Globe"", and the species has not as yet managed to extend itself to other stars.The series mostly deals with the ways in which technology and necessity shape morality and society. Instant sex changes are considered a matter of fashion, rather than gender-identity, and many long-standing human sexual taboos no longer exist. Thus the stories are somewhat disturbing to some readers, and maintain a degree of controversyThe ""Eight Worlds"" story ""Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"" (first published in 1976) was adapted into a TV movie in 1985, starring Raul Julia.The stories were written at different times and are not always consistent with each other. In particular, the novels ""Steel Beach"" and ""The Golden Globe"" seem to revise large portions of the original history (see Consistency, below). Varley has written that the Eight Worlds background should be regarded as a group of common characters and situations that appear in different stories rather than a single consistent setting. Several of the stories feature common characters, and these may be seen as linking together the whole series.