Celestia Activity 2013
... 9. OK, lets find out what it’s like to travel to Jupiter at the rate the space shuttle travels. Click “Location” then “Select.” Type in “Jupiter” and hit Enter. Now hit the “C” button. Now look in the lower left corner and begin to tap the “A” button until you reach a velocity of about 11 km/sec. C ...
... 9. OK, lets find out what it’s like to travel to Jupiter at the rate the space shuttle travels. Click “Location” then “Select.” Type in “Jupiter” and hit Enter. Now hit the “C” button. Now look in the lower left corner and begin to tap the “A” button until you reach a velocity of about 11 km/sec. C ...
Review 2 (October 19-10)
... jovians are less extreme (probably no metallic hydrogen inside of U and N). ...
... jovians are less extreme (probably no metallic hydrogen inside of U and N). ...
Jupiter – friend or foe? II: the Centaurs Accepted for publication in
... Centaurs are a population of ice-rich bodies which move on dynamically unstable orbits in the outer Solar system. The largest Centaurs known are several hundred kilometres in diameter, and it is certain that a great number of kilometre or sub-kilometre sized Centaurs still await discovery. These obj ...
... Centaurs are a population of ice-rich bodies which move on dynamically unstable orbits in the outer Solar system. The largest Centaurs known are several hundred kilometres in diameter, and it is certain that a great number of kilometre or sub-kilometre sized Centaurs still await discovery. These obj ...
Pluto is (still) not a planet
... Pluto and its large moon Charon have the largest parent-to-moon mass ratio in the Solar System. ...
... Pluto and its large moon Charon have the largest parent-to-moon mass ratio in the Solar System. ...
Our solar system (and probably several hundred others)
... particles undergo Keplerian orbits around the barycenter. This difference in kinematics causes a drag force on the particles as they orbit the protosun. This drag force has several effects: elliptical orbits are circularized, inclined orbits damp down toward the equatorial plane, and particles tend ...
... particles undergo Keplerian orbits around the barycenter. This difference in kinematics causes a drag force on the particles as they orbit the protosun. This drag force has several effects: elliptical orbits are circularized, inclined orbits damp down toward the equatorial plane, and particles tend ...
Lecture 22: The Family of the Sun
... Probed Atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Titan Flown spacecraft by all planets Extensive exploration of Mars in progress ...
... Probed Atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Titan Flown spacecraft by all planets Extensive exploration of Mars in progress ...
Powerpoint
... • Mainly made up of hydrogen, helium, and a small amount of methane and ammonia. • The atmospheric pressure is extremely high, over 1000 times than that of the Earth. Because of the great pressure, the core of Jupiter is made up of metallic hydrogen. The rapid rotation of such metallic core explains ...
... • Mainly made up of hydrogen, helium, and a small amount of methane and ammonia. • The atmospheric pressure is extremely high, over 1000 times than that of the Earth. Because of the great pressure, the core of Jupiter is made up of metallic hydrogen. The rapid rotation of such metallic core explains ...
![Figure 1 – [2] Callisto: The Secrets Within Amy Smith Physics 1040](http://s1.studyres.com/store/data/000769310_1-47f4e25c3b667ff445916676f2581366-300x300.png)
Figure 1 – [2] Callisto: The Secrets Within Amy Smith Physics 1040
... Jupiter and its moons: IO, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto [8]. The mission, if it precedes, would launch in the year 2020, and the orbiters would reach the Jupiter system in the year 2026; the orbiter spacecrafts would spend at least three years conducting detailed studies and tests to complete thei ...
... Jupiter and its moons: IO, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto [8]. The mission, if it precedes, would launch in the year 2020, and the orbiters would reach the Jupiter system in the year 2026; the orbiter spacecrafts would spend at least three years conducting detailed studies and tests to complete thei ...
A105 Stars and Galaxies
... 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 several surface features that have yet to be explained ...
... 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 several surface features that have yet to be explained ...
Understanding Orbits
... Sun, about 93 million miles A Parsec is also a measure of distance, roughly (3.26 LY or 19 Trillion Miles) ...
... Sun, about 93 million miles A Parsec is also a measure of distance, roughly (3.26 LY or 19 Trillion Miles) ...
Understanding Orbits
... Sun, about 93 million miles A Parsec is also a measure of distance, roughly (3.26 LY or 19 Trillion Miles) ...
... Sun, about 93 million miles A Parsec is also a measure of distance, roughly (3.26 LY or 19 Trillion Miles) ...
Observing the Solar System
... • According to the new definition, a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. In addition, a planet has to dominate the neighborhood around its orbit. • Pluto does not dominate its neighborhood Charon is half i ...
... • According to the new definition, a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. In addition, a planet has to dominate the neighborhood around its orbit. • Pluto does not dominate its neighborhood Charon is half i ...
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... course, were well known, and Uranus’s rings had been discovered only a few years earlier during ground-based observations. The Voyager 1 photograph indeed showed a wispy ring of material around Jupiter at about 1.8 times Jupiter’s radius, inside the orbit of its innermost moon. From the far side loo ...
... course, were well known, and Uranus’s rings had been discovered only a few years earlier during ground-based observations. The Voyager 1 photograph indeed showed a wispy ring of material around Jupiter at about 1.8 times Jupiter’s radius, inside the orbit of its innermost moon. From the far side loo ...
Planet Information
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. The average distance from the sun is 142 million miles. Mars revolves once around the sun every 686.98 earth days making that 1.88 in earth years. It rotates on its axis every 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars solid surface is mostly made up of iron oxide (rust) w ...
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. The average distance from the sun is 142 million miles. Mars revolves once around the sun every 686.98 earth days making that 1.88 in earth years. It rotates on its axis every 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars solid surface is mostly made up of iron oxide (rust) w ...
Spacebook Profiles McGill
... We figured out what planet we were going to study for sure. Then we went on student share and started. First we went on expert space and looked up our planet. We had to make Spacebook profiles! We had to find some cool facts like Mercury can orbit around the sun in 88 real earth days. Then we had to ...
... We figured out what planet we were going to study for sure. Then we went on student share and started. First we went on expert space and looked up our planet. We had to make Spacebook profiles! We had to find some cool facts like Mercury can orbit around the sun in 88 real earth days. Then we had to ...
Planet - Cobb Learning
... because they are made up Of rocks and metal. The rocks come in many sizes. Larger rocks are Asteroids. They are found in large areas between the orbits of Mars And Jupiter. (Called the Asteroid Belt) ...
... because they are made up Of rocks and metal. The rocks come in many sizes. Larger rocks are Asteroids. They are found in large areas between the orbits of Mars And Jupiter. (Called the Asteroid Belt) ...
The role of Jupiter in driving Earth`s orbital evolution
... In the coming years, it is highly likely that we will discover the first truly Earth-like planets2 orbiting nearby stars, and the search for life beyond our Solar system will be able to begin in earnest. However, the observations required to detect evidence of life on Earth-like planets orbiting oth ...
... In the coming years, it is highly likely that we will discover the first truly Earth-like planets2 orbiting nearby stars, and the search for life beyond our Solar system will be able to begin in earnest. However, the observations required to detect evidence of life on Earth-like planets orbiting oth ...
PLANET POWER PASSAGE - Ms. Ferebee`s Webpage
... In August 2006, scientists officially defined a planet as something that: 1. orbits the sun, not around another object such as a planet or moon, 2. has enough mass and gravity to form a spherical shape, and 3. have swept clean the area around its orbit with the force of its gravity. Of all the objec ...
... In August 2006, scientists officially defined a planet as something that: 1. orbits the sun, not around another object such as a planet or moon, 2. has enough mass and gravity to form a spherical shape, and 3. have swept clean the area around its orbit with the force of its gravity. Of all the objec ...
1 Overview of the Solar System - University of Iowa Astrophysics
... of the planets have moons, or satellites orbiting them. Several of these satellites are larger than our Moon. Perhaps the most interesting is the moon Titan of Saturn. Titan is easily visible in a small telescope, but unfortunately we probably won’t get a chance to see it this semester. The radius o ...
... of the planets have moons, or satellites orbiting them. Several of these satellites are larger than our Moon. Perhaps the most interesting is the moon Titan of Saturn. Titan is easily visible in a small telescope, but unfortunately we probably won’t get a chance to see it this semester. The radius o ...
Fun Fact: Venus rotates backward compared with mist other planets
... The Sun The sun is in the center of the solar system. It is also, the biggest object in the solar system. The sun is one of the many, many stars in the universe. ...
... The Sun The sun is in the center of the solar system. It is also, the biggest object in the solar system. The sun is one of the many, many stars in the universe. ...
Solar System Power Point
... Hubble has taken pictures of stars and other objects that none had ever seen before. Both piloted and unpiloted space vehicles, called spacecraft, have been used to learn about space. They have traveled far beyond Earth to collect data about other planets. How do Scientist use the Hubble Teles ...
... Hubble has taken pictures of stars and other objects that none had ever seen before. Both piloted and unpiloted space vehicles, called spacecraft, have been used to learn about space. They have traveled far beyond Earth to collect data about other planets. How do Scientist use the Hubble Teles ...
Kepler`s Laws of Planetary Motion
... By the end of this presentation, students will be able to • Describe how the orbits of planets are defined using Kepler’s laws. • Evaluate the period of an orbit or the relative distance of a planet using Kepler’s Law of ...
... By the end of this presentation, students will be able to • Describe how the orbits of planets are defined using Kepler’s laws. • Evaluate the period of an orbit or the relative distance of a planet using Kepler’s Law of ...
Workbook IP
... 2. Which two sets of planets are closest in size? ___________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. What percent of the planets are smaller than Earth? _________% (# of smaller planets divided by eight) 4. Which planets have moons? ______________________ ...
... 2. Which two sets of planets are closest in size? ___________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. What percent of the planets are smaller than Earth? _________% (# of smaller planets divided by eight) 4. Which planets have moons? ______________________ ...
es1 solar system computer lab
... 7. Why does Mercury experience such great temperature variations? Venus 8. What is the atmosphere like on Venus? How does the atmospheric pressure on Venus compare to Earth’s? Venus is the _________ brightest object in our night sky. Mars 9. What causes the red surface color of Mars? What are some s ...
... 7. Why does Mercury experience such great temperature variations? Venus 8. What is the atmosphere like on Venus? How does the atmospheric pressure on Venus compare to Earth’s? Venus is the _________ brightest object in our night sky. Mars 9. What causes the red surface color of Mars? What are some s ...
Solar System
... a. It is smaller than some moons. b. It has an orbit similar to many Kuiper Belt Objects ...
... a. It is smaller than some moons. b. It has an orbit similar to many Kuiper Belt Objects ...
Exploration of Jupiter
The exploration of Jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft. It began with the arrival of Pioneer 10 into the Jovian system in 1973, and, as of 2014, has continued with seven further spacecraft missions. All of these missions were undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and all but one have been flybys that take detailed observations without the probe landing or entering orbit. These probes make Jupiter the most visited of the Solar System's outer planets as all missions to the outer Solar System have used Jupiter flybys to reduce fuel requirements and travel time. Plans for more missions to the Jovian system are under development, none of which are scheduled to arrive at the planet before 2016. Sending a craft to Jupiter entails many technical difficulties, especially due to the probes' large fuel requirements and the effects of the planet's harsh radiation environment.The first spacecraft to visit Jupiter was Pioneer 10 in 1973, followed a year later by Pioneer 11. Aside from taking the first close-up pictures of the planet, the probes discovered its magnetosphere and its largely fluid interior. The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes visited the planet in 1979, and studied its moons and the ring system, discovering the volcanic activity of Io and the presence of water ice on the surface of Europa. Ulysses further studied Jupiter's magnetosphere in 1992 and then again in 2000. The Cassini probe approached the planet in 2000 and took very detailed images of its atmosphere. The New Horizons spacecraft passed by Jupiter in 2007 and made improved measurements of its and its satellites' parameters.The Galileo spacecraft is the only one to have entered orbit around Jupiter, arriving in 1995 and studying the planet until 2003. During this period Galileo gathered a large amount of information about the Jovian system, making close approaches to all of the four large Galilean moons and finding evidence for thin atmospheres on three of them, as well as the possibility of liquid water beneath their surfaces. It also discovered a magnetic field around Ganymede. As it approached Jupiter, it also witnessed the impact of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. In December 1995, it sent an atmospheric probe into the Jovian atmosphere, so far the only craft to do so.Future probes planned by NASA include the Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011, which will enter a polar orbit around Jupiter to determine whether it has a rocky core. The European Space Agency selected the L1-class JUICE mission in 2012 as part of its Cosmic Vision programme to explore three of Jupiter's Galilean moons, with a possible Ganymede lander provided by Roscosmos. JUICE is proposed to be launched in 2022. Some NASA administrators have even speculated as to the possibility of human exploration of Jupiter, but such missions are not considered feasible with current technology; such as radiation protection.