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... Mercury: closet to the Sun. Because it is so close to the Sun, the daytime temp can reach 45degrees C ( 840 degrees F) and then plummet at night to -170C ( -275F). This is due to having no atmosphere to hold in the temp. ...
... Mercury: closet to the Sun. Because it is so close to the Sun, the daytime temp can reach 45degrees C ( 840 degrees F) and then plummet at night to -170C ( -275F). This is due to having no atmosphere to hold in the temp. ...
Exploration Strategy for the Outer Planets 2013
... The very scale of the outer solar system presents a fundamental problem for program architecture. In the thirty-plus years since Pioneer and Voyager many advances have been made in spacecraft, sensors, telecommunications, radiation hardening, and mission design. It remains a fact, however, that mis ...
... The very scale of the outer solar system presents a fundamental problem for program architecture. In the thirty-plus years since Pioneer and Voyager many advances have been made in spacecraft, sensors, telecommunications, radiation hardening, and mission design. It remains a fact, however, that mis ...
Script Planets of our Solar System
... SPEAKER: Notice all the other bright dots of light that are flying by. Those are other planets, starts, and solar systems that are around us. With all of these other objects out there, it gives you an idea of how small we are and how much more is out ...
... SPEAKER: Notice all the other bright dots of light that are flying by. Those are other planets, starts, and solar systems that are around us. With all of these other objects out there, it gives you an idea of how small we are and how much more is out ...
the ringed giants – jupiter and saturn
... New telescope technology has made it possible to detect fainter objects than ever before. Jupiter is now known to have 61 natural satellites (Saturn has 31). The majority of these are smaller than 200 km diameter, in fact, the newly discovered moons at Jupiter are all probably smaller than 5 km in d ...
... New telescope technology has made it possible to detect fainter objects than ever before. Jupiter is now known to have 61 natural satellites (Saturn has 31). The majority of these are smaller than 200 km diameter, in fact, the newly discovered moons at Jupiter are all probably smaller than 5 km in d ...
OPAG Steering Committee - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... The very scale of the outer solar system presents a fundamental problem for program architecture. In the thirty-plus years since Pioneer and Voyager many advances have been made in spacecraft, sensors, telecommunications, radiation hardening, and mission design. It remains a fact, however, that mis ...
... The very scale of the outer solar system presents a fundamental problem for program architecture. In the thirty-plus years since Pioneer and Voyager many advances have been made in spacecraft, sensors, telecommunications, radiation hardening, and mission design. It remains a fact, however, that mis ...
Nice
... variations in orbital quantities during these close approaches (Arnold, Wetherill, Öpik) • As velocities during collision are known, the probability of impacts can also be computed • Dones et al. 1999 found that this approximation tends to somewhat overestimate median lifetimes of small bodies thoug ...
... variations in orbital quantities during these close approaches (Arnold, Wetherill, Öpik) • As velocities during collision are known, the probability of impacts can also be computed • Dones et al. 1999 found that this approximation tends to somewhat overestimate median lifetimes of small bodies thoug ...
Table of contents Overview of the Solar System
... Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest among all of the eight ones. According to physics, a body close to a bigger one accelerates faster around it. This is the same for Mercury; it has the fastest orbital period around the Sun. It takes 175,97 Earth days for one orbit. Si ...
... Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest among all of the eight ones. According to physics, a body close to a bigger one accelerates faster around it. This is the same for Mercury; it has the fastest orbital period around the Sun. It takes 175,97 Earth days for one orbit. Si ...
Earth The Moon`s surface
... the Jovian Moons? ¾ Io has acting volcanoes due to tidal deformations ¾ Europa – covered with water ice. Is there liquid water under the ice? ¾ Ganymede – the largest moon in the Solar system, bigger than Mercury and Pluto. Surface similar to the Moon, but icy. Weak magnetic field. ¾ Calisto –heavil ...
... the Jovian Moons? ¾ Io has acting volcanoes due to tidal deformations ¾ Europa – covered with water ice. Is there liquid water under the ice? ¾ Ganymede – the largest moon in the Solar system, bigger than Mercury and Pluto. Surface similar to the Moon, but icy. Weak magnetic field. ¾ Calisto –heavil ...
The booklet - Cosmos
... Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest among all of the eight ones. According to physics, a body close to a bigger one accelerates faster around it. This is the same for Mercury; it has the fastest orbital period around the Sun. It takes 175,97 Earth days for one orbit. Si ...
... Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest among all of the eight ones. According to physics, a body close to a bigger one accelerates faster around it. This is the same for Mercury; it has the fastest orbital period around the Sun. It takes 175,97 Earth days for one orbit. Si ...
Chapter 11 Jovian Planet Systems Are jovian planets all alike?
... • Titan is the only moon in the solar system to have a thick atmosphere • It consists mostly of nitrogen with some argon, methane, and ethane ...
... • Titan is the only moon in the solar system to have a thick atmosphere • It consists mostly of nitrogen with some argon, methane, and ethane ...
Exam# 2 Review (Draft)
... • The tides. The reason for the tides: The differential gravitational attraction of the Moon and the Sun on the oceans •Important: Equations of escape velocity and average molecular speed •How do we use these two formulas to predict if a celestial body (planets, satellites) will retain or lose an at ...
... • The tides. The reason for the tides: The differential gravitational attraction of the Moon and the Sun on the oceans •Important: Equations of escape velocity and average molecular speed •How do we use these two formulas to predict if a celestial body (planets, satellites) will retain or lose an at ...
The Case for the Investigation of the Magnetic Fields and Plasma
... – A lot more can be learned with Cassini in new regions and epochs (Solstice to Solstice, solar min to solar max). Support Cassini XXM mission. ...
... – A lot more can be learned with Cassini in new regions and epochs (Solstice to Solstice, solar min to solar max). Support Cassini XXM mission. ...
Survey of the Solar System
... Tidal heat could potentially be translated to driving volcanic activity, heating a subsurface layer, etc. ...
... Tidal heat could potentially be translated to driving volcanic activity, heating a subsurface layer, etc. ...
Notes with questions
... • Coolest, most massive collect H and He • More collisions -> heating and differentiating of interior • Remnants flushed by solar wind • Evolution of atmospheres ...
... • Coolest, most massive collect H and He • More collisions -> heating and differentiating of interior • Remnants flushed by solar wind • Evolution of atmospheres ...
Solar System Scale Poster
... 2. Which planet is approximately half the size of Earth? 3. Which planet is 10 times larger than Mercury? 4. Which planet is 2 times larger than Pluto? 5. Which two outer planets are the closest in size to one another? 6. Which planet has the largest volcano in the solar system? 7. Which planet rota ...
... 2. Which planet is approximately half the size of Earth? 3. Which planet is 10 times larger than Mercury? 4. Which planet is 2 times larger than Pluto? 5. Which two outer planets are the closest in size to one another? 6. Which planet has the largest volcano in the solar system? 7. Which planet rota ...
Asteroids
... that 4.6 billion years ago, when our solar system was being formed, a tenth planet tried to form between Mars and Jupiter. However, Jupiter’s gravitational forces were too strong, so the material was unable to form a planet. Even if a planet had formed, it wouldn’t have been anything to write home a ...
... that 4.6 billion years ago, when our solar system was being formed, a tenth planet tried to form between Mars and Jupiter. However, Jupiter’s gravitational forces were too strong, so the material was unable to form a planet. Even if a planet had formed, it wouldn’t have been anything to write home a ...
Mercury
... mapped a little less than half (45%) of Mercury's surface Scientists think that there may be *volcanic activity* on Mercury. They are still studying information sent to Earth from the Mariner spacecraft to make sure. It was once believed that there was no water on Mercury, but this turned out to be ...
... mapped a little less than half (45%) of Mercury's surface Scientists think that there may be *volcanic activity* on Mercury. They are still studying information sent to Earth from the Mariner spacecraft to make sure. It was once believed that there was no water on Mercury, but this turned out to be ...
Workbook II - Mr. Hill`s Science Website
... b. They are giant balls of water. c. They have thick atmospheres of hydrogen. d. Methane is in the atmosphere. 21. How far are Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto from the Sun? __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ...
... b. They are giant balls of water. c. They have thick atmospheres of hydrogen. d. Methane is in the atmosphere. 21. How far are Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto from the Sun? __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ...
Characteristics Cards KEY
... methane and ammonia also present Physical Properties: Atmosphere of methane and helium, no solid surface, first planet discovered to have rings. The sky gradually turns into liquid until it becomes an ocean of liquid chemicals. ...
... methane and ammonia also present Physical Properties: Atmosphere of methane and helium, no solid surface, first planet discovered to have rings. The sky gradually turns into liquid until it becomes an ocean of liquid chemicals. ...
Power Point - Solar System
... Orbital path crosses Pluto’s Faint rings made of dust particles Composed of H, He, & Methane & a core of molten ...
... Orbital path crosses Pluto’s Faint rings made of dust particles Composed of H, He, & Methane & a core of molten ...
Jupiter–friend or foe? I: the asteroids
... effects of the Late Heavy Bombardment on our young planet. In our opinion, it seems that the idea of ‘Jupiter, the protector ’ dates back to the days when the main impact risk to the Earth was thought to arise from the population of long period comets (LPCs), falling inwards from the Oort cloud. The ...
... effects of the Late Heavy Bombardment on our young planet. In our opinion, it seems that the idea of ‘Jupiter, the protector ’ dates back to the days when the main impact risk to the Earth was thought to arise from the population of long period comets (LPCs), falling inwards from the Oort cloud. The ...
Solar System App Activity
... 96. What spacecraft collect the first dust sample from an asteroid? ______________________________________ 97. What are the names of the two rovers that landed on Mars as part of the The Mars Exploration Rover Mission?____________________________________________ 98. What spacecraft collected the fir ...
... 96. What spacecraft collect the first dust sample from an asteroid? ______________________________________ 97. What are the names of the two rovers that landed on Mars as part of the The Mars Exploration Rover Mission?____________________________________________ 98. What spacecraft collected the fir ...
Gravity Workbook
... As the scientists tell it, the tale starts a few million years after the Solar System's birth. At first, the four giant planets had compact orbits. Neptune, for example, was only half as far away from the Sun as it now. A slowly circulating band of ice, dust, and gas lay beyond these planets. Ice, d ...
... As the scientists tell it, the tale starts a few million years after the Solar System's birth. At first, the four giant planets had compact orbits. Neptune, for example, was only half as far away from the Sun as it now. A slowly circulating band of ice, dust, and gas lay beyond these planets. Ice, d ...
rulebook - Lumenaris
... Explore the giant planets of the outer solar system all the way into 1986, visit the four great moons of Jupiter, see the rings of Saturn, search for life on mysterious Titan, and fly by the distant planets Uranus and Neptune. Outer Planets builds on the rules of the base game, adding several new fe ...
... Explore the giant planets of the outer solar system all the way into 1986, visit the four great moons of Jupiter, see the rings of Saturn, search for life on mysterious Titan, and fly by the distant planets Uranus and Neptune. Outer Planets builds on the rules of the base game, adding several new fe ...
DIY Solar system
... the planets within our Solar System appear dull and colourless, but Uranus is a blue-green colour due to methan in its atmosphere. Like its neighbour, Saturn, Uranus also has rings although they are much less apparent. Unlike Saturn’s rings which are made of bright ice, the rings of Uranus are very ...
... the planets within our Solar System appear dull and colourless, but Uranus is a blue-green colour due to methan in its atmosphere. Like its neighbour, Saturn, Uranus also has rings although they are much less apparent. Unlike Saturn’s rings which are made of bright ice, the rings of Uranus are very ...
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.