Three basic types of asteroids
... cooled off quicker than larger objects, so they underwent less differentiation. ...
... cooled off quicker than larger objects, so they underwent less differentiation. ...
Planets and Moons
... The Solar System How large is our Solar System? The orbit on which Pluto (the farthest planet) circles the sun, has an average diameter of 5.910.000.000 km (Pluto‘s orbit is rather non-circular). The sun itself, the largest object in our Solar System has a diameter of 1.392.520 ...
... The Solar System How large is our Solar System? The orbit on which Pluto (the farthest planet) circles the sun, has an average diameter of 5.910.000.000 km (Pluto‘s orbit is rather non-circular). The sun itself, the largest object in our Solar System has a diameter of 1.392.520 ...
Our Solar system
... • Many scientists do not accept this theory of Mars. Stream-like valleys may have formed by collapsing after subsurface ice melted. • Liquid water is essential to life, so finding evidence of it on Mars is exciting ...
... • Many scientists do not accept this theory of Mars. Stream-like valleys may have formed by collapsing after subsurface ice melted. • Liquid water is essential to life, so finding evidence of it on Mars is exciting ...
Eight Planets
... a gas planet, Neptune has rapid winds and large storms. Neptune has an internal heat source, radiating more than twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. Neptune's most prominent feature is the Great Dark Spot. ...
... a gas planet, Neptune has rapid winds and large storms. Neptune has an internal heat source, radiating more than twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. Neptune's most prominent feature is the Great Dark Spot. ...
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... Water on Mars: There once was liquid water. For how long? River system formed by running water ...
... Water on Mars: There once was liquid water. For how long? River system formed by running water ...
STAR OF BETHLEHEM
... These are not very unusual, but do have astrological significance. The planets disappears for a period up to a few hours behind the Moon. There are two of interest: • March 20, 6 BC. The Moon occulted Jupiter at about sunset with Moon–Jupiter still well above the horizon as seen from the Near East. ...
... These are not very unusual, but do have astrological significance. The planets disappears for a period up to a few hours behind the Moon. There are two of interest: • March 20, 6 BC. The Moon occulted Jupiter at about sunset with Moon–Jupiter still well above the horizon as seen from the Near East. ...
Presentation 3
... interested into the region of space beyond these eight planets. "There's this huge part of the solar system that we're only just beginning to learn about." he says. This a hypothetical in planet our solar system. It is in the farther part of our solar system. It's orbit period expands from 10,000 ye ...
... interested into the region of space beyond these eight planets. "There's this huge part of the solar system that we're only just beginning to learn about." he says. This a hypothetical in planet our solar system. It is in the farther part of our solar system. It's orbit period expands from 10,000 ye ...
The Jovian Planets
... Planetary Rings - Saturn Planetary Rings Saturn’s rings are very thin, in some cases less than 100 meters thick. The rings are not solid sheets but are made up of small particles of water ice or water-ice mixed with dust. Three distinct rings are visible from Earth, and were named (outer to in ...
... Planetary Rings - Saturn Planetary Rings Saturn’s rings are very thin, in some cases less than 100 meters thick. The rings are not solid sheets but are made up of small particles of water ice or water-ice mixed with dust. Three distinct rings are visible from Earth, and were named (outer to in ...
4.2 The planets and their satellites
... The Solar System contains a myriad of bodies ranging in size from the Sun to miniscule dust particles. The Encyclopedias of Planetary Sciences [97Shi] and the Solar System [99Wei] and the Planetary Companion [98Lod] are useful sources of information about the Solar System. A collection of recent rev ...
... The Solar System contains a myriad of bodies ranging in size from the Sun to miniscule dust particles. The Encyclopedias of Planetary Sciences [97Shi] and the Solar System [99Wei] and the Planetary Companion [98Lod] are useful sources of information about the Solar System. A collection of recent rev ...
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... • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm that has been raging for at least several thousand years. Several other storms can be seen, although they are usually white. • The Galileo spacecraft measured wind speeds up to 540 km/h on Jupiter. Scientists have concluded that Jupiter’s internal ...
... • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm that has been raging for at least several thousand years. Several other storms can be seen, although they are usually white. • The Galileo spacecraft measured wind speeds up to 540 km/h on Jupiter. Scientists have concluded that Jupiter’s internal ...
Section 4
... • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm that has been raging for at least several thousand years. Several other storms can be seen, although they are usually white. • The Galileo spacecraft measured wind speeds up to 540 km/h on Jupiter. Scientists have concluded that Jupiter’s internal ...
... • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm that has been raging for at least several thousand years. Several other storms can be seen, although they are usually white. • The Galileo spacecraft measured wind speeds up to 540 km/h on Jupiter. Scientists have concluded that Jupiter’s internal ...
Moons of the Solar System
... crash into Mars in 40 or 50 million years, or the planet’s gravity might break Phobos apart, creating a thin ring around Mars. Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, nei ther Mercury nor Venus has any moons at all, Earth has one, and Mars has its two small moons. In the outer ...
... crash into Mars in 40 or 50 million years, or the planet’s gravity might break Phobos apart, creating a thin ring around Mars. Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, nei ther Mercury nor Venus has any moons at all, Earth has one, and Mars has its two small moons. In the outer ...
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... The twin spacecraft Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 were launched by NASA in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Voyagers were to conduct close-up studies of Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn’s rings and the larger moons of the two planets. To accomplish their two-planet mission, the spacecraft were ...
... The twin spacecraft Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 were launched by NASA in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Voyagers were to conduct close-up studies of Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn’s rings and the larger moons of the two planets. To accomplish their two-planet mission, the spacecraft were ...
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... Jupiter gives off two times more heat than it gets from the Sun. It shines very brightly in the night sky for nine months of the year when it is closest to Earth. Huge areas of swirling gases can be found in Jupiter's atmosphere. The largest swirling area of gas is called the Great Red Spot. Scienti ...
... Jupiter gives off two times more heat than it gets from the Sun. It shines very brightly in the night sky for nine months of the year when it is closest to Earth. Huge areas of swirling gases can be found in Jupiter's atmosphere. The largest swirling area of gas is called the Great Red Spot. Scienti ...
Moons of the Jovian Planets: Satellites of Ice and Rock
... • We can categorize the more than 100 known moons as small, mediumsize, or large. • Most mediumsize and large moons probably formed with their planet in the disks of gas that surrounded the young jovian planets. • Small moons are most often captured asteroids or comets. ...
... • We can categorize the more than 100 known moons as small, mediumsize, or large. • Most mediumsize and large moons probably formed with their planet in the disks of gas that surrounded the young jovian planets. • Small moons are most often captured asteroids or comets. ...
Chapter 19: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
... water may be beneath the surface of the moon Europa. • The Moons of Saturn Like Jupiter, Saturn has dozens of moons. Most of these moons are small bodies of mostly frozen water but some contain rocky material. • The Moons of Uranus Uranus has several moons. Uranus’s largest moons are made of ice and ...
... water may be beneath the surface of the moon Europa. • The Moons of Saturn Like Jupiter, Saturn has dozens of moons. Most of these moons are small bodies of mostly frozen water but some contain rocky material. • The Moons of Uranus Uranus has several moons. Uranus’s largest moons are made of ice and ...
astro Chapter 6
... Jovian planets all lie between the Asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt They are all low density but high mass being composed mainly of Hydrogen and helium gas and have no solid surface. In fact, Saturn has a density less than water! With the exception of Uranus the Jovian planets have a differen ...
... Jovian planets all lie between the Asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt They are all low density but high mass being composed mainly of Hydrogen and helium gas and have no solid surface. In fact, Saturn has a density less than water! With the exception of Uranus the Jovian planets have a differen ...
Planets - Calgary Islamic School OBK
... Known for its GREAT RED SPOT (it is actually a storm system and it is three times the size of Earth) Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. It has over 60 moons and 2 rings Atmosphere: alternating light and dark belts composed of gases moving at high speeds in ...
... Known for its GREAT RED SPOT (it is actually a storm system and it is three times the size of Earth) Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. It has over 60 moons and 2 rings Atmosphere: alternating light and dark belts composed of gases moving at high speeds in ...
Planetary Debate - TXESS Revolution
... Earth's Moon, A Muse for all Ages Mars, the Red Planet Jupiter, Giant Among Planets Saturn, the Elegant Planet Uranus, the Sideways Planet Neptune, the Windy Planet Pluto, Mr. X Eris, 2003UB313 (Object found in outer solar system) Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (moons of Jupiter), the Galilean Trito ...
... Earth's Moon, A Muse for all Ages Mars, the Red Planet Jupiter, Giant Among Planets Saturn, the Elegant Planet Uranus, the Sideways Planet Neptune, the Windy Planet Pluto, Mr. X Eris, 2003UB313 (Object found in outer solar system) Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (moons of Jupiter), the Galilean Trito ...
OAT Asteroids:Comets
... The actual nucleus is tiny compared to the tails (which contain almost nothing). They always point away from the Sun. The comet does not rush through the sky although it looks like it might be doing that. ...
... The actual nucleus is tiny compared to the tails (which contain almost nothing). They always point away from the Sun. The comet does not rush through the sky although it looks like it might be doing that. ...
About our Solar System
... of 141,000 km), Jupiter is a “gas giant” – a huge ball of hydrogen and helium gas with possibly a small rocky or icy core. One thousand Earths could fit inside Jupiter. A day on Jupiter is just 10 hours long, but it takes 12 Earth years to circle the Sun. The temperature at the top of Jupiter’s c ...
... of 141,000 km), Jupiter is a “gas giant” – a huge ball of hydrogen and helium gas with possibly a small rocky or icy core. One thousand Earths could fit inside Jupiter. A day on Jupiter is just 10 hours long, but it takes 12 Earth years to circle the Sun. The temperature at the top of Jupiter’s c ...
The Jupiter System
... surfaces of Ganymede and Callisto must be roughly 4 billion years old whereas Europa’s surface is only several hundred million years old. Low-level geologic activity on Europa might be possible today, but Ganymede and Callisto should be geologically dead. In contrast, if we assume that comets have b ...
... surfaces of Ganymede and Callisto must be roughly 4 billion years old whereas Europa’s surface is only several hundred million years old. Low-level geologic activity on Europa might be possible today, but Ganymede and Callisto should be geologically dead. In contrast, if we assume that comets have b ...
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... Astronomers have found at least 146 moons orbiting planets in our solar system. Another 27 moons are awaiting official confirmation of their discovery. This number does not include the six moons of the dwarf planets, nor does this tally include the tiny satellites that orbit some asteroids and other ...
... Astronomers have found at least 146 moons orbiting planets in our solar system. Another 27 moons are awaiting official confirmation of their discovery. This number does not include the six moons of the dwarf planets, nor does this tally include the tiny satellites that orbit some asteroids and other ...
Moons and Rings of Outer Planets
... How Old are Saturn’s Rings? • Rings are likely recent. • Modeling shows rings of Saturn cannot remain stable for billions of years. • Likely that a small moon or comet strayed into Roche limit of Saturn and was ...
... How Old are Saturn’s Rings? • Rings are likely recent. • Modeling shows rings of Saturn cannot remain stable for billions of years. • Likely that a small moon or comet strayed into Roche limit of Saturn and was ...
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.