UP8.LP2.OtherCelestialBodies
... orbiting in our solar system. • What other celestial bodies can you think of? • Six of the eight planets have moons that orbit them including Jupiter which has four of the largest moons in the entire solar system orbiting it. ...
... orbiting in our solar system. • What other celestial bodies can you think of? • Six of the eight planets have moons that orbit them including Jupiter which has four of the largest moons in the entire solar system orbiting it. ...
Cruising the Solar System
... Giant planets – great balls of gas They all have solid rocky cores like Earth itself. They all have rings, but only Saturn’s are easy to see. They all have lots of moons ...
... Giant planets – great balls of gas They all have solid rocky cores like Earth itself. They all have rings, but only Saturn’s are easy to see. They all have lots of moons ...
Wideband J and H filter Photometry of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
... expected. North side of ring is brighter ? ...
... expected. North side of ring is brighter ? ...
Outer Planets Notes
... named after Polynesian mythic characters • Eris larger than Pluto • Hundreds of other objects in Solar System may be classified as dwarf planets ...
... named after Polynesian mythic characters • Eris larger than Pluto • Hundreds of other objects in Solar System may be classified as dwarf planets ...
Outer Planets Notes The Outer Planets Gas Planets
... • Odd orbit, sometimes is closer to Sun than Neptune • 5 moons • Largest moon Charon is half size of Pluto • Considered by some to be a double-planet with Charon ...
... • Odd orbit, sometimes is closer to Sun than Neptune • 5 moons • Largest moon Charon is half size of Pluto • Considered by some to be a double-planet with Charon ...
Chapter 8 Moons, Rings, and Plutoids
... Pluto and Mercury. It has a history similar to Earth’s Moon, but with water ice instead of lunar rock. ...
... Pluto and Mercury. It has a history similar to Earth’s Moon, but with water ice instead of lunar rock. ...
The Outer Planets
... Jupiter’s Largest Moons Io – its surface is covered with large, active volcanoes. Sulfur gives it an unusual color. Europa – it has an icy crust and scientists suspect it has an ocean of liquid water underneath the ice Ganymede – the largest moon in the solar system is larger than Mercury or Pl ...
... Jupiter’s Largest Moons Io – its surface is covered with large, active volcanoes. Sulfur gives it an unusual color. Europa – it has an icy crust and scientists suspect it has an ocean of liquid water underneath the ice Ganymede – the largest moon in the solar system is larger than Mercury or Pl ...
Planets-in-solar
... extend its reach deeper into space. Jupiter's Europa and Ganymede harbor signs of possible subsurface oceans. Saturn's large moon Titan is the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds, a mysterious, thick, planet-like atmosphere and surface lakes. the planetary moons probably formed from t ...
... extend its reach deeper into space. Jupiter's Europa and Ganymede harbor signs of possible subsurface oceans. Saturn's large moon Titan is the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds, a mysterious, thick, planet-like atmosphere and surface lakes. the planetary moons probably formed from t ...
Planets of Our Solar System Quiz Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter
... _____ 1.) This planet has the great red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for over 300 year. ____ 2.) This planet is the most iron rich planet in the Solar System with an iron core like Earth. ____ 3.) This planet has over 30 satellites orbiting this it. Titan is the only one with an ...
... _____ 1.) This planet has the great red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been going on for over 300 year. ____ 2.) This planet is the most iron rich planet in the Solar System with an iron core like Earth. ____ 3.) This planet has over 30 satellites orbiting this it. Titan is the only one with an ...
Moons of Jupiter
... • Considered as a Gas giant containing 90% hydrogen and 10% helium Too many words. Please remove unnecessary words. For example, the first bullet point can just be: “5th planet.” ...
... • Considered as a Gas giant containing 90% hydrogen and 10% helium Too many words. Please remove unnecessary words. For example, the first bullet point can just be: “5th planet.” ...
The Planets and Their Moons
... Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne, plus others yet to receive names ...
... Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne, plus others yet to receive names ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... - Zones and belts mark a convection cycle. Zones higher up than belts. - Zones were thought to be where warm gas rises, belts where cooled gas sinks. Now less clear after Cassini, which found numerous upwelling white clouds in the dark belts. ...
... - Zones and belts mark a convection cycle. Zones higher up than belts. - Zones were thought to be where warm gas rises, belts where cooled gas sinks. Now less clear after Cassini, which found numerous upwelling white clouds in the dark belts. ...
Set 2
... Copernicus devised a method for measuring the distance of a superior planet (such as Jupiter) from the Sun that involves measuring the time interval from the moment that the Earth and Jupiter are in opposition until the moment when they are next in quadrature. Earth and Jupiter are in quadrature whe ...
... Copernicus devised a method for measuring the distance of a superior planet (such as Jupiter) from the Sun that involves measuring the time interval from the moment that the Earth and Jupiter are in opposition until the moment when they are next in quadrature. Earth and Jupiter are in quadrature whe ...
27.4 The Outer Planets (p.701
... Jupiter has over ___ moons Jupiter’s _______ _____ ______, is a storm similar to hurricanes found on Earth. However, it is larger than ________ and it has been in existence for at least a few ___________ years. Saturn takes ______ years to _______ the Sun. Saturn also, like ___________ spins rapidly ...
... Jupiter has over ___ moons Jupiter’s _______ _____ ______, is a storm similar to hurricanes found on Earth. However, it is larger than ________ and it has been in existence for at least a few ___________ years. Saturn takes ______ years to _______ the Sun. Saturn also, like ___________ spins rapidly ...
Travel into Space
... around from one to the other. I suppose in this situation the achievable speed limit would depend on how close a spaceship could pass without be being destroyed by tidal forces. Still, if the black holes were large enough, the tidal forces even at the event horizon would be tolerable. Also, stopping ...
... around from one to the other. I suppose in this situation the achievable speed limit would depend on how close a spaceship could pass without be being destroyed by tidal forces. Still, if the black holes were large enough, the tidal forces even at the event horizon would be tolerable. Also, stopping ...
Solar System Diagram
... Mercury and Pluto have seven planets between them. There is just one planet between Uranus and Pluto. During the 16th century only six planets had been discovered: Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus. These are the six planets closest to the Sun. Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune. Th ...
... Mercury and Pluto have seven planets between them. There is just one planet between Uranus and Pluto. During the 16th century only six planets had been discovered: Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus. These are the six planets closest to the Sun. Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune. Th ...
The Outer Planets
... the planets combined. • Colorful cloud bands • Thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium • Rapid rotation (9h50m) • -250°F at cloud tops • Pressure at core is approx. 30 million X greater than earth’s pressure. • Has 63+ moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto ...
... the planets combined. • Colorful cloud bands • Thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium • Rapid rotation (9h50m) • -250°F at cloud tops • Pressure at core is approx. 30 million X greater than earth’s pressure. • Has 63+ moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto ...
Jupiter and its moons
... at its cloud tops than Earth’s. The Jovian magnetic field's "north" magnetic pole is at the planet’s geographic south pole, with the axis tilted 11º from the rotation axis. The magnetosphere extends more than 650 million km – past the orbit of Saturn, making it the largest “object” in the solar syst ...
... at its cloud tops than Earth’s. The Jovian magnetic field's "north" magnetic pole is at the planet’s geographic south pole, with the axis tilted 11º from the rotation axis. The magnetosphere extends more than 650 million km – past the orbit of Saturn, making it the largest “object” in the solar syst ...
Solar system intro and formation
... Outer parts cooler: ices form (but still much gas), also ice "mantles" on dust grains => much more solid material for accretion => larger planetesimals => more gravity => even more material. Jovian solid cores ~ 10-15 MEarth . Strong gravity => swept up and retained large gas envelopes. ...
... Outer parts cooler: ices form (but still much gas), also ice "mantles" on dust grains => much more solid material for accretion => larger planetesimals => more gravity => even more material. Jovian solid cores ~ 10-15 MEarth . Strong gravity => swept up and retained large gas envelopes. ...
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... These planets are our celestial neighbors. We learn their names from early in grade school, we study their chemical makeups and moons, and some of us even bemoan their lack of habitablity. Many of us may not be so familiar with just how diverse they really are and how they compare to one another in ...
... These planets are our celestial neighbors. We learn their names from early in grade school, we study their chemical makeups and moons, and some of us even bemoan their lack of habitablity. Many of us may not be so familiar with just how diverse they really are and how they compare to one another in ...
Inner and Outer Planets
... Five of Uranus’s largest moons have icy, cratered surfaces. The craters show that rocks from space have hit the moons. Uranus’s moons also have lava flows on their surfaces, suggesting that material has erupted from inside each moon. ...
... Five of Uranus’s largest moons have icy, cratered surfaces. The craters show that rocks from space have hit the moons. Uranus’s moons also have lava flows on their surfaces, suggesting that material has erupted from inside each moon. ...
jupiter 1
... the solar system. No impact craters have been observed on the moon, indicating that the surface is very young (probably less than one million years old). Io is capable of erasing its craters as fast as they are formed. Unlike the Earth, Io’s main source of internal heat comes from tidal flexing rath ...
... the solar system. No impact craters have been observed on the moon, indicating that the surface is very young (probably less than one million years old). Io is capable of erasing its craters as fast as they are formed. Unlike the Earth, Io’s main source of internal heat comes from tidal flexing rath ...
Astrobio
... Are there other places in our solar system that might harbor life? Temperatures that allow liquid water may be very important We discussed the Goldilocks idea for Venus (too hot), Mars (too cold), Earth (just right) ...
... Are there other places in our solar system that might harbor life? Temperatures that allow liquid water may be very important We discussed the Goldilocks idea for Venus (too hot), Mars (too cold), Earth (just right) ...
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.