The Solar System
... • Farther from Jupiter; less tidal heating. • But bigger than any other moon in the solar system, bigger than Mercury (3200 miles) • This helped it retain some heat, and tidal heating is still able to make an ice/slush layer deep under the surface ice • Not believed to be tectonically active now, bu ...
... • Farther from Jupiter; less tidal heating. • But bigger than any other moon in the solar system, bigger than Mercury (3200 miles) • This helped it retain some heat, and tidal heating is still able to make an ice/slush layer deep under the surface ice • Not believed to be tectonically active now, bu ...
CHAP
... o The _____ is mainly iron and nickel. It is important to note here that the outer core is liquid but the inner core is solid. ...
... o The _____ is mainly iron and nickel. It is important to note here that the outer core is liquid but the inner core is solid. ...
A201 – Solutions #5
... (b) Why do we believe that Europa has a salty liquid water ocean? Solution: Spectroscopy and imaging of the surface of Europa indicates that it is composed of water ice. Galileo magnetic measurement of Europa indicate the presence of a magnetic field induced by Jupiter, best modelled as a salty ocea ...
... (b) Why do we believe that Europa has a salty liquid water ocean? Solution: Spectroscopy and imaging of the surface of Europa indicates that it is composed of water ice. Galileo magnetic measurement of Europa indicate the presence of a magnetic field induced by Jupiter, best modelled as a salty ocea ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... Saturn has less hydrogen and helium than Jupiter, and the ratio of helium to hydrogen is much lower: why? ...
... Saturn has less hydrogen and helium than Jupiter, and the ratio of helium to hydrogen is much lower: why? ...
Jovian Planets
... Features: Winds topping 450 mph are common. Large swirling region similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, but this is white. Ring system is extremely complex, stretching from 3000 to 300,000 miles wide and up to 1 mile thick. ...
... Features: Winds topping 450 mph are common. Large swirling region similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, but this is white. Ring system is extremely complex, stretching from 3000 to 300,000 miles wide and up to 1 mile thick. ...
Title: "Pluto - New Horizons Mission to the Edge of the Solar System"
... worlds combined - yet, no spacecraft has been sent to a planet in this class. NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, its moon Charon and the Kuiper Belt is provisionally planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach P ...
... worlds combined - yet, no spacecraft has been sent to a planet in this class. NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, its moon Charon and the Kuiper Belt is provisionally planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach P ...
The Jovian Planets
... subsurface H2O in LIQUID form – Explains lack of cratering…liquid water would quickly smooth over any surface depressions – Also has glacier-like surface flows of ice ...
... subsurface H2O in LIQUID form – Explains lack of cratering…liquid water would quickly smooth over any surface depressions – Also has glacier-like surface flows of ice ...
Science questions 1
... C Name two other dwarf planets. The two other planets are Ceres and Eris, they are both asteroids that orbits the sun three times more than Pluto. ...
... C Name two other dwarf planets. The two other planets are Ceres and Eris, they are both asteroids that orbits the sun three times more than Pluto. ...
Mountain-Skies-2016-0718
... can still make out some of the markings on the surface. (With the exception of Mercury, Mars is the only planet whose surface marking can be observed from the earth and even they are sometimes obscured by the monster dusk storms that have been observed ...
... can still make out some of the markings on the surface. (With the exception of Mercury, Mars is the only planet whose surface marking can be observed from the earth and even they are sometimes obscured by the monster dusk storms that have been observed ...
Mountain Skies - Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
... can still make out some of the markings on the surface. (With the exception of Mercury, Mars is the only planet whose surface marking can be observed from the earth and even they are sometimes obscured by the monster dusk storms that have been observed on this fascinating planet.) The third of the t ...
... can still make out some of the markings on the surface. (With the exception of Mercury, Mars is the only planet whose surface marking can be observed from the earth and even they are sometimes obscured by the monster dusk storms that have been observed on this fascinating planet.) The third of the t ...
Our Solar System
... Ancient observers believed that the Sun and all the other stars revolved around Earth. Astronomers came to realize that this Earth-centered model did not account for the motions of the planets. With the development of a Sun-centered model, our un derstanding of the solar system and the universe deep ...
... Ancient observers believed that the Sun and all the other stars revolved around Earth. Astronomers came to realize that this Earth-centered model did not account for the motions of the planets. With the development of a Sun-centered model, our un derstanding of the solar system and the universe deep ...
Asteroids and Meteors
... • Debris that was not able to form a planet due to pull from Jupiter. • Apollo Asteroids – high orbital eccentricities. – Cross the orbit of the Earth ...
... • Debris that was not able to form a planet due to pull from Jupiter. • Apollo Asteroids – high orbital eccentricities. – Cross the orbit of the Earth ...
Studying the Universe
... distant objects. Some telescopes are set up on the ground. Others are placed on satellites that transmit data back to Earth. These space-based telescopes can gather better data because there is no interference from Earth's atmosphere. Any telescope can help astronomers gather information about dista ...
... distant objects. Some telescopes are set up on the ground. Others are placed on satellites that transmit data back to Earth. These space-based telescopes can gather better data because there is no interference from Earth's atmosphere. Any telescope can help astronomers gather information about dista ...
Worksheet
... 20. The moon has a frozen icy shell that floats above a vast ocean of salty water. a. Callisto b. Europa ...
... 20. The moon has a frozen icy shell that floats above a vast ocean of salty water. a. Callisto b. Europa ...
PTYS/ASTR 206 – Section 2 – Fall 2004 Activity #1: 8/25/04
... D) The process of naming them is different. #23. What peculiar feature accompanies Io in its orbit around Jupiter? A) a torus or ring of ionized sulfur, oxygen, atoms, and electrons that are probably related to powerful aurora on Jupiter B) a small Sheppard satellite that shares Io’s orbit C) a come ...
... D) The process of naming them is different. #23. What peculiar feature accompanies Io in its orbit around Jupiter? A) a torus or ring of ionized sulfur, oxygen, atoms, and electrons that are probably related to powerful aurora on Jupiter B) a small Sheppard satellite that shares Io’s orbit C) a come ...
Gravity and our Solar System
... An object that orbits another object. They can be natural , like a moon orbiting a planet, or artificial, like Explorer 1. ...
... An object that orbits another object. They can be natural , like a moon orbiting a planet, or artificial, like Explorer 1. ...
Instruction for making planet booklet
... If you want to do the gas planets, unfold the booklet again and turn it around and refold so that Jupiter is on your front page. ...
... If you want to do the gas planets, unfold the booklet again and turn it around and refold so that Jupiter is on your front page. ...
A ______ is a solar system object that enters Earth`s atmosphere
... a) Venus, b) Mars, c) Mercury, d) Jupiter 26. Which of the Jupiter’s satellites has volcanoes of sulfur a) Io, b) Europa, c) Ganymede, d) Callisto 27. Meteors are a) falling stars, b) cosmic rays, c) type of atmospheric lightening, d) small rocks and dust entering our atmosphere 28. Sea-floor spread ...
... a) Venus, b) Mars, c) Mercury, d) Jupiter 26. Which of the Jupiter’s satellites has volcanoes of sulfur a) Io, b) Europa, c) Ganymede, d) Callisto 27. Meteors are a) falling stars, b) cosmic rays, c) type of atmospheric lightening, d) small rocks and dust entering our atmosphere 28. Sea-floor spread ...
A Look at Our Solar System: The Sun, the planets and more
... Jupiter emits about twice as much energy as reaches the planet in the form of sunlight It is bright and self-luminuous 40% of the energy comes from its internal sources Heat left from the planets formation ...
... Jupiter emits about twice as much energy as reaches the planet in the form of sunlight It is bright and self-luminuous 40% of the energy comes from its internal sources Heat left from the planets formation ...
Exploring the Solar System
... • The Sun is the only star in our solar system • Our solar system is part of a galaxy called the Milky Way Galaxy • There are an infinite number of galaxies that make up the universe • There may be other planets in other galaxies in the universe that can support life, we just do not have the technol ...
... • The Sun is the only star in our solar system • Our solar system is part of a galaxy called the Milky Way Galaxy • There are an infinite number of galaxies that make up the universe • There may be other planets in other galaxies in the universe that can support life, we just do not have the technol ...
Lecture18
... The four inner moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, and Ganymede - all show evidence of geological activity - indicators of molten interiors. The heat source is tidal heating. Moons have elliptical orbit and synchronous rotation - one side always faces Jupiter - as Ganymede completes one orbit, Europa com ...
... The four inner moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, and Ganymede - all show evidence of geological activity - indicators of molten interiors. The heat source is tidal heating. Moons have elliptical orbit and synchronous rotation - one side always faces Jupiter - as Ganymede completes one orbit, Europa com ...
12.1 Homework sheet
... Josleen divided some of the planets into two main groups. The table below shows how she ...
... Josleen divided some of the planets into two main groups. The table below shows how she ...
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.