The outer planets
... • Ice giant, hot dense fluid of icy material (water, methane, ammonia, with a small rocky core) and atmosphere of H, He, methane. • Has a faint rings, inner rings are narrow and dark, the outer ones are brightly colored • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit • Rotates on its side (spins horizon ...
... • Ice giant, hot dense fluid of icy material (water, methane, ammonia, with a small rocky core) and atmosphere of H, He, methane. • Has a faint rings, inner rings are narrow and dark, the outer ones are brightly colored • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit • Rotates on its side (spins horizon ...
Astrobiologie: De speurtocht naar leven in het universum
... Between 100600 meters of liquid C2H6 has been deposited over time—and could be one component of a ternary methaneethanenitrogen ocean—if photolytic destruction of CH4 has gone on in steadystate. Such an ocean would be both the source (methane) and sink (ethane) of the methane photochemistry ...
... Between 100600 meters of liquid C2H6 has been deposited over time—and could be one component of a ternary methaneethanenitrogen ocean—if photolytic destruction of CH4 has gone on in steadystate. Such an ocean would be both the source (methane) and sink (ethane) of the methane photochemistry ...
Day-33
... They revolve around their planets in the same direction that they rotate. Almost all are tidally locked, meaning one hemisphere always faces the planet the moon is orbiting. ...
... They revolve around their planets in the same direction that they rotate. Almost all are tidally locked, meaning one hemisphere always faces the planet the moon is orbiting. ...
Page 444 - ClassZone
... 25. INFER Some comets orbit in a direction opposite to that of the planets. Why might this make some scientists wonder if they formed with the rest of the solar system? (8.4.e) 26. HYPOTHESIZE Scientists calculate the mass of a planet from the effects of its gravity on other objects, such as moons. ...
... 25. INFER Some comets orbit in a direction opposite to that of the planets. Why might this make some scientists wonder if they formed with the rest of the solar system? (8.4.e) 26. HYPOTHESIZE Scientists calculate the mass of a planet from the effects of its gravity on other objects, such as moons. ...
Solar System: Cloze Activity - VCI
... (with large, orbiting rings), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). A belt of asteroids (many minor planets made of rock and metal) orbits between ____________________________ and Jupiter. These objects all orbit the Sun in roughly circular orbits that lie in the same plane, called the ______ ...
... (with large, orbiting rings), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). A belt of asteroids (many minor planets made of rock and metal) orbits between ____________________________ and Jupiter. These objects all orbit the Sun in roughly circular orbits that lie in the same plane, called the ______ ...
Thinking Critically
... Use the image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to answer the next five questions. ...
... Use the image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to answer the next five questions. ...
Our Solar System - s3.amazonaws.com
... covered with craters and plains the plains formed much like the maria on the moon the craters are smaller with less ejecta ...
... covered with craters and plains the plains formed much like the maria on the moon the craters are smaller with less ejecta ...
solution
... Jupiter’s emissions are explained by the steady shrinking of the planet’s atmosphere under its own gravitational attraction. As it shrinks, the atoms that make up its atmosphere become hotter – this conversion of gravitational potential to thermal energy is known as a Kelvin-Helmholtz contraction. T ...
... Jupiter’s emissions are explained by the steady shrinking of the planet’s atmosphere under its own gravitational attraction. As it shrinks, the atoms that make up its atmosphere become hotter – this conversion of gravitational potential to thermal energy is known as a Kelvin-Helmholtz contraction. T ...
Claire
... The early Romans named Mercury after the messenger of their gods because it appeared to move more quickly through the sky than did any of the other planets. Not much was known about Mercury until it was studied by a radar from Earth in the ...
... The early Romans named Mercury after the messenger of their gods because it appeared to move more quickly through the sky than did any of the other planets. Not much was known about Mercury until it was studied by a radar from Earth in the ...
Chapter 11 The Jovian Planets
... • Studied planetary magnetic fields and analyzed multi-wavelength radiation • Both are now headed out into interstellar space! ...
... • Studied planetary magnetic fields and analyzed multi-wavelength radiation • Both are now headed out into interstellar space! ...
Jupiter – King of the Gods (and planets)
... Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. This gas giant has a thick atmosphere, at least 63 known moons, and a dark, barely-visible ring. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is composed mostly of gas. This en ...
... Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. This gas giant has a thick atmosphere, at least 63 known moons, and a dark, barely-visible ring. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm). Jupiter is composed mostly of gas. This en ...
Time runs out for Herschel
... Cassini sees hurricane in Saturn’s hexagon The Cassini spacecraft has taken a close look at a vast storm system within the hexagonal weather pattern at the north pole of Saturn. The storm looks very like a hurricane on Earth, but it is much bigger: the clear central eye of the storm is about 2000 km ...
... Cassini sees hurricane in Saturn’s hexagon The Cassini spacecraft has taken a close look at a vast storm system within the hexagonal weather pattern at the north pole of Saturn. The storm looks very like a hurricane on Earth, but it is much bigger: the clear central eye of the storm is about 2000 km ...
ASTR1010_HW09
... towards the center of an object - into kinetic and, hence, thermal energy. Basically, they are shrinking a bit, or some of their interior materials is “raining” to deeper levels. ...
... towards the center of an object - into kinetic and, hence, thermal energy. Basically, they are shrinking a bit, or some of their interior materials is “raining” to deeper levels. ...
Chapter 19: Robots
... • An array of robot probes, which have visited, or are due to visit the other planets of the Solar System. • Launch, on a Delta rocket, of Mars Surveyor Orbiter - shedding its nose cone and propulsion units, unfurling its solar array. • Slipping into an elliptical orbit, the spacecraft has to achiev ...
... • An array of robot probes, which have visited, or are due to visit the other planets of the Solar System. • Launch, on a Delta rocket, of Mars Surveyor Orbiter - shedding its nose cone and propulsion units, unfurling its solar array. • Slipping into an elliptical orbit, the spacecraft has to achiev ...
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... Mercury is the most cratered planet in the Solar System. Unlike many other planets which “self-heal” through natural geological processes, the surface of Mercury is covered in craters. These are caused by numerous encounters with asteroids and comets. After the Earth, Mercury is the second densest p ...
... Mercury is the most cratered planet in the Solar System. Unlike many other planets which “self-heal” through natural geological processes, the surface of Mercury is covered in craters. These are caused by numerous encounters with asteroids and comets. After the Earth, Mercury is the second densest p ...
Moons of the Outer Solar System
... Io and Europa Jupiter’s Io Is the most volcanic object in the Solar System due to Tidal heating caused by the gravitational tug of war it experiences from Jupiter and its sister Galilean satellites. Jupiter’s Europa Has similar but weaker tidal heating, Has a young cracked water ice crust pe ...
... Io and Europa Jupiter’s Io Is the most volcanic object in the Solar System due to Tidal heating caused by the gravitational tug of war it experiences from Jupiter and its sister Galilean satellites. Jupiter’s Europa Has similar but weaker tidal heating, Has a young cracked water ice crust pe ...
Tides, Moons, Rings, and Pluto
... Flight path included gravity assists from Venus and Earth Passed by two asteroids on its way to Jupiter ...
... Flight path included gravity assists from Venus and Earth Passed by two asteroids on its way to Jupiter ...
Outer Solar System Exploration - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... Juno End-of-Mission at Jupiter is predicted as October 2017 with expected radiation damage ...
... Juno End-of-Mission at Jupiter is predicted as October 2017 with expected radiation damage ...
Test and answer key - Solar Physics and Space Weather
... A at conjunction—when it appears closest to the Sun. B at maximum eastern or western elongation and is farthest away from the Sun in our sky at sunrise or sunset. C high above our southern horizon at sunrise or sunset. D *at opposition—hence closest to Earth. 17. The zones and belts of Jupiter A *ar ...
... A at conjunction—when it appears closest to the Sun. B at maximum eastern or western elongation and is farthest away from the Sun in our sky at sunrise or sunset. C high above our southern horizon at sunrise or sunset. D *at opposition—hence closest to Earth. 17. The zones and belts of Jupiter A *ar ...
ASTR1010_Exam3_Sp11
... constants that you may need. You may use a calculator. GOOD LUCK! 1. The Earth’s current atmosphere is composed primarily of a) nitrogen b) oxygen c) carbon dioxide d) water vapor e) hydrogen 2. In addition to volcanic outgassing, what other mechanism produced the secondary atmospheres of the terres ...
... constants that you may need. You may use a calculator. GOOD LUCK! 1. The Earth’s current atmosphere is composed primarily of a) nitrogen b) oxygen c) carbon dioxide d) water vapor e) hydrogen 2. In addition to volcanic outgassing, what other mechanism produced the secondary atmospheres of the terres ...
The Solar System
... The rings of Saturn, are caused by _______ and ______ that spin around the equator of the planet. snow and sleet? Pickles and ice cream? Dust and ice? ...
... The rings of Saturn, are caused by _______ and ______ that spin around the equator of the planet. snow and sleet? Pickles and ice cream? Dust and ice? ...
Power Point
... • The sun is a star with nine planets orbiting around it. • This family of planets is called the solar system. • The planets all travel around the sun in the same direction, and are held in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. • The orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical in shape. • Th ...
... • The sun is a star with nine planets orbiting around it. • This family of planets is called the solar system. • The planets all travel around the sun in the same direction, and are held in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. • The orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical in shape. • Th ...
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.