Chapter 8 The Giant Planets
... You discover a giant planet around another star. It is as big as Jupiter, but much more dense. What does the density tell you? A. It has less hydrogen and helium than Jupiter. B. It has a lower mass than Jupiter. C. Like Jupiter, it is probably hot inside. ...
... You discover a giant planet around another star. It is as big as Jupiter, but much more dense. What does the density tell you? A. It has less hydrogen and helium than Jupiter. B. It has a lower mass than Jupiter. C. Like Jupiter, it is probably hot inside. ...
Test 2
... Please indicate the best answer to the following questions on the answer sheet provided. Each question is worth 2 points. 1. The oldest rocks found on Earth are about ____________ years old. a. 10 billion, b. 5.3 billion, c. 4.6 billion, d. 3.9 billion, e.6.2 million 2. Which of the following is not ...
... Please indicate the best answer to the following questions on the answer sheet provided. Each question is worth 2 points. 1. The oldest rocks found on Earth are about ____________ years old. a. 10 billion, b. 5.3 billion, c. 4.6 billion, d. 3.9 billion, e.6.2 million 2. Which of the following is not ...
Size and Shape - NSTA Learning Center
... • Object size and orbit main criteria • Historical context a consideration (Pluto is already on all of the plastic placemats!) ...
... • Object size and orbit main criteria • Historical context a consideration (Pluto is already on all of the plastic placemats!) ...
Jupiter Reading Comprehension Worksheet
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
Juno Fact Sheet and Outline Script Jupiter, the third brightest object
... Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five the Juno mission launched on its mission to enter into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4th 2016. Throughout the ...
... Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five the Juno mission launched on its mission to enter into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4th 2016. Throughout the ...
Section 14.4 Outer Planets
... Uranus’s Moons Voyager 2 obtained clear, high-resolution images of each of the five large moons of Uranus known at the time: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon . The two largest, Titania and Oberon, are about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) in diameter, roughly half the size of Earth's Moo ...
... Uranus’s Moons Voyager 2 obtained clear, high-resolution images of each of the five large moons of Uranus known at the time: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon . The two largest, Titania and Oberon, are about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) in diameter, roughly half the size of Earth's Moo ...
Slide 1
... •Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. •It has over 60 moons and 3 rings. •Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
... •Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. •It has over 60 moons and 3 rings. •Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
Jupiter - Mestre a casa
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
Earth and Space Sciences 9 - UCLA
... The ocean moves through Jupiter’s magnetic field and an electrical current is induced. The electrical currents set up a secondary magnetic field, which can be detected by spacecraft. ...
... The ocean moves through Jupiter’s magnetic field and an electrical current is induced. The electrical currents set up a secondary magnetic field, which can be detected by spacecraft. ...
Jupiter by Jessie Ann and Rosalyn
... The meteorology of Jupiter is very complex and not well understood. Even in small telescopes, a series of parallel light bands called zones and darker bands called belts is quite obvious. The polar regions of the planet are dark. Also present are light and dark ovals, the most famous of this being T ...
... The meteorology of Jupiter is very complex and not well understood. Even in small telescopes, a series of parallel light bands called zones and darker bands called belts is quite obvious. The polar regions of the planet are dark. Also present are light and dark ovals, the most famous of this being T ...
Lauren Stinson
... Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and the planets are divided into 2 groups by the asteroid belt 1 group is called the inner planets they include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and the outer planets includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and Earth is perfect for us because Me ...
... Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and the planets are divided into 2 groups by the asteroid belt 1 group is called the inner planets they include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and the outer planets includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and Earth is perfect for us because Me ...
The Solar System
... because they do not have enough gravitational force to put them in a circular orbit around the sun and they don't have enough gravity to be clear of debris. 5 Clarify what is meant by a terrestrial planet? Terrestrial planets are planet that can be seen without telescopes and just with the naked eye ...
... because they do not have enough gravitational force to put them in a circular orbit around the sun and they don't have enough gravity to be clear of debris. 5 Clarify what is meant by a terrestrial planet? Terrestrial planets are planet that can be seen without telescopes and just with the naked eye ...
Gas Giant Sun-Catcher - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... The four gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are all much larger than the four rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Around 1,400 Earth’s can fit inside Jupiter! Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system. Around ...
... The four gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are all much larger than the four rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Around 1,400 Earth’s can fit inside Jupiter! Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system. Around ...
Atmospheres in the Solar System • The speed at which molecules
... “sandblasted” by the intense solar wind early in the history of the solar system (estimates that power in early solar wind 35X that at present) • Maybe Titan has a huge, subsurface reservoir of frozen atmosphere that replaces that which leaks into space ...
... “sandblasted” by the intense solar wind early in the history of the solar system (estimates that power in early solar wind 35X that at present) • Maybe Titan has a huge, subsurface reservoir of frozen atmosphere that replaces that which leaks into space ...
Test#2
... 14. We thought this was our sister planet with clouds and such, but we didn't realize it rains sulfuric acid there. a) Venus, b) Mars, c) Jupiter, d) Neptune 15. Which causes the greatest tidal forces on the Earth a) alignment of the Planets, b) the Moon, c) the Sun, d) tidal waves in the ocean 16. ...
... 14. We thought this was our sister planet with clouds and such, but we didn't realize it rains sulfuric acid there. a) Venus, b) Mars, c) Jupiter, d) Neptune 15. Which causes the greatest tidal forces on the Earth a) alignment of the Planets, b) the Moon, c) the Sun, d) tidal waves in the ocean 16. ...
HW10 (due 4/24/14) (There are 205 possible points)
... 2. Compare the flux of sunlight at the Earth’s orbit to that at Saturn’s orbit. Note that Saturn’s average distance from the Sun is 9.5 AU. 3. If Saturn’s rotational period is 11 hours and its radius is 6 × 107 m, what is the average speed of a cloud in its atmosphere that is rotating with Saturn? ( ...
... 2. Compare the flux of sunlight at the Earth’s orbit to that at Saturn’s orbit. Note that Saturn’s average distance from the Sun is 9.5 AU. 3. If Saturn’s rotational period is 11 hours and its radius is 6 × 107 m, what is the average speed of a cloud in its atmosphere that is rotating with Saturn? ( ...
Jupiter-Mars Encounter 17 October 2015
... around the sun and will move farther below Jupiter. But that’s not the whole show! Above and slightly to the right of Mars and Jupiter is the brilliant Venus unmistakable as our current “Morning Star.” And below these three lies the elusive planet Mercury. Venus and Jupiter are so bright that they a ...
... around the sun and will move farther below Jupiter. But that’s not the whole show! Above and slightly to the right of Mars and Jupiter is the brilliant Venus unmistakable as our current “Morning Star.” And below these three lies the elusive planet Mercury. Venus and Jupiter are so bright that they a ...
Day-37
... 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. ...
Asteroid Belt Bode`s Law It was thought that the sequence of planets
... It was thought that the sequence of planets and distances had a pattern. Taking Mercury as 4 and adding 4 to the geometrical series 3, 6, 12, 24 etc gives the approximate distances of the planets unto Uranus. Beyond this the relationship breaks down and the sequence is probably a coincidence. Howeve ...
... It was thought that the sequence of planets and distances had a pattern. Taking Mercury as 4 and adding 4 to the geometrical series 3, 6, 12, 24 etc gives the approximate distances of the planets unto Uranus. Beyond this the relationship breaks down and the sequence is probably a coincidence. Howeve ...
“Solar System Study Guide”
... 25. _____________- the shape of the orbit of one body around another, such as the Earth around the Sun, is an ellipse. 26. ____________- Mars’Smaller moon 27. _____________-2nd largest of Jupiter’s moons, heavily cratered, impacted by objects 28. _____________-moon of Jupiter covered by a thick laye ...
... 25. _____________- the shape of the orbit of one body around another, such as the Earth around the Sun, is an ellipse. 26. ____________- Mars’Smaller moon 27. _____________-2nd largest of Jupiter’s moons, heavily cratered, impacted by objects 28. _____________-moon of Jupiter covered by a thick laye ...
Chapter 27
... The second law, called the Law of Equal Areas, states that a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal amounts of time. This implies that the closer the planet is to the Sun, the faster it is moving in its orbit, which is due to the greater influence of gravity closer to the Sun. Kepler’s third law, th ...
... The second law, called the Law of Equal Areas, states that a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal amounts of time. This implies that the closer the planet is to the Sun, the faster it is moving in its orbit, which is due to the greater influence of gravity closer to the Sun. Kepler’s third law, th ...
Solar System Review Key
... ___G__35. The other blue or blue-green planet whose color comes from methane ___B__36. Has a huge permanent storm called the Great Red Spot ___C__37. Planet once thought to be two “stars” ___B__39. Has 62 moons (at least) and the four largest are called Galilean moons ___G__40. Has extremely tilted ...
... ___G__35. The other blue or blue-green planet whose color comes from methane ___B__36. Has a huge permanent storm called the Great Red Spot ___C__37. Planet once thought to be two “stars” ___B__39. Has 62 moons (at least) and the four largest are called Galilean moons ___G__40. Has extremely tilted ...
Astronomy Chapter 10 – The Outer Planets A. Main Ideas Beyond
... Uranus. Unlike Uranus, however, Neptune has cloud belts and high winds caused by the convection currents that rise to its outer atmosphere • Rings and Moons ⇒ Neptune has very narrow rings like Uranus, but are composed not of ice but of dust. It is possible that these rings will be short lived and d ...
... Uranus. Unlike Uranus, however, Neptune has cloud belts and high winds caused by the convection currents that rise to its outer atmosphere • Rings and Moons ⇒ Neptune has very narrow rings like Uranus, but are composed not of ice but of dust. It is possible that these rings will be short lived and d ...
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.