OurSolarSystem_part1
... Most asteroids can be found in the Asteroid Belt, which is located between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun, but are too small to be considered planets. They are known as minor planets. Asteroids range in size from Ceres, which has a diameter of about 100 ...
... Most asteroids can be found in the Asteroid Belt, which is located between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun, but are too small to be considered planets. They are known as minor planets. Asteroids range in size from Ceres, which has a diameter of about 100 ...
Celestial Objects notes
... The Sun is at the center of our solar system and its strong gravitational pull holds 8 planets, asteroids, and other celestial objects in orbital paths around it. Our Sun is a medium sized star yet is the most massive object in our solar system. It is an extremely hot, dense mass of gases which radi ...
... The Sun is at the center of our solar system and its strong gravitational pull holds 8 planets, asteroids, and other celestial objects in orbital paths around it. Our Sun is a medium sized star yet is the most massive object in our solar system. It is an extremely hot, dense mass of gases which radi ...
A Brief History of Planetary Science
... Atmosphere composed of nitrogen, methane, hydrocarbons and polymers ...
... Atmosphere composed of nitrogen, methane, hydrocarbons and polymers ...
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... 1> Where can Olympus Mons be found? 2> The red spot of Jupiter is how many times the size of Earth? 3> In what year was the planet Neptune discovered? 4> The orbit of Pluto crosses the orbit of what planet? 5> In what year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? 6> The asteroid belt is located bet ...
... 1> Where can Olympus Mons be found? 2> The red spot of Jupiter is how many times the size of Earth? 3> In what year was the planet Neptune discovered? 4> The orbit of Pluto crosses the orbit of what planet? 5> In what year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? 6> The asteroid belt is located bet ...
Science 8
... 13. Ice crystals made of frozen ammonia form the high white clouds. TRUE or FALSE 14. A giant storm called _____________________________________ has lasted for over 100 years. 15. Why does Jupiter have very strong winds? ___________________________________________________ ...
... 13. Ice crystals made of frozen ammonia form the high white clouds. TRUE or FALSE 14. A giant storm called _____________________________________ has lasted for over 100 years. 15. Why does Jupiter have very strong winds? ___________________________________________________ ...
IPLS Pages - Plain Local Schools
... Mercury has the greatest temperature extremes of any planet. • Mercury is only slightly larger than our moon, has cratered highlands and smooth terrains like maria. It’s very dense, with a large iron core. Data have confirmed that basaltic volcanism and tectonic activity shape Venus’s surface. • Ven ...
... Mercury has the greatest temperature extremes of any planet. • Mercury is only slightly larger than our moon, has cratered highlands and smooth terrains like maria. It’s very dense, with a large iron core. Data have confirmed that basaltic volcanism and tectonic activity shape Venus’s surface. • Ven ...
The Fathers of the Gods: Jupiter and Saturn
... On Earth, solar heating drives weather On Jupiter, internal heat drives weather ...
... On Earth, solar heating drives weather On Jupiter, internal heat drives weather ...
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The Giant Planets [10]
... Blue color is due to methane (CH4) gas. White clouds are methane ice crystals, ~ 70 km above denser part of atmosphere. Taken by Voyager 2 from a distance of 590,000 km. ...
... Blue color is due to methane (CH4) gas. White clouds are methane ice crystals, ~ 70 km above denser part of atmosphere. Taken by Voyager 2 from a distance of 590,000 km. ...
20gasgiantmoons2s
... Titan’s atmosphere may have originally been composed of ammonia (NH3) and methane ...
... Titan’s atmosphere may have originally been composed of ammonia (NH3) and methane ...
Jupiter
... The twin Voyager spacecraft pass the giant planet in 1979. Detailed images of Jupiter acquired by the Voyagers, including the Great Red Spot, a tempest three times larger than Earth. Ten years later, the Galileo probe parachutes into Jupiter's clouds and makes further discoveries before being crushe ...
... The twin Voyager spacecraft pass the giant planet in 1979. Detailed images of Jupiter acquired by the Voyagers, including the Great Red Spot, a tempest three times larger than Earth. Ten years later, the Galileo probe parachutes into Jupiter's clouds and makes further discoveries before being crushe ...
Unit Test - Dnyansagar Coaching Classes, Ahmednagar
... 2) What is GMRT? 3) What are asteroids? 4) Name any four nakshatras. B) Give scientific reasons.(any two) 1) We see the planets and stars moving from the east to the west. 2) Even as an India-England cricket match is played at Lords, we can watch it live at home. 3) We only see one side of the moon. ...
... 2) What is GMRT? 3) What are asteroids? 4) Name any four nakshatras. B) Give scientific reasons.(any two) 1) We see the planets and stars moving from the east to the west. 2) Even as an India-England cricket match is played at Lords, we can watch it live at home. 3) We only see one side of the moon. ...
Solar System Study Guide 1
... Uranus, and Neptune. Four of these planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – are large spheres made up mostly of gases. Because of this, these planets are often called the gas giants. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. The three thin rings that surround it are hard to see. ...
... Uranus, and Neptune. Four of these planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – are large spheres made up mostly of gases. Because of this, these planets are often called the gas giants. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. The three thin rings that surround it are hard to see. ...
The affects of the Jovian planets
... • Neptune is the only planet that can not be seen without a telescope • Neptune is the fourth largest planet and has a deep blue color because of its chemical composition • The winds on Neptune reach up to 700mph and its atmosphere is always in constant rapid motion. ...
... • Neptune is the only planet that can not be seen without a telescope • Neptune is the fourth largest planet and has a deep blue color because of its chemical composition • The winds on Neptune reach up to 700mph and its atmosphere is always in constant rapid motion. ...
Chapter 7
... – Mars: Could have had liquid water in past – Jupiter: A gaseous giant with the great red spot – Saturn: Gaseous with spectacular rings – Uranus: A gas giant with a highly tilted axis ...
... – Mars: Could have had liquid water in past – Jupiter: A gaseous giant with the great red spot – Saturn: Gaseous with spectacular rings – Uranus: A gas giant with a highly tilted axis ...
The Solar System
... could fit inside Jupiter • Jupiter may be a failed star • Covered in clouds hundreds of miles thick ...
... could fit inside Jupiter • Jupiter may be a failed star • Covered in clouds hundreds of miles thick ...
579 The Family of the Sun The Inner Planets The Outer Planets The
... • Describe the surface features of the moon. 17.15 Evolution of the Lunar Landscape A Violent Past, a Quiet Present • Outline the evolution of the moon’s ...
... • Describe the surface features of the moon. 17.15 Evolution of the Lunar Landscape A Violent Past, a Quiet Present • Outline the evolution of the moon’s ...
Unit 03 Slides - Chapter 11
... Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovians: • are much larger & more massive • are composed mostly of Hydrogen, Helium, & ...
... Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovians: • are much larger & more massive • are composed mostly of Hydrogen, Helium, & ...
Science Homework Week 1 Term 4
... 4a. Name the body in the solar system that was a planet until 2006: Pluto 4b. Why is it now regarded as a dwarf planet? Pluto is no longer a planet due to it’s very small mass in comparison to other planets. 4c Two other dwarf planets: Eris and Makemake 5 What does ‘terrestrial planet’ mean? It mean ...
... 4a. Name the body in the solar system that was a planet until 2006: Pluto 4b. Why is it now regarded as a dwarf planet? Pluto is no longer a planet due to it’s very small mass in comparison to other planets. 4c Two other dwarf planets: Eris and Makemake 5 What does ‘terrestrial planet’ mean? It mean ...
The Jovian Planets
... Jupiter and Saturn are naked eye objects and were known from antiquity; however Uranus and Neptune were discovered fairly recently. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the English astronomer, William Hershel, who was hunting for comets with his telescope. (Apparently, if you have a very dark sky and kn ...
... Jupiter and Saturn are naked eye objects and were known from antiquity; however Uranus and Neptune were discovered fairly recently. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the English astronomer, William Hershel, who was hunting for comets with his telescope. (Apparently, if you have a very dark sky and kn ...
Document
... Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the Gods. It would take 11 earths lined up next to each other to get from one side of Jupiter to the other, it would also take 317 earths to equal Jupiter's mass. Jupiter's red spot is a gigantic storm that has been there for over 300 years! If Jupiter had 80 ...
... Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the Gods. It would take 11 earths lined up next to each other to get from one side of Jupiter to the other, it would also take 317 earths to equal Jupiter's mass. Jupiter's red spot is a gigantic storm that has been there for over 300 years! If Jupiter had 80 ...
Topic: Moons of our Solar System
... 1. Which planets have moons? Do any planets have more than one moon or none at all? Record your findings in the table below. ...
... 1. Which planets have moons? Do any planets have more than one moon or none at all? Record your findings in the table below. ...
THE OUTER PLANETS
... Five space probes have visited Saturn including 1. Pioneer 10 2. Pioneer 11 3. Voyagers 1 and 2 4. Cassini ...
... Five space probes have visited Saturn including 1. Pioneer 10 2. Pioneer 11 3. Voyagers 1 and 2 4. Cassini ...
friends of the planetarium newsletter - june 2010
... South Equatorial Belt (SEB), the brown cloudy band is twice as wide as Earth and more than twenty times as long. The loss of such an enormous "stripe" can be seen with ease halfway across the solar system. "In any size telescope, or even in large binoculars, Jupiter's signature appearance has always ...
... South Equatorial Belt (SEB), the brown cloudy band is twice as wide as Earth and more than twenty times as long. The loss of such an enormous "stripe" can be seen with ease halfway across the solar system. "In any size telescope, or even in large binoculars, Jupiter's signature appearance has always ...
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.