Chapter 12 Resource: The Solar System
... 4. Venus’s atmosphere is composed mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water, nitrogen, and sulfuric acid. Venus’s atmosphere is 100 times more dense than Earth’s atmosphere. From the surface of Venus up to 20 km, there appears to be a clear region of atmosphere. A thick layer of clouds extend ...
... 4. Venus’s atmosphere is composed mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water, nitrogen, and sulfuric acid. Venus’s atmosphere is 100 times more dense than Earth’s atmosphere. From the surface of Venus up to 20 km, there appears to be a clear region of atmosphere. A thick layer of clouds extend ...
E8B3_CRT_CR_MSTIPS_Final
... 8. Which of the following is a reasonable explanation for the existence of volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon, Io? A. Friction between Io and Jupiter’s atmosphere cause portions of Io’s crust to melt. B. Tidal forces due to Jupiter’s gravity cause heating and melting of Io’s interior. C. Io is the escaped ...
... 8. Which of the following is a reasonable explanation for the existence of volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon, Io? A. Friction between Io and Jupiter’s atmosphere cause portions of Io’s crust to melt. B. Tidal forces due to Jupiter’s gravity cause heating and melting of Io’s interior. C. Io is the escaped ...
1 THE SMALL SATELLITES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: A WHITE
... asteroids or Kuiper Belt Objects: a spacecraft mission to them would thus yield information on an object that came from elsewhere in the Solar System. Objects that came from the same reservoir as the small outer irregular satellites may have brought both pre-biotic material and volatiles such as wat ...
... asteroids or Kuiper Belt Objects: a spacecraft mission to them would thus yield information on an object that came from elsewhere in the Solar System. Objects that came from the same reservoir as the small outer irregular satellites may have brought both pre-biotic material and volatiles such as wat ...
Latest SpaceX Launch Last Class Clicker Question: Saturn`s Rings
... Internal Heat of Outer Planets • Saturn, like Jupiter, radiates twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. • Neptune emits nearly twice as much energy as it receives, but the source of that energy ...
... Internal Heat of Outer Planets • Saturn, like Jupiter, radiates twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. • Neptune emits nearly twice as much energy as it receives, but the source of that energy ...
PowerPoint
... • Galileo missed it – noted something that star seemed to have moved in relation to ...
... • Galileo missed it – noted something that star seemed to have moved in relation to ...
Chapter 11: Our Solar System
... We see the Moon because it reflects the Sun’s light. As the Moon revolves around Earth, the illuminated portion of the Moon appears to change. The different appearances of the Moon as it orbits Earth are called lunar phases, or phases of the Moon. The phases of the Moon change over a period of about ...
... We see the Moon because it reflects the Sun’s light. As the Moon revolves around Earth, the illuminated portion of the Moon appears to change. The different appearances of the Moon as it orbits Earth are called lunar phases, or phases of the Moon. The phases of the Moon change over a period of about ...
Jovian Planet Systems
... • Jovian planets all have rings because they possess many small moons close in. • Impacts on these moons are random. • Saturn’s incredible rings may be an “accident” of our time. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... • Jovian planets all have rings because they possess many small moons close in. • Impacts on these moons are random. • Saturn’s incredible rings may be an “accident” of our time. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Origin and Evolution of Trojan Asteroids
... originate from the collisional disruption and subsequent reaccumulation of larger primordial bodies. A basic understanding of why asteroids can cluster in the orbit of Jupiter was developed more than a century before the first Trojan asteroid was discovered. In 1772, Joseph-Louis Lagrange demonstrat ...
... originate from the collisional disruption and subsequent reaccumulation of larger primordial bodies. A basic understanding of why asteroids can cluster in the orbit of Jupiter was developed more than a century before the first Trojan asteroid was discovered. In 1772, Joseph-Louis Lagrange demonstrat ...
Jupiter
... • If Jupiter had 10x its mass, it would have same radius ! Add even more mass, and Jupiter would get smaller ! • Jupiter is about as large as a planet can get. • Uranus & Neptune have less mass than Saturn, yet • they have higher densities ...
... • If Jupiter had 10x its mass, it would have same radius ! Add even more mass, and Jupiter would get smaller ! • Jupiter is about as large as a planet can get. • Uranus & Neptune have less mass than Saturn, yet • they have higher densities ...
The Main Points Asteroids
... between Mars and Jupiter or in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, but many exist in near-Earth space too ...
... between Mars and Jupiter or in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, but many exist in near-Earth space too ...
Solar System Quiz
... ____ 10. A region of the solar system just beyond Neptune’s orbit, which contains small bodies made mostly of ice, is called a. the Kuiper belt. c. an asteroid belt. b. the outer atmosphere. d. Quasar. ____ 11. Which of the following planets is similar to Uranus in terms of its size and mass? a. Pl ...
... ____ 10. A region of the solar system just beyond Neptune’s orbit, which contains small bodies made mostly of ice, is called a. the Kuiper belt. c. an asteroid belt. b. the outer atmosphere. d. Quasar. ____ 11. Which of the following planets is similar to Uranus in terms of its size and mass? a. Pl ...
DTU_9e_ch09 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... Pieces of solar system debris larger than 10 m and composed primarily of rock and metal are called asteroids. Tens of thousands of belt asteroids with diameters larger than a kilometer are known to orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The gravitational attraction of Jupiter depletes ...
... Pieces of solar system debris larger than 10 m and composed primarily of rock and metal are called asteroids. Tens of thousands of belt asteroids with diameters larger than a kilometer are known to orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The gravitational attraction of Jupiter depletes ...
Chapter 20 - apel slice
... Since Galileo's time, our knowledge of the solar system has increased dramatically. Galileo knew the same planets that the ancient Greeks had known-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Since Galileo's time, astronomers have discovered three more planets-Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Astro ...
... Since Galileo's time, our knowledge of the solar system has increased dramatically. Galileo knew the same planets that the ancient Greeks had known-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Since Galileo's time, astronomers have discovered three more planets-Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Astro ...
THE COMPLETE COSMOS Chapter 10: Realm of the Comets
... Occasionally, during their passages through the outer Solar System, long-period comets may be "captured" into shorter orbits by giant planets like Saturn and Jupiter. Theories about the formation of the Oort Cloud are highly speculative. One idea is that Oort Cloud comets formed in the outer regions ...
... Occasionally, during their passages through the outer Solar System, long-period comets may be "captured" into shorter orbits by giant planets like Saturn and Jupiter. Theories about the formation of the Oort Cloud are highly speculative. One idea is that Oort Cloud comets formed in the outer regions ...
You Have a Date with Pluto: July 14, 2015
... Six months of encounter science. Exceed Hubble resolution for months. Map Pluto and all its satellites. Make composition maps of Pluto & Charon. Map surface temperature fields. Measure Pluto’s escape rate. Assay Pluto’s atmospheric structure and composition. Determine if either Pluto or Charon dif ...
... Six months of encounter science. Exceed Hubble resolution for months. Map Pluto and all its satellites. Make composition maps of Pluto & Charon. Map surface temperature fields. Measure Pluto’s escape rate. Assay Pluto’s atmospheric structure and composition. Determine if either Pluto or Charon dif ...
Water ice lines and the formation of giant moons around super
... rate (Ṁp ), and luminosity (Lp ). Figure 1 shows the evolution of these quantities with black solid lines indicating an accreting gas giant that ends up with one Jupiter mass or about 318 Earth masses (M⊕ ). In total, we have seven models at our disposal, where the planets have final masses of 1, 2 ...
... rate (Ṁp ), and luminosity (Lp ). Figure 1 shows the evolution of these quantities with black solid lines indicating an accreting gas giant that ends up with one Jupiter mass or about 318 Earth masses (M⊕ ). In total, we have seven models at our disposal, where the planets have final masses of 1, 2 ...
The formation and habitability of terrestrial planets in the presence of
... in period to a hot jupiter or an outer gas giant. We speculate that as this gap is filled with the remnants of terrestrial bodies in our solar system, systems with hot jupiters may contain asteroid belts interior to the terrestrial planets. The resolution of current simulations is too low to test th ...
... in period to a hot jupiter or an outer gas giant. We speculate that as this gap is filled with the remnants of terrestrial bodies in our solar system, systems with hot jupiters may contain asteroid belts interior to the terrestrial planets. The resolution of current simulations is too low to test th ...
Pluto
... of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet“ In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a fortunate ...
... of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet“ In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a fortunate ...
Week 6 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
... not look much like your cousins. You may share similar features or characteristics, but you are still very different. Our solar system is filled with small, rocky fragments called asteroids. Asteroids are like the cousins of planets. They have characteristics in common, such as an orbit around the s ...
... not look much like your cousins. You may share similar features or characteristics, but you are still very different. Our solar system is filled with small, rocky fragments called asteroids. Asteroids are like the cousins of planets. They have characteristics in common, such as an orbit around the s ...
Minor Jovian Satellites & Rings
... All of the 16 satellites inside Iapetus have near circular orbits, within 2° of the plane of Saturn’s equator and rings, and all orbiting in the same direction. We can therefore suggest that they formed along with Saturn. Some of the tiny ones (see later) may have been prevented from accreting to l ...
... All of the 16 satellites inside Iapetus have near circular orbits, within 2° of the plane of Saturn’s equator and rings, and all orbiting in the same direction. We can therefore suggest that they formed along with Saturn. Some of the tiny ones (see later) may have been prevented from accreting to l ...
Jovian Planets
... How do we know? • Rings aren’t leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... How do we know? • Rings aren’t leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
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... • Rings aren't leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. ...
... • Rings aren't leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. ...
New Horizons found that Pluto`s upper
... resurfaced extremely recently — 10 million years ago at most, and possibly much more recently than that, researchers said. But other parts of Pluto harbor lots of visible craters, and some regions have a middling (small) number, suggesting that the dwarf planet has been geologically active on a larg ...
... resurfaced extremely recently — 10 million years ago at most, and possibly much more recently than that, researchers said. But other parts of Pluto harbor lots of visible craters, and some regions have a middling (small) number, suggesting that the dwarf planet has been geologically active on a larg ...
Neptune - Midland ISD
... A new possible moon was discovered in 2013 orbiting 65, 400 miles away from Neptune. It is expected to be no more than 12 miles across, making it the smallest ...
... A new possible moon was discovered in 2013 orbiting 65, 400 miles away from Neptune. It is expected to be no more than 12 miles across, making it the smallest ...
The Cosmic Perspective Jovian Planet Systems
... • Rings aren't leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. ...
... • Rings aren't leftover from planet formation because the particles are too small to have survived for so long. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with jovian moons. ...
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.