largest and most massive planets [Figure 12
... * Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) - NASA Proposed Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto Orbiter (2015) * Juno - NASA New Frontiers Jupiter Polar Orbiter under study Missions to Saturn Current and Past Missions * Cassini - NASA/ESA Mission to Saturn * Huygens - NASA/ESA Mission to Saturn's satellite Titan ...
... * Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) - NASA Proposed Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto Orbiter (2015) * Juno - NASA New Frontiers Jupiter Polar Orbiter under study Missions to Saturn Current and Past Missions * Cassini - NASA/ESA Mission to Saturn * Huygens - NASA/ESA Mission to Saturn's satellite Titan ...
Considerations of a Solar Mass Ejection Imager in a low
... to successive orbital passes of the spacecraft, they could interfere with the operation of the mass ejection imager, but only in the darkest parts of the heliosphere at very specific positions relative to Earth's geomagnetic equator. The geocorona has been detected at various wavelengths, but especi ...
... to successive orbital passes of the spacecraft, they could interfere with the operation of the mass ejection imager, but only in the darkest parts of the heliosphere at very specific positions relative to Earth's geomagnetic equator. The geocorona has been detected at various wavelengths, but especi ...
Jupiter Notes
... The radiation is several thousand times more intense than that produced by Earth’s magnetic field ...
... The radiation is several thousand times more intense than that produced by Earth’s magnetic field ...
Asteroids4 Feb Asteroids, Comets, Minor Planets • Understanding composition of solar system
... – 26 known with sizes > 200 km (width of MI). ...
... – 26 known with sizes > 200 km (width of MI). ...
Apophis - OSIRIS
... Asteroids orbit the Sun in many different areas of our solar system. The Main Belt asteroids lie between Mars and Jupiter. There are also asteroids whose paths around the Sun bring them close to Earth. Those asteroids are called Near-Earth Asteroids, or NEAs. Another group of asteroids, called Troja ...
... Asteroids orbit the Sun in many different areas of our solar system. The Main Belt asteroids lie between Mars and Jupiter. There are also asteroids whose paths around the Sun bring them close to Earth. Those asteroids are called Near-Earth Asteroids, or NEAs. Another group of asteroids, called Troja ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... The History of Jupiter • Jupiter formed from the colder gases of the outer solar nebula, where ices were able to condense • It became massive enough to trap hydrogen and helium gas directly from the solar nebula • The hydrogen takes the form of liquid metallic hydrogen, which is a very good electri ...
... The History of Jupiter • Jupiter formed from the colder gases of the outer solar nebula, where ices were able to condense • It became massive enough to trap hydrogen and helium gas directly from the solar nebula • The hydrogen takes the form of liquid metallic hydrogen, which is a very good electri ...
Stratigraphy and composition of lava flows in Mare Nubium
... As telescopes gradually improved over the following decades, observers began to see that the planet had colorful bands and spots that changed over time and moved across the planet’s face. ...
... As telescopes gradually improved over the following decades, observers began to see that the planet had colorful bands and spots that changed over time and moved across the planet’s face. ...
The Giant Planets [10]
... • Jupiter ~3x more massive than Saturn, but only slightly larger. • Greater pressure Î greater density Îchanges in state of atoms, molecules. • For objects 3x more massive than Jupiter, increasing M Î decreasing R. • Sun is larger than Jupiter because it has an internal energy source to heat it up. ...
... • Jupiter ~3x more massive than Saturn, but only slightly larger. • Greater pressure Î greater density Îchanges in state of atoms, molecules. • For objects 3x more massive than Jupiter, increasing M Î decreasing R. • Sun is larger than Jupiter because it has an internal energy source to heat it up. ...
Slide 1
... Where can you find them? • In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. • There are thousands of known and lots more discovered every year. • Ceres is the largest with a diameter of 974 km • All the asteroids put together would not even be half of the moons mass. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip ...
... Where can you find them? • In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. • There are thousands of known and lots more discovered every year. • Ceres is the largest with a diameter of 974 km • All the asteroids put together would not even be half of the moons mass. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip ...
Asteroids - mjeffries
... Trojan Asteroids • The law of gravity permits an orbit around the sun exactly 60º ahead of and behind Jupiter, called Lagrange points. • Several hundred Trojan asteroids are known. • There are small asteroids locked to other planets. ...
... Trojan Asteroids • The law of gravity permits an orbit around the sun exactly 60º ahead of and behind Jupiter, called Lagrange points. • Several hundred Trojan asteroids are known. • There are small asteroids locked to other planets. ...
Granular material dynamics and space missions to celestial bodies
... Collaborators at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur have high-level involvement in three separate spacecraft missions developed by three main space agencies (JAXA, NASA, ESA) set to rendezvous with distinct near-Earth asteroids within the next few years. This involvement will offer great visibility ...
... Collaborators at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur have high-level involvement in three separate spacecraft missions developed by three main space agencies (JAXA, NASA, ESA) set to rendezvous with distinct near-Earth asteroids within the next few years. This involvement will offer great visibility ...
THE OUTER PLANETS
... URANUS The blue color of Uranus is caused by methane in its atmosphere, which reflects blue light Uranus’ average temperature is -215°C ...
... URANUS The blue color of Uranus is caused by methane in its atmosphere, which reflects blue light Uranus’ average temperature is -215°C ...
2/1/2012- Outer Planets Notes
... largest and most complex ring system of any outer planet. • Saturn is a large planet with a thick outer atmosphere composed of hydrogen mostly and helium with some ammonia, methane, and water vapor. ...
... largest and most complex ring system of any outer planet. • Saturn is a large planet with a thick outer atmosphere composed of hydrogen mostly and helium with some ammonia, methane, and water vapor. ...
Ingrid Mann Dust- plasma processes in the vicinity of planetary
... the impact-generated populations, for example through electric- and magnetic fields and radiation pressure. At the same time, the impact-generated ions, neutrals and dust particles affect the local space environment. Active asteroids are assumed to emit dust in a similar way as comets. This phenomen ...
... the impact-generated populations, for example through electric- and magnetic fields and radiation pressure. At the same time, the impact-generated ions, neutrals and dust particles affect the local space environment. Active asteroids are assumed to emit dust in a similar way as comets. This phenomen ...
The Solar System
... may be speedy enough to escape the planet’s gravity. • So the lighter gasses leak away more quickly over time • So…. Slow leak! Like air from a bicycle tire • Hydrogen and Helium = 97% of the mass of the solar nebula, and these are the lightest and easiest molecules to lose. • But they are NOT lost ...
... may be speedy enough to escape the planet’s gravity. • So the lighter gasses leak away more quickly over time • So…. Slow leak! Like air from a bicycle tire • Hydrogen and Helium = 97% of the mass of the solar nebula, and these are the lightest and easiest molecules to lose. • But they are NOT lost ...
The Jovian Planets + Pluto and the TNOs Jupiter 12 of Jupiter`s
... through Jupiter’s troposphere, clouds condensing out when conditions are right ☼ In the descending regions, the atmosphere warms and the high NH3 cloud evaporates we see lower level clouds here ...
... through Jupiter’s troposphere, clouds condensing out when conditions are right ☼ In the descending regions, the atmosphere warms and the high NH3 cloud evaporates we see lower level clouds here ...
The Fathers of the Gods: Jupiter and Saturn
... radiates over twice as much energy back into space as it receives from the Sun Like Jupiter, Saturn is still contracting As is contracts, heat is produced ...
... radiates over twice as much energy back into space as it receives from the Sun Like Jupiter, Saturn is still contracting As is contracts, heat is produced ...
The Outer Solar System Chapter 7:
... Jupiter’s liquid hydrogen ocean has no surface: Gradual transition from gaseous to liquid phases as temperature and pressure combine to exceed the critical point. Only very thin atmosphere above cloud layers; transition to liquid hydrogen zone ~ 1000 km below clouds In 1995 the Galileo Space Probe, ...
... Jupiter’s liquid hydrogen ocean has no surface: Gradual transition from gaseous to liquid phases as temperature and pressure combine to exceed the critical point. Only very thin atmosphere above cloud layers; transition to liquid hydrogen zone ~ 1000 km below clouds In 1995 the Galileo Space Probe, ...
Remnants of Rock and Ice (Chapter 12) Asteroids (small rocky
... asteroid, Ceres, is around 1000 km in diameter, one-third the diameter of the Moon. The asteroids would only form an object 2000 km in diameter if combined together. The few largest asteroids may be spherical and differentiated into a mantle and a core, but most are rugged, undifferentiated lumps. M ...
... asteroid, Ceres, is around 1000 km in diameter, one-third the diameter of the Moon. The asteroids would only form an object 2000 km in diameter if combined together. The few largest asteroids may be spherical and differentiated into a mantle and a core, but most are rugged, undifferentiated lumps. M ...
“Titan-ic” Success for Cassini
... on the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has reached its climax. The Huygens lander separated from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on 25th December 2004, and entered Titan’s atmosphere on 14th January 2005. Launched in 1997, Huygens was to become the first space probe to land on a world in the oute ...
... on the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has reached its climax. The Huygens lander separated from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on 25th December 2004, and entered Titan’s atmosphere on 14th January 2005. Launched in 1997, Huygens was to become the first space probe to land on a world in the oute ...
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 ...
Chapter8- Jovian Planet Systems
... 20,000 times as strong as Earth’s magnetic field. Io Torus – charged particle belt formed by escaping particles from Io which interact with Jupiter’s magnetic field. ...
... 20,000 times as strong as Earth’s magnetic field. Io Torus – charged particle belt formed by escaping particles from Io which interact with Jupiter’s magnetic field. ...
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is an American space probe, weighing 258 kilograms (569 pounds), that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System. This space exploration project was conducted by the NASA Ames Research Center in California, and the space probe was manufactured by TRW Inc.Pioneer 10 was assembled around a hexagonal bus with a 2.74 meters (9 ft 0 in) diameter parabolic dish high-gain antenna, and the spacecraft was spin stabilized around the axis of the antenna. Its electric power was supplied by four radioisotope thermoelectric generators that provided a combined 155 watts at launch.Pioneer 10 was launched on March 3, 1972, by an Atlas-Centaur expendable vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Between July 15, 1972, and February 15, 1973, it became the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt. Photography of Jupiter began November 6, 1973, at a range of 25,000,000 kilometers (16,000,000 mi), and a total of about 500 images were transmitted. The closest approach to the planet was on December 4, 1973, at a range of 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi). During the mission, the on-board instruments were used to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter, the solar wind, cosmic rays, and eventually the far reaches of the Solar System and heliosphere.Radio communications were lost with Pioneer 10 on January 23, 2003, because of the loss of electric power for its radio transmitter, with the probe at a distance of 12 billion kilometers (80 AU) from Earth.