The Solar System: JUPITER by - Etiwanda E
... Earth and more than twice as big as all the rest of the planets added together) • is 778,330,000 km from the sun • has 39 known satellites ...
... Earth and more than twice as big as all the rest of the planets added together) • is 778,330,000 km from the sun • has 39 known satellites ...
Jupiter_Io_13_3
... lightning in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. As Jupiter rotates, it takes its magnetic field around with it, sweeping past Io and stripping off about 1,000 kg (1 ton) of Io's material every second! This material becomes ionized in the magnetic field and forms a doughnut-shaped cloud of intense radiation ...
... lightning in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. As Jupiter rotates, it takes its magnetic field around with it, sweeping past Io and stripping off about 1,000 kg (1 ton) of Io's material every second! This material becomes ionized in the magnetic field and forms a doughnut-shaped cloud of intense radiation ...
Jupiter
... The first of the outer planets. Is the largest planet! Considered to be a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Known for its giant red spot. This spot has a diameter three times that of earth. ...
... The first of the outer planets. Is the largest planet! Considered to be a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Known for its giant red spot. This spot has a diameter three times that of earth. ...
Chpt 27 Notes
... Cassini Cassini-Huygens is one of the most ambitious missions ever launched into space. Loaded with an array of powerful instruments and cameras, the spacecraft is capable of taking accurate measurements and detailed images in a variety of atmospheric conditions and light spectra. Two elements ...
... Cassini Cassini-Huygens is one of the most ambitious missions ever launched into space. Loaded with an array of powerful instruments and cameras, the spacecraft is capable of taking accurate measurements and detailed images in a variety of atmospheric conditions and light spectra. Two elements ...
Video review
... 1. _______________ is greater in volume than all of the other planets combined. 2. In the most distant part of Pluto’s eccentric orbit, its atmosphere turns from gas to ___________. 3. The largest planetary storm system is Jupiter’s ________________________. 4. Cassini used a ______________ from Ven ...
... 1. _______________ is greater in volume than all of the other planets combined. 2. In the most distant part of Pluto’s eccentric orbit, its atmosphere turns from gas to ___________. 3. The largest planetary storm system is Jupiter’s ________________________. 4. Cassini used a ______________ from Ven ...
Galileo (spacecraft)
Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies. Named after the astronomer Galileo Galilei, it consisted of an orbiter and entry probe. It was launched on October 18, 1989, carried by Space Shuttle Atlantis, on the STS-34 mission. Galileo arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, after gravitational assist flybys of Venus and Earth, and became the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter. It launched the first probe into Jupiter, directly measuring its atmosphere. Despite suffering major antenna problems, Galileo achieved the first asteroid flyby, of 951 Gaspra, and discovered the first asteroid moon, Dactyl, around 243 Ida. In 1994, Galileo observed Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9's collision with Jupiter. The spacecraft was an international effort by the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany.Jupiter's atmospheric composition and ammonia clouds were recorded, the clouds possibly created by outflows from the lower depths of the atmosphere. Io's volcanism and plasma interactions with Jupiter's atmosphere were also recorded. The data Galileo collected supported the theory of a liquid ocean under the icy surface of Europa, and there were indications of similar liquid-saltwater layers under the surfaces of Ganymede and Callisto. Ganymede was shown to possess a magnetic field and the spacecraft found new evidence for exospheres around Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Galileo also discovered that Jupiter's faint ring system consists of dust from impacts on the four small inner moons. The extent and structure of Jupiter's magnetosphere was also mapped.On September 21, 2003, after 14 years in space and 8 years in the Jovian system, Galileo 's mission was terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere at a speed of over 48 kilometers (30 mi) per second, eliminating the possibility of contaminating local moons with terrestrial bacteria.On December 11, 2013, NASA reported, based on results from the Galileo mission, the detection of ""clay-like minerals"" (specifically, phyllosilicates), often associated with organic materials, on the icy crust of Europa, moon of Jupiter. The presence of the minerals may have been the result of a collision with an asteroid or comet according to the scientists.