Pluto`s Identity Crisis
... PLUTO: "That is not how I see the other planets. I see them through my slanted orbit. They look like snowflakes swirling in a blizzard, every which way!" NARRATOR: “The journey continued. Icy Comet called out to each planet the same way, and each time the response left Pluto feeling less and less li ...
... PLUTO: "That is not how I see the other planets. I see them through my slanted orbit. They look like snowflakes swirling in a blizzard, every which way!" NARRATOR: “The journey continued. Icy Comet called out to each planet the same way, and each time the response left Pluto feeling less and less li ...
The Problem with Pluto
... System despite differing cosmologies. What happens, however, when this language of coordination becomes itself the focus of discourse? When planet could no longer be part of the contact language, when Pluto ceased to be a boundary object, when coordination efforts were interrupted, how were discours ...
... System despite differing cosmologies. What happens, however, when this language of coordination becomes itself the focus of discourse? When planet could no longer be part of the contact language, when Pluto ceased to be a boundary object, when coordination efforts were interrupted, how were discours ...
Ch. 13
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PPT
... – Problem 5, HW 1 is a good starting point for the lab questions – Note typo in Question 3 - “Jupiter” => “Saturn” ...
... – Problem 5, HW 1 is a good starting point for the lab questions – Note typo in Question 3 - “Jupiter” => “Saturn” ...
Neptune Mission Concept
... Preliminary suite based on science traceability matrix • High resolution visible camera - New Horizons (NH) level • Near-Infrared spectrometer - NH heritage • UV solar & stellar occ. spectrometer - reduced Cassini heritage • Far-infrared linear radiometer - Diviner heritage ...
... Preliminary suite based on science traceability matrix • High resolution visible camera - New Horizons (NH) level • Near-Infrared spectrometer - NH heritage • UV solar & stellar occ. spectrometer - reduced Cassini heritage • Far-infrared linear radiometer - Diviner heritage ...
Resonant Origins for Pluto`s High Inclination
... To study the effects of orbital resonances numerically, we employed the integration engines HNBody and HNDrag [8]. In addition to providing an efficient symplectic N-body integrator, the latter code allowed us to place artificial drag forces on each planet, simulating the migratory effects of scatte ...
... To study the effects of orbital resonances numerically, we employed the integration engines HNBody and HNDrag [8]. In addition to providing an efficient symplectic N-body integrator, the latter code allowed us to place artificial drag forces on each planet, simulating the migratory effects of scatte ...
Uranus and Neptune Uranus Saturn Neptune
... This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of our solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side. Ring Systems of Uranus and Neptune: Uranus and Neptune are both surrounded by systems of thin, dark rings. The low ref ...
... This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of our solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side. Ring Systems of Uranus and Neptune: Uranus and Neptune are both surrounded by systems of thin, dark rings. The low ref ...
CHP 24
... d. as Uranus and the rings passed behind Jupiter. e. by Voyager 1. 7. The rings of Uranus and Neptune are believed to be very narrow because a. of gravitational interactions between ring particles. b. the spiral density wave confines them. c. the magnetic field holds them in place. d. Uranus and Nep ...
... d. as Uranus and the rings passed behind Jupiter. e. by Voyager 1. 7. The rings of Uranus and Neptune are believed to be very narrow because a. of gravitational interactions between ring particles. b. the spiral density wave confines them. c. the magnetic field holds them in place. d. Uranus and Nep ...
PPT Format - HubbleSOURCE
... Hubble discovers two more Pluto moons while looking for hazards for the New Horizons spacecraft They were later named Styx and Kerberos – despite the suggestion from Captain Kirk and Spock ...
... Hubble discovers two more Pluto moons while looking for hazards for the New Horizons spacecraft They were later named Styx and Kerberos – despite the suggestion from Captain Kirk and Spock ...
Discovering the Edge of the Solar System
... of whom still live in the Los Angeles area. Quaoar is about 1,300 kilometers in diameter, roughly half the size of Pluto. The existence of such a large KBO, along with a few others in the 1,000-kilometer range, suggests that there may be even larger objects out there. In this article I briefly descr ...
... of whom still live in the Los Angeles area. Quaoar is about 1,300 kilometers in diameter, roughly half the size of Pluto. The existence of such a large KBO, along with a few others in the 1,000-kilometer range, suggests that there may be even larger objects out there. In this article I briefly descr ...
The outer solar system:
... captured when it ventured too close to Neptune. One suggestion is that Neptune originally had its own more normal family of moons. Triton collided with a small icy moon, with a mass a few percent of Triton’s. The collision completely destroyed the original moon, and robbed Triton of enough energy th ...
... captured when it ventured too close to Neptune. One suggestion is that Neptune originally had its own more normal family of moons. Triton collided with a small icy moon, with a mass a few percent of Triton’s. The collision completely destroyed the original moon, and robbed Triton of enough energy th ...
90733 Internal v2 3.7 D1 Kuiper Belt Objects 2006
... There are more and more large KBOs being discovered such as Varuna and 2002 AW197, both 900 km in diameter. There are about 600 known KBOs, most being only 100 km in diameter. In May 2005 astronomers discovered two new moons around Pluto, "If, as our new Hubble images indicate, Pluto has not one, bu ...
... There are more and more large KBOs being discovered such as Varuna and 2002 AW197, both 900 km in diameter. There are about 600 known KBOs, most being only 100 km in diameter. In May 2005 astronomers discovered two new moons around Pluto, "If, as our new Hubble images indicate, Pluto has not one, bu ...
The outer planets: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
... Davies (Cambridge 2001), though mainly about the Kuiper Belt and trans-Neptunian bodies, has a very interesting discussion on the status of Pluto as a planet. ...
... Davies (Cambridge 2001), though mainly about the Kuiper Belt and trans-Neptunian bodies, has a very interesting discussion on the status of Pluto as a planet. ...
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... Still, Pluto is one of the largest of the Kuiper belt objects, so much larger than most of the others that it is covered with frost. Triton may have initially been a similar object, subsequently captured by Neptune. A Kuiper-belt object larger than Pluto’s moon Charon was found in 2001, about half o ...
... Still, Pluto is one of the largest of the Kuiper belt objects, so much larger than most of the others that it is covered with frost. Triton may have initially been a similar object, subsequently captured by Neptune. A Kuiper-belt object larger than Pluto’s moon Charon was found in 2001, about half o ...
Lecture13.v3 - Lick Observatory
... – Bodies that never coalesced into planets – Many remain virtually unchanged from 4.5 billion years ago – Most of our modern theories of Solar System formation were developed based on evidence from asteroids and comets Page 12 ...
... – Bodies that never coalesced into planets – Many remain virtually unchanged from 4.5 billion years ago – Most of our modern theories of Solar System formation were developed based on evidence from asteroids and comets Page 12 ...
Pluto Moons exhibit Orbital Angular Momentum Quantization per Mass
... binary system than a system with a single central mass, with the moons beyond Charon in circumbinary orbits around the barycenter. As such, I was surprised to find such a good fit to the QCM angular momentum restriction which was derived for the single dominant mass system. Additional moons of Pluto ...
... binary system than a system with a single central mass, with the moons beyond Charon in circumbinary orbits around the barycenter. As such, I was surprised to find such a good fit to the QCM angular momentum restriction which was derived for the single dominant mass system. Additional moons of Pluto ...
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 ...
Comets - Sierra College Astronomy Home Page
... Pluto • Charon’s diameter (1,200 km) is about half that of Pluto • Pluto’s mass is about 12 times that of Charon but only 1/5 that of the moon • Charon density 1.2-1.3 g/cm3; Pluto 1.8-2.1 g/cm3 • Charon is less than 9 Pluto diameters away from Pluto (compare: Moon ¼ diameter of Earth, and 30 Earth ...
... Pluto • Charon’s diameter (1,200 km) is about half that of Pluto • Pluto’s mass is about 12 times that of Charon but only 1/5 that of the moon • Charon density 1.2-1.3 g/cm3; Pluto 1.8-2.1 g/cm3 • Charon is less than 9 Pluto diameters away from Pluto (compare: Moon ¼ diameter of Earth, and 30 Earth ...
ASTRO-114--Lecture 25-
... This is the Triton. As the spacecraft went over the top of Neptune, it cut down past Triton and one of the first things we noticed about Triton when the photographs came back was that there is a large south polar icecap. Now, there may be a north polar icecap. We don’t know. It was in the dark when ...
... This is the Triton. As the spacecraft went over the top of Neptune, it cut down past Triton and one of the first things we noticed about Triton when the photographs came back was that there is a large south polar icecap. Now, there may be a north polar icecap. We don’t know. It was in the dark when ...
Comets - Sierra College Astronomy Home Page
... • In addition to the Asteroid Belt, the Solar System appears to have a second belt, now called the Kuiper belt: – Support for this comes from the detection of about 600 small, presumably icy, bodies orbiting near and beyond Pluto (first object discovered was 1992QB1). – Extent of belt is unknown, bu ...
... • In addition to the Asteroid Belt, the Solar System appears to have a second belt, now called the Kuiper belt: – Support for this comes from the detection of about 600 small, presumably icy, bodies orbiting near and beyond Pluto (first object discovered was 1992QB1). – Extent of belt is unknown, bu ...
Moons in our Solar System
... little more than half of Pluto’s; no other moon in our solar system is so close in size to its planet Charon appears to be covered by water ice, differing from Pluto’s surface of ...
... little more than half of Pluto’s; no other moon in our solar system is so close in size to its planet Charon appears to be covered by water ice, differing from Pluto’s surface of ...
dwarf planets - Daytona State College
... • Is Pluto really a planet? • In 2006 Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet. • Pluto is very similar to recently discovered icy worlds found in the Kuiper Belt. So now many scientists consider Pluto just another Kuiper Belt object, which are small icy worlds in the third zone. • Several have been d ...
... • Is Pluto really a planet? • In 2006 Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet. • Pluto is very similar to recently discovered icy worlds found in the Kuiper Belt. So now many scientists consider Pluto just another Kuiper Belt object, which are small icy worlds in the third zone. • Several have been d ...
PPT 5 - Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
... features visible from Earth. ~ 65 % of size of Earth’s Moon. Highly elliptical orbit; coming occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Orbit highly inclined (17o) against other planets’ orbits Neptune and Pluto ...
... features visible from Earth. ~ 65 % of size of Earth’s Moon. Highly elliptical orbit; coming occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Orbit highly inclined (17o) against other planets’ orbits Neptune and Pluto ...
New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by S. Alan Stern, the spacecraft was launched to study the Pluto system and, in its secondary mission, the Kuiper belt, performing a flyby of Pluto and one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs).On January 19, 2006, New Horizons was launched from Cape Canaveral directly into an Earth-and-solar escape trajectory with a speed of about 16.26 kilometers per second (58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph). After a brief encounter with asteroid 132524 APL, New Horizons proceeded to Jupiter, making its closest approach on February 28, 2007, at a distance of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles). The Jupiter flyby provided a gravity assist that increased New Horizons ' speed by 4 km/s (14,000 km/h; 9,000 mph). The encounter was also used as a general test of New Horizons ' scientific capabilities, returning data about the planet's atmosphere, moons, and magnetosphere.Most of the post-Jupiter voyage was spent in hibernation mode to preserve on-board systems, except for brief annual checkouts. On December 6, 2014, New Horizons was brought back online for the Pluto encounter, and instrument check-out began. On January 15, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft began its approach phase to Pluto.On July 14, 2015 11:49 UTC (07:49 EDT), it flew 12,500 km (7,800 mi) above the surface of Pluto, making it the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet.Having completed its flyby of Pluto, New Horizons will be maneuvered for a flyby of Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69. New Horizons is expected to encounter 2014 MU69 on January 1, 2019, when it is 43.4 AU from the Sun.