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Block 5 Coversheet
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The Planet Jupiter
a) General Features of Jupiter
b) The Atmosphere of Jupiter
c) The Great Red Spot
d) The Interior of Jupiter
e) The Magnetic Field of Jupiter
f) Jupiter's Ring
The Jovian Moons
a) The Moon Io: Seething Interior and Active Surface
b) The Moon Europa: Cue Ball of the Satellites
c) The Moon Ganymede: Tectonic Motion
d) The Moon Callisto: Geologically Dead
e) The Other Moons of Jupiter
The Planet Saturn
a) General Features of Saturn
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Ring System
d) The Moons of Saturn
The Planet Uranus
a) General Features of Uranus
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Ring System
d) The Moons of Uranus
The Planet Neptune
a) General Features of Neptune
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Rings of Neptune
d) The Moons of Neptune
The Planet Pluto
a) General Features of Pluto
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Moon Charon
Notes 10/7 - Jupiter
Notes 10/9 - Saturn
Notes 10/11 - Uranus
Notes 10/15 - Neptune / Pluto
Notes 10/7 - Jupiter
1. The Planet Jupiter
a) General Features of
Jupiter
1A) 5.2 A.U.
approximately 82% hydrogen and 17% helium by mass)
Core, terrestrial planets, similar composition
b) The Atmosphere of Jupiter
16 moons
If Jupiter was 100x bigger = star
c)
The Great Red Spot
1.B) light bands zones
darker bands belts
Each hemisphere has around 6 bands with winds blowing at very
high velocities in opposite directions
d) The Interior of Jupiter
e)
The Magnetic Field of
Jupiter
Great Red Spot- a hurricane style storms
With winds starting at 300+mph
very cold temperatures in the tops of clouds
-150˚C
1.C) Coriolis effect,
f)
Jupiter's Ring
rotational frequency about 2 1/2 times
that of Earth
1.D)
1.E) electrical currents in this region of metallic hydrogen that is
spinning rapidly and thought to compose 75% of the planet's
mass.
magnetosphere – mag. region
interacts with the solar wind of charged particles from the Sun as
far as 7 million kilometers from Jupiter, forming a "bow shock"
1.F) yes Jupiter has rings
discovered by Voyager I in 1979, radius of about 1.8 times the
radius of the planet
Debris knocked off the inner moons by meteor impacts.
2A) 4 Galilean moons, IO, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
2.
The Jovian Moons
a) The Moon Io: Seething
Interior and Active
Surface
b) The Moon Europa: Cue
Ball of the Satellites
c) The Moon Ganymede:
Tectonic Motion
d) The Moon Callisto:
Geologically Dead
e) The Other Moons of
Jupiter
IO- volcanoes
Europa- Frozen surface
Ganymede- Frozen water
Callisto- Frozen but much longer, craters can be seen
2 b. Extensive volcanism on the surface
Geological activity is the tidal forces of Jupiter
2C few craters, internal heat from tidal force
2D dark light layers, dark oldest, light deformed by tectonic stress
2E Valhalla impact crater, cracked the surface of the moon
Notes 10/9 - Saturn
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The Planet Saturn
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d)
General Features of Saturn
Surface and Interior
The Ring System
The Moons of Saturn
3a Gas Giant planet with a rotational period of 10-11 hours
orbital period of 29.5 years
lowest density of any planet
3B. anti-cyclonic cells drive the internal heat of the planet
Great White Spot, a disturbance completely around the planet
Electrical currents in liquid metallic hydrogen deep in the interior are
assumed to be the cause of the magnetic field.
3C 5 major components: the G, F, A, B, and C rings, outside to inside.
The F and G rings are thin
A, B, and C rings are broad
large gap between the A / B ring is called the Cassini division.
3D. Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Lapetus
Hyperion, Titan, Calypso
Titan – atmosphere, 1.6 times earth pressure
Most of Saturn’s satellites (as for those of Jupiter) tidal and keep the
same face turned toward the planet as they orbit
Notes 10/11 Uranus
4.
The Planet Uranus
a) General Features of
Uranus
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Ring System
d) The Moons of Uranus
Notes 10/15 Neptune Pluto
5.
The Planet Neptune
a) General Features of
Neptune
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Rings of Neptune
d) The Moons of Neptune
6.
The Planet Pluto
a) General Features of Pluto
b) Surface and Interior
c) The Moon Charon