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WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE
How many of the images in the
following slides can you identify?
Saturn
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
Shadow of moon on earth
Earth from space
Global radar view of the surface of Venus from
Magellan radar imaging between 1990–1994
Jupiter
Uranus
Enhanced-color view of part of Conamara
Chaos, showing ice rafts up to 10 km (6
mi) across. White areas are ejecta from
the crater Pwyll
Europa (one of Jupiter’s moons)
Craggy, 250 m high peaks and smooth
plates are jumbled together in a close-up
of Conamara Chaos
The craters Gula and
Achelous (bottom), in the
grooved terrain of Ganymede,
with ejecta "pedestals" and
ramparts.
Ganymede (one of Jupiter’s moons)
The detection of very high
temperature volcanism--hotter than
any terrestrial lavas currently
erupting--is one of the most
spectacular discoveries by the
Galileo mission at Io. The images
show curtains of lava fountains
erupting on the surface. They were
taken by the Galileo spacecraft on
11/26/99. The active region is
approximately 25 kilometers long
(15.5 miles) and 1 km (.6 mile) high.
Io (one of Jupiter’s moons)
Galileo image of cratered
plains, illustrating the
pervasive local smoothing
of Callisto's surface
Callisto (one of Jupiter’s moons)
Titan (one of Saturn’s moons)
Triton (moon of
Neptune)
Far side of the Moon,
photographed by Apollo 16
Near side of the Moon
Size
comparisons
km
Sun 1,392,000
Jupiter 142,984
Saturn 120,536
Uranus 51,118
Neptune 49,532
←neptune
Halley's Comet,
is the bestknown of the
short-period
comets and is
visible from
Earth every 75–
76 years. Next
visit 2061.
Vesta, minor-planet designation 4 Vesta, is one of
the largest asteroids in the Solar System, with a
mean diameter of 525 kilometres.
Crab Nebula
In the constellation of
Taurus, a star is
exploding. The
explosion began with
a supernova almost a
thousand years ago,
and the resulting Crab
Nebula is continuing
to expand at more
than 1,000 km per
second. It is home to a
powerful pulsar.
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The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation
Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star
Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of
the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
Horsehead
The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula
situated south of Orion's Belt in the
constellation of Orion. It is one of the
brightest nebulae, and is visible to
the naked eye in the night sky.
The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543,
Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula
in the constellation of Draco
Multiwavelength X-ray, infrared, and optical
compilation image of Kepler's supernova
remnant, SN 1604.
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Aurora borealis
(northern lights)
Solar flare
Sunspot activity (notice predicted peak in 2013)
Milky Way (our) galaxy
Andromeda galaxy
Infrared image
Colliding galaxies
Hubble deep field
image of galaxies and
galaxy formation