Download The Solar System components

Our Solar System
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The 9 (or 8? or 10+?) Planets and their satellites
http://www.yorku.ca/observe
Any questions? … E-mail: [email protected]
York University Astronomical
Observatory
Open every Wednesday night of the year for public tours
Best views of Mercury from
Earth
Mercury in 1975 (new photos due in 2008 from
the Messenger mission launched in 2004)
Venus: like Earth?
From the surface:
Unique Features:
The Earth – Moon System
Earth:
Our Home
Earth: Interior
Aurora: Natural ‘fireworks’ in the sky
An aurora from Earth orbit
The Moon: Near and Farside Views
People on the Moon
1969 - 1972
Space Shuttle
Launch
The International Space Station (ISS)
Working in
space
Mars: Two Views
Ground Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Mars: Up Close
Mars: On The Surface
Phoenix 2007
The asteroid belt: we have taken
close-up photos of only 4 asteroids!
Jupiter: The King of Planets
Jupiter’s Dynamic Atmosphere
Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy
Jupiter and its Satellites
Io and its Volcanoes
Europa and its ice-covered ocean
Saturn and its Rings
Mysterious
Titan
Titan from
Cassini
Saturn’s Satellites
Encelardus
Dione
Uranus and Neptune
Neptune and Uranus
Pluto: Best Views until 2015
Pluto and Charon: Planet and Moon,
or just a pair of big, icy asteroids?
A
th
10
planet? (artist’s impression)
2003 UB313 is bigger than Pluto! Is it the
10th planet, or just another icy asteroid?
Comet Hale Bopp
Any Questions …