an introduction to astronomy our place in the universe lambert e. murray, ph.d. professor of physics
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An Introduction to Astronomy
Our Place in the Universe
Lambert E. Murray, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
The Universe Contains:
StarsGalaxies
Clusters of Galaxies
Galaxies Come in All Shapes
and Sizes
Individual Stars are Often Far Apart
Our Nearest Neighbor is about 4.5
Light Years Away!
Our Star – The Sun
The Sun’s Familyof Planets(To Scale)
Mercury
The planet nearest to our Sun.
Venus Viewed from Space is Always Covered with Clouds
Venus Without Clouds
Earth: Our Home
Three Views of Mars from Space
Mars – Close Up and Personal
Jupiter
Jupiter’s Galilean Moons
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto, A Planet?
Some Space Missions of Interest Galileo to Jupiter’s Moons
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/ (1,2,5) Missions to Mars:
Mars Orbital Surveyorhttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/msss/camera/images/index.html Mars Rovershttp://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/
Mission to Saturn Cassinihttp://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
Mission to Mercury Messenger
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
Additional Missions
LCROSS Mission to the Moonhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/
LCROSS/...main/prelim_water_results.html Mars Express
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/... index.html
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiterhttp://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
End of Introduction