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SECRETS OF SECRETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE SOLAR SYSTEM
SS33--0505Wladimir (Wlad) LyraWladimir (Wlad) Lyra
Brian LevineBrian Levine
AMNH After-School ProgramAMNH After-School Program
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From last class
The Sun is by far the dominant object of the Solar System
Jupiter has more than twice the mass of all planets combined.And the Sun is more than 1000x more massive than Jupiter.
The Sun accounts for 99.9% of the mass of the solar system
The Sun
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From last class
Magnetic Fields
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Magnetic Reconnection
Magnetic Field lines store energy
Upon cancellation, the energy is explosively released
From last class
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The chemical composition of the SunThe chemical composition of the Sun
Chemical Composition
Most abundant elements, in order: H (71%) He (27%)
0 (1.04%) C (0.46%) Ne (0.13%) Fe (0.11%) N (0.1%) Si (0.06%), Mg (0.05%), S (0.04%)
From last class
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From last class
H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H C H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Ne H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H O H H H H H H He H H H HH H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H C H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H C H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H HH H H H H H H N H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H H H H H H C H H H H H H H H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H HH H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H O H H H H H H He H H He H H H H H H H H H H H H H Fe H H H
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
H2 He
H
20 CH
4 NH
3
Fe, Si
Gas
Ices
Rock
Chemistry
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From last class
Inward of snowline
Accreting rocky cores
(small)
Outward of snowline
Ice comes to aid! Growing big
icy/rocky cores.
Formation
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Outline
Classes of Planets
Giant Planets
- Interiors- Atmospheres
- Rings
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The Snowline
Colder than ~150K, the volatiles (H20, CH
4, NH
3)
condense into icesices.
Volatiles in gas phase Volatiles in solid phase
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Classes of planets
EarthJupiter Saturn Uranus/Neptune
Rocky Planets Gas Giants Ice Giants
Rock Gas Ice
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Formation
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Formation
Inward of snowline
Accreting rocky cores
(small)
Outward of snowline
Ice comes to aid! Growing big
icy/rocky cores.
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Formation
Inward of snowline
Accreting rocky cores
(small)
Outward of snowline
Ice comes to aid! Growing big
icy/rocky cores.
These guys got so big they started accreting gas from the nebula!
These ones never did. They are just the icy/rocky cores.
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Gas Giants
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Activity
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Interior of Jupiter
Pressure = weight/area
Pressure at center70 million atmospheres
Temperature at center17.000 K
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Phase diagram
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Phase diagram
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A lot more happens at high pressures
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Hydrogen under pressure
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Interior of Jupiter
Pressure = weight/area
Pressure at center70 million atmospheres
Temperature at center17.000 K
Cloud topsMolecular Hydrogen
Liquid Hydrogen
Fluid Metallic Hydrogen
Rock/Ice core
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Interior of the giant planets
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Activity
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Bands and Storms
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Bands and Storms
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Bands and Zones
Large scale windsof alternate direction
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Wind Speeds
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Clouds of the Giant Planets
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Molecules condense at different temperatures
H20 ~300K
NH3
~140KCH
4 ~80K
Atmospheric Temperatures
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Ammonia and Methane Clouds
Jupiter and Saturn have ammonia cloudsColder Uranus and Neptune have methane clouds
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Clouds of Jupiter
Bright ZonesZonesDark BeltsBelts
Dark brown color: compounds of sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P)
Bright zones:High ammonia clouds
shielding brown stuff below
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Clouds of Jupiter
Bright ZonesZonesDark BeltsBelts
Dark brown color: compounds of sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P)
Bright zones:High ammonia clouds
shielding brown stuff below
In Jupiter
Hot gas rises, cools, ammonia condenses -> Zones.
Cold air sinks, heatsheats, dry in ammonia - > BeltsBelts.
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Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Storms !!
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Merging Storms
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Jupiter's Red Spots
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Uranus
Featureless...
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Not quite featureless...
Uranus in false color: Bands ! Recently seen by Hubble: Storms !
Due to the extreme axial tilt,weather in Uranus may be highly seasonal, being more Neptune-like in the equinoxes.
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Mission to Jupiter: Galileo
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Mission to Saturn: Cassini
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Cassini orbiting Saturn
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Ringshine
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Planetary Rings
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Planetary Rings
Galileo's drawing, 1610.
“I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for, so novel.”
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Planetary Rings
Huygens's drawings, 1659.
“Saturn is surrounded by a thin flat disk, nowhere touching the planet”
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Planetary Rings
Other drawings from the 17th century
Galileo, 1610
Gassendi, 1634
Fontana, 1646
Riccioli, 1648
Huygens, 1655
Cassini, 1676
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Planetary Rings
What are these rings???
Solid? Liquid? Particulate?
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Planetary Rings
Maxwell's proof
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
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Planetary Rings
Maxwell's proof There are some questions in Astronomy, to which we are attracted
rather on account of their peculiarity, […] than from any direct advantage which their solution would afford to mankind.
[…] I am not aware that any practical use has been made of Saturn's Rings […]
But when we contemplate the Rings from a purely scientific point of view, they become the most remarkable bodies in the heavens. [..] When we have actually seen that great arch swung over the equator of the planet without any visible connection, we cannot bring out minds to rest. […] We must explain its motion on the principles of mechanics.
[...]60 pages of calculations
[...]
[…] We conclude, therefore, that the rings must consist of disconnected particles; these may be either solid or liquid, but they must be independent. […] The final result, therefore, of the mechanical theory is, that the only system of rings which can exist is one composed of an indefinite number of unconnected particles, revolving around the planet with different velocities according to their respective distances.
Maxwell's proof
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Planetary Rings
Why only Saturn has rings?
Carl Sagan
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Rings of Uranus
Occultations Uranus occults a star
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Rings of Uranus
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Rings of Jupiter
A very faint ring systemdiscovered by Voyager 1.
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Rings of Jupiter
Viewed with Keck, with a methane filter.
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Rings of Neptune
A very faint ring system, similar to Jupiter's ringsdiscovered by Voyager 2.
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Rings of Neptune
Arcs!!!
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Ring Systems
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Fine, diffuse dust,very dark.
Icy boulders,very bright.
Rocky boulders,dark.
Pebbles (?)Dark and reddish (?)
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Tides
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Tides
The side closer to the Moon experiences a greater pull than the side further out.
The effective result is adifferential force
we call Tidal Force.
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Roche Limit
Limit where the tidal force is stronger than the internal forces
holding the body together
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All ring systems are inside their planet's Roche limit
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Ring formation: Competing theories
1). Moon that got too close 2). Leftover material that could not coalesce into moons