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National Science Olympiad Solar System B Event 2014 Planetary Science
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Chandra X-Ray Public Outreach Office Donna Lee Young, NSO Astronomy Event Supervisor – [email protected] Dustin Schroeder, NSO Solar System Event Supervisor – dschroed@ gmail.com
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aavso.org
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REACH FOR THE STARS, DIVISION B: PLANETARY SCIENCE
DESCRIPTION: Students will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the properties and evolution of extraterrestrial ice and water in the solar system.
A TEAM OF UP TO: 2 APPROXIMATE TIME: 50 minutes
EVENT PARAMETERS: Each team may bring only two 8.5” x 11” two-sidedpages of information in any form from any source.
THE COMPETITION: This event is divided into two parts. Notes may be used during both parts.
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Part I: Participants may be asked to identify planets, moons, and features included in the lists below as they appear on maps or imagery and must be knowledgeable about the history and processes involving ice and water for the objects below.
(1) Mars: North & South Polar Ice Caps, Equatorial Glaciers, Permafrost (2) Europa: Thrace Macula, Thera Macula, Conamara Chaos, Ridges, Cycloids, Plains, Ocean (3) Enceladus: Plumes, Jets, Tiger Stripes (4) Iapetus, Titan, Triton, Ceres, (5) Comets, The Kuiper Belt, The Oort Cloud
Part II: Participants will be asked to complete one or more hands-on or interpretive tasks selected from the following topics:
i: The history and process of formation for specific features ii: The use of remote sensing, imagery, and satellite measurements of objects and features iii: The physical, thermal, and chemical properties of potential habitats for life iv: Past, current, and planned future missions to explore these objects
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Part I: Mars
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North Polar Ice Cap
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Seasonal Changes
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ESA Mars Express - 2003
Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer (OMEGA) – phyllosilicates
High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) – volcanism
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) – Methane
Summer Solstice Transition
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South Polar Ice Cap – Mars Odyssey Mission
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Sand Jets – spring thaw Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
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Equatorial Glaciers
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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permafrost – polygonsThe Phoenix Mission
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Europa
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Thera Macula & Thrace Macula
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Conamara Chaos
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Ridges
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Cycloids
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Plains
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Oceans
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Enceladus:
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Plumes & Jets
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Tiger Stripes
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Iapetus
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Transition Zone
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The Wall
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Titan
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Triton
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Ice Volcanoes
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Ceres
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Comets
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The Oort Cloud
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The Kuiper Belt
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Part II: History and process of formation for specific features
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Mars
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Titan
Europa
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Remote Sensing, Imagery, Satellite Measurements of Objects & Features
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Physical, Thermal, and Chemical Properties of Potential Habitats for life
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EXTREMOPHILES Psychrophiles, Thermophiles, Radioresistant, Alkaliphiles, Acidophiles, Halophiles, Xerophiles, Barophiles, Endoliths AND gravity!
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Yellowstone National Park
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Lake Untersee, Antarctica
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Thermal Vents, Pacific Ocean Mono Lake, California
CRREL, Alaska The Crystal Cave, Mexico
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The Most Extreme of the Extremophiles – Tardigrada
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The Most Extreme of the Extremophiles – Tardigrada
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Missionshttp://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html
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Missions to Mars
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