prelim 3 is next week!
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Prelim 3 is next week!. Mars climate change Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and Neptune Asteroids, comets, impacts Pluto, trans-Neptunian region, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud Outer planet satellites and rings. Kuiper Belt vs. Oort Cloud. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Prelim 3 is next week!
• Mars climate change
• Jupiter and Saturn
• Uranus and Neptune
• Asteroids, comets, impacts
• Pluto, trans-Neptunian region, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud
• Outer planet satellites and rings
Kuiper Belt vs. Oort Cloud
http://boojum.as.arizona.edu/~jill/NS102_2006/Lectures/Lecture6/kuiper3.jpg
The Pluto system
Nix and Hydra:discovered in 2005
Charon:discovered in 1978
Pluto:discovered in 1930
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/plutos_moons.html
The best picture we have of Pluto
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-20100204.html
Dwarf planets are small
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/dwarf_planets/images/five_dwarfs_earth_luna_big_jpg_image.html
The Galilean moons
From http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch11/ovhd.html
Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
Image from http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast110_06/gphah.html
Close-up of Europa
Image from http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast110_06/gphah.html
Io’s tidal heating
Images from http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch11/ovhd.html
Elliptical orbit caused by orbital resonance
Synchronous rotation
Titan
Images from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2783, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6851959/, and http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/moons/images/titan_surface_huygens_ground_color_big_jpg_image.html&edu=high
Enceladus
Images from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4023, http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/moons/images/enceladus_geyser_plumes_pia08386_big_jpg_image.html&nl=2and http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/enceladus_flyby.html
Hyperion
Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07761
Hyperion as seen by Voyager 2
Image from http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Miscellaneous/Intro_to_Solar_System/Solar_System.htm
Miranda
Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01490
Miranda: 5km-high scarp (cliff)
Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA00044_modest.jpg
Miranda: Chevron grooves
Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00038
Triton
Image from http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991010.html