Chapter 7 The Jovian Planets

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Chapter 7The Jovian Planets

• AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy
• Dr. Mike Reynolds

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The King of the PlanetsJupiter
Jupiter
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JupiterCassini
Jupiter
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Features
Belt
Olivarez Blue Features
Festoons
Ios Shadow
Great Red Spot
Jupiter
White Ovals
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Jupiters Great Red SpotVoyager 2
How big is the GRS?
Two Earths!
Jupiter
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Jovian AuroraGalileo
Jupiter
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Jupiters RingVoyager 1
Jupiter
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LightningGalileo
Jupiter
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Jovian ThunderstormGalileo
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesVoyager 1
Io
Europa
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesVoyager 2
Callistoheavily-cratered iceball
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Callisto - Mountains and Craters
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Europa
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Europa Liquid Oceans?
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Ganymede
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Ganymede Craters and Halo
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Ganymede Tectonic evidence
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Io
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Io -Active Volcanoes-Lava Lakes
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesVoyager 1
Io -Active Volcano
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Io -Active VolcanoPrometheus
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesVoyager 2
Io -Active Volcano Loki
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Amalthia
Io
Jupiter
Jupiter
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Jovian SatellitesGalileo
Amalthia
Metis
Thebe
Jupiter
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• Since 'tis certain that Earth and Jupiter have
  their Water and Clouds, there is no reason why
  the other Planets should be without them. I can't
  say that they are exactly of the same nature with
  our Water but that they should be liquid their
  use requires, as their beauty does that they be
  clear.
• This Water of ours, in Jupiter or Saturn, would
  be frozen up instantly by reason of the vast
  distance of the Sun. Every Planet therefore must
  have its own Waters of such a temper not liable
  to Frost.
• Christian Huygens
• Discovered Saturns moon Titan in 1655

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RingedSaturn
Saturn
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RingedSaturn
Saturn
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Tilted RingsHST
Changes in the tilt of Saturns Rings as seen
from the Earth
Saturn
Saturn
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Ring Spokes
Spokes
Saturn
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RingedSaturn
F-Ring
Prometheus
Saturn
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Sheepherder!Voyager 2, Cassini
Prometheus
F-Ring
Saturn
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Promethiusthe Thief!Cassini
Prometheus
Stealing Ring Particles
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Saturns AtmosphereCassini
Saturn
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Atmosphere WavesCassini
Saturn
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Atmospheric StormHST
Saturn
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AuroraHST
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
The two sides of Dione
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
Rhea
Hyperion
Iapetus
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
Thethys
Enceladus
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
PhoebeCassini
Saturn
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Mimas the Death Star moon!Also a Gap moon
SaturnianSatellites
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
Saturn
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SaturnianSatellites
TitanCassini
Cassini has found Complex hydrocarbons in Titans
atmosphere!
Saturn
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Billiard-Ball Uranus
Uranus
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Rings and Sheepherders
Uranus
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Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda
Oberon
Titania
Uranus
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NeptuneVoyager 2
Neptune
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Dark SpotVoyager 2
Neptune
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Dark Spot, Scooter
Neptune
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Cloud StreaksVoyager 2
Neptune
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RingsVoyager 2
Neptune
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Twisted RingVoyager 2
Neptune
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TritonVoyager 2
Flat surfaces volcanism?
Frost deposits?
Neptune
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Neptune-TritonVoyager 2
Neptune
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Uranus NeptuneHST
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Comparative Planetology
Gas Giants Fast rotations, long revolutions!
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Comparative Planetology
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Comparative Planetology
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Comparative Planetology
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Comparative Planetology
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A Family Portrait
Our Solar System
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