... the stronger gravity of larger bodies: The planet itself and some of the larger ... is known: the tidal stability limit at 2.5 times the radius of the body. ...
The Jovian Planets Jupiter Largest planet in our solar system Jupiter is a ball of dense hydrogen, helium, water, nitrogen and other gases over a tiny rocky core ...
The Jovian Planets. Small Moons. Galilean Moons. Io. Volcanism on Io. Tidal Heating ... Medium-sized Moons of Saturn. Triton. Rings of Saturn. Ices In Saturn's Rings ...
... of ice and dust orbit Saturn. Many particle ... they possess many small moons close-in Impacts on ... Chapter 8c Jovian Planet Systems 8.3 Jovian ...
The Jovian Planets The Gas Monsters. Jupiter Size of Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as ...
Titan and Others. a ethane/methane sea? other possibilities. Outer Solar System Moons ... Comparing the Galilean Satellites. Titan. Titan Too. Anything else in ...
Jupiter can be imaged well from Earth, even with a small telescope ... Jupiter and Saturn were known to the ancients; Uranus was discovered by chance, ...
Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune radiate more heat than they receive from the Sun ... Comet SL9 impact fireball (top) and resulting dark impact 'bruises' on Jupiter ...
Jupiter's Atmosphere. Zones & Belts. due to convective motions ... Jupiter. emits about twice as much energy as it receives. heat left over from formation ...
Saturn- the most elaborate rings. But less distinct colorful bands ... This close up of Saturn rings show 2 shepherd moons keeping the rings in line ...
Discovered by Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei. Date of discovery 1610. Mass (kg) 8.94e 22 ... Second closest of the moons (671,000 km away from Jupiter) ...
Moons are mostly made of ice, so quite soft and can be more active than similar ... thick, temporary cracks Colored areas mostly mineral rich ices Probable 100 km ...
Observed asteroid Ida, SL9 impact on Jupiter. Arrived at Jupiter in December 1995 ... which is constantly being renewed. Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Upon Jupiter ...
... as Seen from Voyager. THOUSANDS OF RINGLETS in ... Earth, 2 more only by Voyager in 1986 ... 1.65 and 2.54 planetary radii discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989 ...
Notes made by Galileo in 1610 showing positions of Galilean satellites orbiting Jupiter ... Artist's view of Cassini spacecraft entering the Saturnian system ...
To the adaptive multibody gravity assists tours design in Jovian system for the Ganymede Landing. Grushevskii A. Fly-by sequence selection strategy Lambert problem ...
The Overall composition of the Jovian planets-particulary Jupiter and Saturn-is ... Stacking pillows increases the height, but eventually compression occurs. ...
Chapter 7. The Jovian Planets. AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy ... Phoebe [Cassini] Saturnian. Satellites. Mimas ... the Death Star moon! Also a 'Gap moon' ...
Mars. Jovian. Jupiter. Saturn. Uranus. Neptune. Overall System Properties. Orbits coplanar ... Mars f. Jupiter g. Saturn h. Uranus i. Asteroids. 384 388 38.8 ...
Uranus' Magnetic Field. Magnetic dipole is offset 31% from the center of the planet ... Uranus' Moons. All are named after William Shakespeare and Alexander ...
The temperature at Jupiter's surface (cloud tops) is about 130 K ... The four largest were discovered by Galileo and are now referred to as the 'Galilean Satellites' ...
Radio Period: 10h39m22s. Spin so fast, Saturn is very oblate (flat) Saturn's Ring System ... and Pandora sheperding the F. ring. Saturn's Moons. A total of 18 ...
Step 1 Accretion of planetesimals to form large Earth-like ... and poles do not rotate at same rate (oblate shape): 10 h 40 min and 10h 15 min respectively ...
Torus period = Jupiter's Period = 9 hours 55.5 min. } Io is moving relative to the plasma. Io's obital period = 42 hours 27.5 minutes. Electric field generation: E ...
... pulling backwards on Triton, slowing it down into a future crash into Neptune. Smaller than Earth's Moon, yet has recent geological activity (nitrogen geysers) ...
... result from more complex hydrocarbons produced by photolysis of NH3, CH4, etc. ... Clouds: organic molecules produced by photolysis. Surface: ice? ...
Global Circulation (Zonal winds) Local Dynamics/Meteorology, including ... Will be the only shot at following up Galileo and Cassini discoveries until Prometheus ...
by Mr. Mariano Hosted by Mr. Mariano 100 100 200 200 400 400 300 400 Terrestrial Planets Jovian Planets The Sun Small Solar System Bodies 300 300 300 200 400 200 100 ...
... Jovian year 1 Jovian day = 12 EH Huge storms Great red spot hurricane larger than Earth Some moons may have water Saturn 29 years to orbit Large rings ...
Inner or Terrestrial Planets All the inner planets formed at the same time. Their composition is also very similar. They lack the huge atmospheres of Jovian planets.
our Milky Way. galaxies. Big Bang. history/future of the Universe. dark matter/energy ... many moons. jovians. gas giants. Jupiter, Saturn. ice giants. Uranus, ...
Introduction to the Solar System Edward M. Murphy Space Science for Teachers 2005 The Solar System The Terrestrial Planets The Jovian Planets The Jovian Planets ...
Personality tests attempt to measure personality traits, states, types, and ... Jovian McKinley - neuropsychiatrist. both of the University of Minnesota Hospitals ...
First Rocky Exoplanet Detected Most known exoplanets are large and have low densities - similar to jovian planets in our solar system A space telescope recently ...
B. Outer or Jovian planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. MERCURY. TOPIC 2: MERCURY ... Both are very small and very close! Captured Asteroids? ...
JOVIAN (GAS GIANT) PLANETS SATURN Nearly as big as Jupiter, and it rings very nicely. Cassini image of Saturn, edge-on rings, their shadows, & moons Dione & Enceladus ...
The Giant Planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune Chapter 8 Jovian Planets: Basics Distance: 5-30 AU Much farther from Sun than terrestrial planets Much colder ...
Chapter 7: The Jovian Planets. Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune ... Chapter 7: The Jovian Planets. Neptune shows more distinct cloud features than does Uranus. ...
Jupiter is one of the easiest planets to spot from the Earth. ... In case you booked your holiday! Journey time 18 months. 1 Jovian year 11.9 Earth years ...
... with observation of Jupiter. Drill beneath Europa's ice ... Departure from Jupiter. Elevation to Jovian centered orbit. Burn to Earth. One year travel time ...