Tour of the Solar System

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Tour of the Solar System
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Geology past the Earth

• The principles of geology can be used to study
  the surfaces of other planets.

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Terrestrial planets

• Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
• Moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Pluto/Charon

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Mercury

• Mercury has a lunar-like geology.

Caloris Basin
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Mercury

• Mercury is almost tidally locked, like the Moon.

Santa Maria Rupes
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Venus

• Venus surface has only been revealed in the past
  10 years.

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Venus

• The surface of Venus is like the surface of hell.

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Venus

• Venus has a young, basaltic surface.

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Mars

• Mars has the most Earth-like geology.

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Mars

• Mars has a thin atmosphere of CO2.

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Mars

• Familiar geologic features/processes.

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Mars

• Familiar geologic features/processes.

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Mars

• Mars geologic history was once warmer and wetter
  than now.

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Jupiter

• Jupiters geologic features are all atmospheric.

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Moons of Jupiter

• Io is the most active body in the Solar System.

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Moons of Jupiter

• All these worlds are yours except Europa

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Moons of Jupiter

• Ganymede and Callisto are two of the larger
  bodies in the Solar System.

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Saturn

• Saturn is the furthest out of the historical
  planets.

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Saturns moons
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Uranus moons

• Uranus orbits the Sun on its side.

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Neptune moons
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Pluto/Charon