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35 Cards in this Set
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Mercury |
~basically no atmosphere; greatest temperature variation; 2nd hottest planet die to one side always facing the sun ~Caloris Basin- a giant impact crater ~Smalled planet ~Closest to the Sun |
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Venus |
~hottest planet due to runaway greenhouse effect ~Russians sent probe here on the Venera Missions, but it was too hot and mission failed ~Magellan mapped the surface using radar methods ~Flat "pancake" volcanoes ~retrograde motion ~Tick Volcanoes ~Maxwell Montes- 2nd largest mountains in the solar system |
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Olympus Mons |
Tallest mountain in the solar system. 3x the size of mt. everest. MARS |
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MAriner Valley |
longest valley in the solar system; 5x as long and 4x as deep as the grand canyon. MARS |
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Tharsis Montes |
3 giant volcanoes with collapsed centers. MARS |
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Martian Blueberries |
possible evidence of water on mars (at least at one point in time). MARS |
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Viking missions, mariner missions, curiosity, opportunity and spirit rovers visited Mars |
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There are dry channels once filled with water; water trapped as ice at the poles and in soil as permafrost. MARS |
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Mars has as 2 satellites |
Phobos and Deimos- probably from asteroid belt |
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What is the largest planet? |
Jupiter |
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Jupiter may have solid core, but lacks defined solid surface- like the other outer planets |
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Giant Red Spot |
A giant storm known to have existed as long ago as the 1600s and is large enough to engulf the entire earth. Jupiter |
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All the Gas Giants have_______ |
Ring system |
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Jupiter has _____ moons, which includes the 4 Galilean moons |
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4 Galilean Moons |
Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede |
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Voyager 1 and 2 visited.... |
Jupiter Saturn |
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Io |
Most geologically active body in the solar system. 400 active volcanoes |
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Europa |
Water under the ice crust. Possible liquid water ocean under the surface. |
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Callisto |
Oldest and most cratered surface, no signs of geologic processes |
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Ganymede |
Along with Titan around Saturn, one of the largest moons in the Solar System. Less mass than Mercury |
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Saturn |
~2nd largest planet but has such as low density that it would actually float on water ~Gas Giant with a possible solid core |
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Jupiter has the largest ring system in the solar system; with sepherd moons" in between the bands |
Home to two important moons: Titan and Enceladus (but has a total of 62 total |
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Titan |
~Saturn's largest moon; 2nd largest in the solar system
~Only satellite to have a dense atmosphere ~Only body other than the Earth to have clear and present bodies ofliquid on its surface. (Liquid hydrocarbon/methane lakes – “Great Lakes”,“Kissing Lakes”)] |
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Huygens probe made a soft landing on the surface of what moon and took pictures and recorded wind sounds |
Titan |
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Enceladus |
Water rich in plumes to have been seen emitting from beneath it's surface |
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Mimas |
Large crater Hershel |
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Mimas Hershel- |
largest possible crater of the size of the moon due to Roche's Limit
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Uranus |
~Numerous moons and has them in rings ~Tilted on its side ~Retrograde Motion ~Woobly magnetic field due to tilt ~Voyager 2 |
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Miranda |
~Grooved Terrain- no idea why ~A huge scarp cliff ~Trapezoid- dark colored area in the shape ~Chevron- like and upside down 7 |
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Neptune |
§ Active and visible weatherpatterns, unlike Uranus. § Great DarkSpot … sometimes seems to either be covered up, dissipate, or move. § Small DarkSpot and “Scooter.” § Called the“Scooter” because it moves so fast around the planet. § Ring System. ~Visited by Voyager 2 |
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Triton |
~Largest moon of Neptune- Largest with retrograde orbit ~Possible Captured from the Kuiper Belt ~Geologically active including geysers that spray nitrogen |
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Kuiper Belt |
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Dwarf Planets |
§ Ceres (in asteroidbelt)
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Dwarf Planets |
Pluto o LargestDwarf planet, largest Kuiper Belt object. o 5 moons, ora binary system with Charon and 4 moons. o Heart-shaped area (TombaughRegio), “The Whale” and water ice. |
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Oort Cloud |
§ Comets vaporize as they getcloser to the sun and “grow” a tail … it always points away from the sun due tobeing pushed by the solar wind |
