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A Survey of the Solar System
Class web site:http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~mboett/PSC100D/winter09/PSC100D_winter09.html
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The Relative Sizes of the Planets
1. 10 cm (tennis ball)
2. 30 cm (basket ball)
3. 1 m (3 feet)
4. 4 m (height of the lecture hall)
5. 15 m (width of the lecture hall)
Take a guess: In a model where the Earth has the size of a pingpong ball, what would
be the diameter of the sun?
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Relative Sizes of the Planets
Assume, we reduce all bodies in the solar system so that the Earth has diameter 3.7 cm (pingpong ball).
Mercury: ~ 1.1 cm
Sun: ~ 4 m (109 times Earth’s diameter).
Jupiter: ~ 41 cm
Saturn: ~ 35 cm
Uranus: ~ 15 cm
Pluto: ~ 7 mm (orange seed)
Venus, Earth: ~ 3.7 cm (pingpong ball)
Mars: ~ 2 cm
Neptune: ~ 14 cm
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The Orbits of the PlanetsIn our pingpong-ball-Earth model, how far
away would the sun be?
1. 15 m (across this lecture hall)2. 50 m (across this building)3. 500 m (Hocking River)4. 20 km (Nelsonville)5. 120 km (Columbus)
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Planetary Orbits
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Saturn
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Earth
VenusMercury
All planets revolve in almost circular (elliptical) orbits
around the sun, in approx. the same plane (ecliptic).
Sense of revolution: counter-clockwise
Sense of rotation: counter-clockwise (with exception of Venus, Uranus,
and Pluto)
Orbits generally inclined by no more than 3.4o
Exceptions:
Mercury (7o)
Pluto (17.2o)
(Distances and times reproduced to scale)
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Retrograde rotation Tipped over by more than 900
Mercury and Pluto: Unusually highly inclined orbits
Planetary Orbits and Rotation
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In our pingpong-ball-Earth model, how far away would a Centauri (the closest star
other than our sun) be?
1. 20 km (Nelsonville)2. 120 km (Columbus)3. 720 km (New York City)4. 6,500 km (Paris, France)5. 120,000 km (1/3 the way to the moon)
Distance Scales
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Two Kinds of PlanetsPlanets of our solar system can be divided
into two very different kinds:
Terrestrial (earthlike) planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Terrestrial PlanetsFour inner
planets of the solar system
Relatively small in size and mass (Earth is the
largest and most massive)
Rocky surface
Surface of Venus can not be seen directly from Earth because
of its dense cloud cover.
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The Jovian PlanetsMuch larger in mass
and size than terrestrial planets
Much lower average density
All have rings (not only Saturn!)
Mostly gas; no solid surface
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Space DebrisIn addition to planets, small bodies orbit the sun:
Asteroids, comets, meteoroids
Asteroid Eros,
imaged by the NEAR spacecraft
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The Asteroid Belt
Plu
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Saturn
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(Distances and times reproduced to scale)
Most asteroids orbit the sun in a
wide zone between the
orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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Comets
Mostly objects in highly elliptical orbits, occasionally coming close to the sun.
Icy nucleus, which evaporates and gets blown into space by
solar wind pressure.
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What is (approximately) the size of the solar system?1. 384,000 km2. 1 AU3. 100 AU4. 1 light year5. 75,000 light years
Remember:
1 AU = distance Sun – Earth = 150 million km
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The Outer Regions of our Solar System
Oort Cloud
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What are shooting stars?
1. Stars that are shooting out material in large eruptions.
2. Stars falling from the sky.
3. Small solar-system bodies colliding with the Earth.
4. Comets colliding with the Earth.
5. Stars armed with guns.
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Meteoroids
Small (m – mm sized) dust grains throughout
the solar system
If they collide with Earth, they evaporate in the
atmosphere.
Visible as streaks of light (“shooting stars”):
meteors.