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Friday October 12, 2012. ( Uranus and Neptune; Quiz 7). The Launch Pad Friday, 10/12/12. Identify this object. Io. The Launch Pad Friday, 10/12/12. Identify this object. Europa. The Launch Pad Friday, 10/12/12. Identify this object. Ganymede. The Launch Pad Friday, 10/12/12. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FridayOctober 12, 2012
(Uranus and Neptune; Quiz 7)
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
Identify this object
. Io
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
Identify this object
.Europa
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
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.Ganymede
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
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. Callisto
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
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.Saturn
The Launch PadFriday, 10/12/12
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. Titan
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Recent Events in ScienceDaredevil Skydiver May Attempt Supersonic Jump
Sunday After Delayshttp://www.space.com/18000-supersonic-skydive-felix-baumgartner-sunday.html
Read All About It!An Austrian daredevil will have to
wait until Sunday for his next chance to beat the world record for highest-ever skydive, and break the
sound barrier to boot.Strong winds thwarted Felix Baumgartner's two previous
attempts to leap from a balloon nearly 23 miles above Earth's
surface.Baumgartner plans to ascend to
120,000 feet and then step out into the void. He would thus shatter the skydiving altitude record of 102,800
feet which was set in 1960 by former Air Force Capt. Joe
Kittinger.
UranusUranus is the seventh planet from
the Sun.It has the third-largest planetary
radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar
System.Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both are of
different chemical composition than the larger gas giants,
Jupiter and Saturn.
UranusUranus rotates on its side – it has an axial
tilt of 98˚.It has a ring system,
but much less extensive than
Saturn’s.
UranusUranus’ Large Moons Have Varied Terrains
NeptuneIn contrast to the relatively
featureless atmosphere of Uranus, Neptune's atmosphere is notable for
its active and visible weather patterns.
For example, at the time of the 1989Voyager 2 flyby, the planet's southern hemisphere possessed
a Great Dark Spot.These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any
planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as
1,300 mph.
NeptuneBecause of its great distance from
the Sun, Neptune's outer atmosphere is one of the coldest places in the Solar System, with temperatures at its cloud tops
approaching −218 °C.Neptune has a faint and
fragmented ring system (labeled 'arcs'), which may have been detected during the 1960s but was only indisputably confirmed
in 1989 by Voyager 2.
NeptuneNeptune has 13 known moons.
Triton is Neptune’s largest moon.
Triton orbits in the opposite direction from the way all the
planets travel.
It’s atmosphere is mostly nitrogen with a little methane.
Triton exhibits volcanic-like activity
It’s composed largely of water ice, covered with layers of solid nitrogen and methane.
Quiz 7
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