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Rebirth of astrobiology
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Discussion
Why would someone go all the way to Antarctica just to collect meteorites?
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Shergottite
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Discussion
Though we have never returned a rock sample from Mars, we are certain that these meteorites came from there. How can we be so sure?
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Nakhlites
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ALH 84001 history
1. Formed on Mars 4.091 billion years ago2. Fractured by nearby impact 3.9-4.0 billion
years ago3. Spent time under water4. Launched into space 15 million years ago5. Landed in Antarctica 13,000 years ago6. Picked up in 1984
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Carbonate globule
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Formed by decay of dead organisms
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Nanobacteria Controversy
1-2 nanometers in size
Self replicate in microbiological culture
Inculpated radio-labeled uridine (component of RNA)
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2008
self-propagating mineral-fetuin complexes
i.e. blood proteins.
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Discussion
Is this enough evidence to convince you?
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Problems
1. Most evidence can be reproduced abiotically
2. Contamination of meteorite
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“If all this had been seen in a terrestrial rock, there wouldn’t be this level of skepticism.”
Simon J. ClemettLockheed Martin researcher
Unfairly rigorous level of proof?
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Mars Rover
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Hematite deposit on Mars
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Grey Hematite
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Methane
Mars express detected small quantities of methane in the Martian atmosphere
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Discussion
Methane oxidizes very easily only lasting a few years in Earth atmosphere. On Mars methane can last only a few hundred years. How does this gas get oxidized on Mars?
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Discussion
Why is the discovery of methane on Mars important?
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Carbonate and Olivine deposits
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Mars Science Laboratory
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Mission
To assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life, to determine the planet's "habitability."
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Curiosity landing site
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Moons
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Discussion
We can only see one side of the Moon from Earth. Does this mean the Moon does not rotate on an axis like the Earth does?
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Newton’s Universal Law of Gravity
• Every mass attracts every other mass through a force called gravity
• The force is directly proportional to the product of their masses
• The force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
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MMGF
Newton’s Universal Law of Gravity
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Discussion
The Earth’s gravitational force on the Moon keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth. Does the Moon exert of force on the Earth? Is this force greater than that exerted by the Earth on the Moon, less than, equal to, or is there no force?
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Discussion
Which billiard ball experiences the greatest force from the planet?
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Discussion
How do the outer two balls appear to move from the perspective of the center ball? Explain.
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Spring Tides and Neap Tides
The Sun also contributes to the Earth’s tides. When the Sun and Moon line up to produce higher tides, this is called spring tides. Neap tides occur when the Moon and Sun Partially cancel each other.
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As the Earth rotates, it carries the tidal bulge around with it, but the Moon, which orbits more slowly than a day, tugs on this bulge and slows the rotation of the Earth.
Thus the day is lengthening by about 0.002 seconds per century.
Tidal Friction
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Tidal Friction
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Discussion
Using the idea of tidal friction, explain why the Moon orbits the Earth synchronously.
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Synchronous rotation of the Moon
Just as the Moon raises tides on the Earth, the Earth raises tides on the Moon. But the tides are not raised in water but in the very crust of the Moon. The Earth’s gravity pulling on these tidal bulges slowed the Moon’s rotation period over millions to a period equal to that of the Moon’s orbit.
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Discussion
What are Kepler’s laws of planetary motion?
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Discussion
In actuality, we can see 59% of the Moon’s surface from the Earth. Explain why this is the case using Kepler’s laws.
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Conservation of angular momentum
Any object that is spinning or orbiting has angular momentum which is equal to the mass × velocity × radius.
In the absence of an external torque, or twisting force, the angular momentum will remain constant.
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The Earth-Moon system
The Moon exerts a force on the tidal bulges on Earth, trying to twist the tidal bugles back to face the Moon. This torque slows the rotation of the Earth.
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Discussion
If the Moon is slowing the Earth’s rotation then the Earth is losing angular momentum. But, if the angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system has to be conserved, where does that angular momentum go?
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Orbit of the Moon
Due to conservation of angular momentum, the slowing of Earth’s rotation requires the Moon to move faster in its orbit. Because the force of Earth’s gravity does not change, this means the Moon is getting further away, by about 2 inches per year.
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Fate of the Earth Moon System
Over billions of years the length of the month and the length of the day will be the same, about 47 days. The Moon will then be stationary in the sky.
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Discussion
Will the Moon still have phases?
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Pluto and Charon
Pluto has a large satellite named Charon which orbits Pluto in 6.4 days. Like most satellites in the solar system, Charon rotates synchronously, keeping the same face toward Pluto. In addition, like the future Earth-Moon system, Pluto also rotates in 6.4 days, keeping the same face toward Charon.
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