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Planetary “Geology”Planetary “Geology”Planetary “Geology”Planetary “Geology”EarthEarth 1212thth Edition Edition Chapter 24Chapter 24EarthEarth 1212thth Edition Edition -- Chapter 24Chapter 24
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Chapter 24 Chapter 24 –– Planetary GeologyPlanetary Geology
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• The solar system includes:– Sun (~99.85 percent of mass of solar system)( y )– Eight planets and their satellites– Asteroids– Comets– Comets– Meteoroids
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Orbits of the Planets
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Orbits of the Planets
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• Nebular Theory: Formation of the Solar System– The nebular theory explains the formation of the solar e ebu a t eo y e p a s t e o at o o t e so a
system• The Sun and planets formed from a solar nebula (a
cloud of interstellar gases and dust)cloud of interstellar gases and dust)• Contracted due to gravity, most of the material
collected in the center to form the hot protosun• Remaining material formed a thick, flattened
rotating disk around the protosun– Repeated collisions of particles in the disk formed
planetesimals (asteroid-sized objects)
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• Nebular Theory: Formation of the Solar System– The solar nebula contracted
• Repeated collision of planetesimals formed protoplanets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars– Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars • Far from the Sun, ices (water, carbon dioxide,
ammonia, methane) also contributed to the f ti f l t i l d t l tformation of planetesimals and protoplanets
– Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• The Planets: Internal Structures and Atmospheres– Terrestrial planets
• “Earth-like,” “inner planets”• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
– Jovian planetsJovian planets• “Jupiter-like,” “outer planets”• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• The Planets: Internal Structures and Atmospheresp– Internal Structures
• Early segregation of material by chemical separation led to layering of planetsseparation led to layering of planets
– Terrestrial planets have iron/nickel cores and silicate crustsJupiter and Saturn have small iron rich cores and– Jupiter and Saturn have small iron-rich cores and hydrogen and helium outer layers
– Uranus and Neptune have small iron-rich cores, ammonia and methane mantles, and hydrogen andammonia and methane mantles, and hydrogen and helium outer layers
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Comparing the Internal Structures of the Planets
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• The Planets: Internal Structures and AtmospheresAtmospheres– The Atmosphere of Planets
• Solar heating and gravity affect the thicknessSolar heating and gravity affect the thickness of a planet’s atmosphere
– Jovian planets have a very thick hydrogen- and h li i h t hhelium-rich atmosphere
» Lesser water, methane, ammonia and other hydrocarbons
– Terrestrial planets have a thin atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygenyg
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Planetary Atmospheres
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Our Solar System: An Overview
• Planetary Impacts– Impact craters are the result of planetary collisions y
with massive bodies• Meteoroids with masses less than 10 kilograms lose
90 percent of their speed as they pass through Earth’s t hatmosphere
– Planetary impacts were more common in the early formation of the solar system
f• Period of intense bombardment– Craters excavated by objects that are several
kilometers across often exhibit a central peak
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Formation of an Impact Crater
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Lunar Crater Euler
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• The Moon is the largest satellite relative to its planet in the solar system
• General characteristics– Diameter of 3475 kilometers
• One fourth of Earth’s diameter• One-fourth of Earth s diameter– Temperature variations of 107ºC to −153ºC– Density is 3.3 times that of water– Gravitational attraction is one-sixth of Earth’s
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• How Did the Moon Form?– Result of a collision with a Mars-sized asteroid
• 4.5 billion years ago• Earth was semi-molten
– Debris from collision was ejected into orbit around EarthDebris from collision was ejected into orbit around Earth• Particles eventually coalesced into the Moon
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• The Lunar Surface– Two types of terraino types o te a
• Maria – Smooth plains of basaltic lava
Terrae or L nar Highlands• Terrae or Lunar Highlands– Breccias elevated several kilometers above the maria
• Impact Craters– Because the moon has no atmosphere, a 3-meter-wide
meteoroid can create a 150-meter-wide crater
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The Moon
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Lunar Surface Features
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• History of the lunar surface– Formation of the original crust
• 4.4 billion years ago, magma ocean began to cool and underwent magmatic differentiation
– Dense minerals sank– Less dense silicates floated to the surface
» Most common highland rock is anorthosite
– Excavation of the large impact basins• Lunar crust was bombarded by debris• Frequency of bombardment decreased 3.8 billion years ago
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Formation of lunar maria, stage one:stage one:
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Formation of lunar mariamaria
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Large Impact Basins
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20-km wide crater Euler
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• History of the lunar surface– Filling of mare basins
• Maria basalts are 3.0–3.5 billion years old– Formation of rayed craters
• Meteoroid impacts that are younger than mariaMeteoroid impacts that are younger than maria• Rays are lightly colored ejected material
– Example: Copernicus crater
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Earth’s Moon: A Chip Off the Old Block
• Today’s Lunar Surface: weathering and erosion– Lack of atmosphere and flowing water on the Moon– Tectonic forces no longer active– Erosion is dominated by impacts of tiny particles from
space (micrometeorites)space ( c o eteo tes)• Continually bombard surface and mixed upper layer of
lunar crust• Crust is covered with soil-like lunar regolithg
– Composed of igneous rocks, breccia, glass beads, and lunar dust
– Regolith is anywhere from 2 to 20 meters thick
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Harrison Schmitt
The only geologistgeologist on y ssthe moon!
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Footprint in the L “ il”Lunar “soil”
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Terrestrial Planets
• Mercury: The Innermost Planet– Innermost and smallest planet– Revolves quickly, rotates slowly
• Greatest temperature extremes in the solar system– Absorbs most of the solar radiation it receivesAbsorbs most of the solar radiation it receives– Has a magnetic field
• Hot and fluid coreVast smooth terrains and heavily cratered terrain– Vast, smooth terrains and heavily cratered terrain
– Lobate scarps
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Mercury
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Terrestrial Planets
• Venus: The Veiled Planet– Second to the Moon in brilliance – Rotates in the opposite direction as other planets
• Retrograde motion– Rotation is incredibly slowRotation is incredibly slow– Similar to Earth in size – Densest atmosphere of terrestrial planets
At h i 97 t b di id• Atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide• Extreme greenhouse effect
– Surface marked by: • Lava flows, craters, and highlands
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ComputerComputer generated
i f Vview of Venus
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Venus
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Lava Flows on Venus
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Lava Flows on Venus
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• Mars: The Red PlanetTerrestrial PlanetsMars: The Red Planet– Half the diameter of Earth– Atmosphere
• 1 percent as dense as Earth’s• Primarily carbon dioxide
Mean surface temperature variations– Mean surface temperature variations• −140ºC at the poles in winter• 20ºC at the equator in summerq
– Topography• Pitted with impact craters filled with dust
Reddish color is due to iron oxide– Reddish color is due to iron oxide• Period of extreme cratering ended 3.8 billion years ago• Two-third of the surface is heavily cratered Martian y
highlands• One-third of the surface is younger, lower plains
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Two Hemispheres of Mars
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Terrestrial Planets
• Mars: The Red Planet– Volcanoes on Mars
• Volcanism prevalent throughout Martian history• Olympus Mons—largest volcano in the solar system
– Resembles a shield volcano• Volcanoes are large because plate tectonics is absent
on Mars– Formed by mantle plumes
– Wind Erosion on Mars• Dominant force shaping the Martian surface is wind• Dust storms with winds up to 270 kilometer/hour
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Olympus Mons
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Pathfinder: first geologist on Mars
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The VallesThe Valles Marineriscanyoncanyon
system on MarsMars
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Terrestrial Planets
• Mars: The Red Planet– Water Ice on Mars
• Ice is found within a meter of the surface poleward of 30 degrees latitude
• Permanent ice caps are found on the poles– Maximum water ice held there is about 1.5 times the amount
covering Greenland• Liquid water once flowed on Mars
C t d t ll d l t d f t– Created stream valleys and related features
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Similar Rock Outcrops
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Earth-Like Stream Channels
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Crater wall, ,water
gulliesgullies
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Streamlined islands in Ares
VallesValles
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Terraces and stream channel
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Patterned ground: permafrost?permafrost?
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Jovian Planets
• Jupiter: Lord of the Heavens– Largest planetg
• 2.5 times more massive than combined mass of all other planets, satellites, and asteroids in the solar system
– Three main cloud layersy• Innermost blue-gray layer of water ice• Middle orange-brown layer of ammonium hydrosulfide droplets• Outermost white layer of ammonia icey
– Due to immense gravity, Jupiter is shrinking• Contraction generates heat that drives atmospheric circulation• Dark-colored beltsDark colored belts
– Cool material is sinking and warming• Light-colored zones
– Warm material is ascending and coolingWarm material is ascending and cooling
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Jupiter
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Artist’s view of Artist s view of Jupiter with the Great Red Spot Great Red Spot visible
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Atmospheric structure
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Jovian Planets
• Jupiter: Lord of the Heavens– Great Red Spot
• Enormous storm– Twice the size of Earth
• Observed for over 300 years– Magnetic field
• Generated by a liquid metallic hydrogen layer• Strongest in the solar systemSt o gest t e so a syste• Bright auroras associated with magnetic field
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Jupiter’s Aurora
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Jovian Planets
• Jupiter’s Moons– Jupiter has 67 moons– Four largest moons are the Galilean satellites
• Ganymede – Has a dynamic core and magnetic fieldy g
• Callisto– Roughly the size of Mercury
• Io– Most volcanically active body in the solar system
• Europa– Covered with ice, possibly liquid water under the ice
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Jupiter’s Four Largest Moons
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Io
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Europa
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Ganymede
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Callisto
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Volcanic Eruption on Io
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Jovian Planets
• Jupiter: Lord of the Heavens– Jupiter’s Ringsg
• Composed of fine, dark particles, similar to smoke particles
• The main ring is composed of particles believed to be from the surfaces of the two small moons Metis and Adrastea
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Jovian Planets
• Saturn: The Elegant PlanetSimilar to Jupiter in atmosphere composition– Similar to Jupiter in atmosphere, composition, and internal structure• Atmosphere is 93 percent H and 3 percent p p p
He by volume– Saturn’s Moons
• 62 known moons• Titan is Saturn’s largest moon
– Larger than Mercury– Has a substantial atmosphere– Earth like geologic landformsEarth like geologic landforms
» Caused by methane “rain”
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The ring system of Saturn
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Saturn & moons
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Saturn’s Satellites
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Jovian Planets
• Saturn: The Elegant Planet– Saturn’s Ring Systemg y
• Composed of small particles (water ice and rocky debris) that orbit the planet
• Most rings fall into one of two categories based on particle density
• Thought to be debris ejected from moons – Origin is still being debated
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Saturn’s Rings
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Saturn’s Ring Moons
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Jovian Planets
• Uranus and Neptune: Twins– Both equal in diameter and bluish in appearance
• Result of methane in the atmosphere– Mantles are water, ammonia, methane– Uranus takes 84 Earth years to complete one revolutionUranus takes 84 Earth years to complete one revolution
around the sun– Neptune takes 165 Earth years to complete one
revolution around the Sunrevolution around the Sun
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Jovian Planets
• Uranus and Neptune: Twins– Uranus: The Sideways PlanetU a us e S de ays a et
• Rotates on its side– Due to a large impact
Uran s’ moons• Uranus’ moons– Moons have varied terrains
• Uranus’ rings– 10 sharp-edged rings orbiting the equatorial region
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Uranus
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• Uranus and Neptune: TwinsJovian Planets
• Uranus and Neptune: Twins– Neptune: The Windy Planet
• Dynamic atmosphereDynamic atmosphere – One of the windiest places in the solar system– Large dark spots are short-lived storms
• Neptune’s moons– 14 known satellites
T it i th l t N t i– Triton is the largest Neptunian moon» Has an atmosphere» Has cryovolcanism—eruptions of water ice, methane y p ,
ice, and ammonia ice
• Neptune’s ringsHas fi e rings t o broad and three narro– Has five rings: two broad and three narrow
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Neptune
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Triton
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• Asteroids: Leftover PlanetesimalsSmall Solar System BodiesAsteroids: Leftover Planetesimals– Asteroids are small bodies
• Left over from the formation of the solar systemLeft over from the formation of the solar system – Irregular shaped, porous bodies
» “piles of rubble”
M t bit i th t id b lt b t M d• Most orbit in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
– Only four asteroids with diameters greater thanOnly four asteroids with diameters greater than 400 kilometers
– 1–2 million asteroids with a diameters greater than 1 kilometer1 kilometer
– Some have very eccentric orbits» 1000–2000 Earth-crossing asteroids
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Asteroid Belt
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Giant Asteroid Vesta
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ErosEros
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EEros
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Comets: Dirty Snowballs– Comets are also leftover material from the formation of
the solar system• Loose collection of rocky material, dust, water ice,
and frozen gasesand frozen gases– Most reside in the outer reaches of the solar system
• Take hundreds of thousands of years to orbit the Sun
• Some short-period comets (orbital period less than 200 years)y )
– Halley’s Comet– Comet Holmes
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Comet’s Tail
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Comets: Dirty Snowballs– Structure and composition of cometsSt uctu e a d co pos t o o co ets
• Small central body called a nucleus• Escaping gases and dust around the nucleus is the
comacoma• As a comet approaches the Sun, most develop a
tail that points away from Sun due to: – Radiation pressure– Solar wind
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Comet Holmes
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Comets: Dirty Snowballs– The realm of comets: The Kuiper belt and Oort cloudThe realm of comets: The Kuiper belt and Oort cloud
• The Kuiper belt exists beyond Neptune and contains comets in orbit around the Sun
Halley’s Comet originated in the Kuiper belt– Halley s Comet originated in the Kuiper belt• The Oort cloud consists of comets distributed in all
directions from the Sun– Only a tiny fraction of Oort cloud comets come into the
inner solar system
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Comet Wild 2
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O bit f Orbits of Kuiper
Belt Objectsj
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Meteoroids: Visitors to Earth– A meteoroid is a small, solid particle
• Called meteors when they enter Earth’s atmosphere– Originate from:
• Interplanetary debrisInterplanetary debris• Material ejected from asteroid belt• Rocky/metallic remains of a comet
– Meteor ShowersMeteor Showers• A meteor shower occurs when meteor sightings
increase to 60 or more per hour– Associated with debris ejected from cometsAssociated with debris ejected from comets
• Meteoroids large enough to survive passage through Earth’s atmosphere originate from the asteroid belt
– A few have blasted craters onto Earth’s surface
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Meteor Crater
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Meteoroids: Visitors to EarthTypes of meteorites– Types of meteorites• The remains of meteoroids found on Earth
are referred to as meteorites• Classified by composition
– Irons» Aggregates of iron with 5–20 percent nickel
– Stony (chondrites)» Silicate minerals with inclusions of other minerals» Silicate minerals with inclusions of other minerals» Carbonaceous chondrite contains organic compounds
– Stony-irons» A mixture of stony and iron
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Iron Meteorite
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Iron meteorite found near Meteor Crater, Arizona
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Meteor Crater, Arizona
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Small Solar System Bodies
• Dwarf Planets– Dwarf planets are round and orbit the Sun but are not
large enough to sweep debris from their orbital paths• Pluto is a dwarf planet
– Smaller than Earth’s Moon• Other dwarf planets include Eris (a Kuiper belt object)
and Ceres (largest known asteroid)
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Pluto’s Surface
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Swirling Patterns on Pluto
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Relative Sizes of Dwarf Planets
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The End !!!