1 Arrow h t shows entry point of Galileo probe, Dec. 1995http://www.solarviews.com/raw/jup/vjupitr5.mpg• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/hstimages.htmlLink to rotating view of Jupiter• http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00743 True color on top Enhanced color on bottomSurface covered with Surface covered with calderas (like Crater Lake…without the water!)• http://www.nineplanets.org/io.html• http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA007462• http://www.solarviews.com/cap/jup/callist1.htm Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe Amalthea is 247 km across Photos by Galileo probe, 1996-97• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/ganymede/PIA01076.html Discovered by Voyager I This photo by Galileo space probe--November 9, 1996• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/callisto/p48188.html Voyager I, II went there in 1980, 81 This photo by Cassini in 2004• http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html• http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/index.cfm• http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?path=../multimedia/images/rings/images/PIA05421.jpg&type=image• http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=575• http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMHB881Y3E_1.html3• http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/saturn/encelads.htm• http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1996/15/image/a Asteroids Meteoroids CometsKuiper Belt ObjectsKuiper Belt Objects Dwarf Planets Orbits Sun Not a satellite Dominates its orbital path is in orbit around Sun has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to pull itself into near-spherical shape has not cleared the neighborhood around has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit is not a satellite HST image• http://www.solarviews.com/cap/pluto/pluto3.htm Pluto does not dominate its orbit Pluto is the first discovered Kuiper Belt Object“Plutonian objects” of which it “Plutonian objects” of which it is the original example Pluto’s moon is Charon4 Notice Pluto is sometimes closer to Sun than Neptune • http://www.nineplanets.org/plutodyn.html Notice Pluto’s large inclination to Sun’s equator• http://www.nineplanets.org/plutodyn.html Donut shaped area containing numerous icy bodies of various sizes Eris is the largest discovered Pluto and Charon are some Titan, moon of Saturn, is likely one that was captured by Saturn’s gravity Origin of numerous comets that orbit Sun in periods less than 200 years A division of Trans-Neptunian Objects Kuiper Belt Object Larger than Pluto Discovered in 2003http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/#sizeIn redCompare to Pluto in black• http://www.gps.caltech.edu/%7Echad/2004dw/ Pluto in red Neptune in gray Orcus in blue wikipedia, Orcus-transNeptunian object, 2008-1013 Earth for scale wikipedia, Orcus-transNeptunian object, 2008-1013 More Info: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=KBOs&Display=OverviewLongOrbits of Makemake (blue), Haumea (green), contrasted with the orbit of Pluto (red) and the ecliptic (grey). The perihelia(q)[3]and the aphelia (Q) are marked with the dates of passage. The positions on April 2006 are marked with the spheres illustrating relative sizes and differences in albedoand colour.5 Large Kuiper Belt Objects Pluto Eris Makemake Haumea The asteroid Ceres Other KBOs likely to be discovered that are also dwarf planets• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050907_ceres_planet.htmlIda, Gaspra, Deimos, Phobos• http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html• http://www.jplnet.com/img2002/meteor.jpg• http://www.dmsweb.org/6• http://www.xtec.es/recursos/astronom/craters/METEOR.jpg• http://www.nineplanets.org/sl9.html•
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