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Collecting and Mapping Planetary Data
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Direct measurements (in situ)
• Collecting data directly at the site of scientific interest
• Ground stations on Earth
• Landers and atmospheric probes for other planets
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Direct measurements (in situ)
Ground Weather Station
Mars Exploration
Rover
Mars Phoenix Lander
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Remote Sensing• Gathering information about an object without
coming into direct contact with the object.
Telescopes gather light from distant planets, stars, and galaxies.
Satellites orbiting the Earth collect information about the weather.
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Most scientific remote sensing,particularly from satellites, involves
light…
but not necessarily light as you might typically imagine!
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• All light has a particular energy, and each energy reveals different information
• Humans are only able to see a small range of these energies, known as the visible spectrum
• Other types of light include gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, infrared light, and radio waves.
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Let’s take a look at some of these different types of light, and
what we can do with them.
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Radio Wave Light• Radio waves are the
lowest energy in the spectrum.
• Radio waves are used to transmit radio and television signals and to map the surfaces of planets that are obscured at other wavelengths.
Saturn
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Infrared Light• One use of infrared
light is thermal imaging.
• Objects at common Earth temperatures release infrared light that can be used to determine surface temperature.Saturn
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Visible Light
• Visible light is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our eyes.
• Red light is lower energy than violet light.
• All the colors of the rainbow combine to make white light.
Saturn
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Ultraviolet Light
• Some insects, including bees, can see UV light.
• Astronomers can use ultraviolet light to study energetic objects in the universe.
Saturn
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X-Ray Light• X-rays pass through
some objects better than others.
• Medical X-ray images are actually shadows of objects that x-rays could not pass through.
Saturn
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Gamma Ray Light• The highest energy in the
electromagnetic spectrum.• Generated by some
radioactive elements and events resulting from nuclear processes.
• Gamma ray light can be used to map elemental composition of planets.
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GRS and THEMIS Remotely Sense Mars
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How are gamma rays and neutrons produced by cosmic rays?
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Gamma Ray Animation
Play Gamma Ray Animation
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Potassium Map of Mars
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Potassium Map of United States
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Why Do We Care?
• Although each of these types of light are found in the electromagnetic spectrum, they are created in different ways and give us different types of information.
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Remote Sensing• Orbiting satellites can
detect light of various energies.
• Shown here are a visible image of Lake Tahoe and a surface temperature map made with infrared data
• We can represent remote sensing data using false color images.
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Mapping Activity
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Surface Air Temperature Data
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Calculated Soil Moisture DataJuly (1971-2000)
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Martian Map of WaterTest for Understanding
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Describe the distribution of water on Mars