our solar system held together by newtonian mechanics assembled by ken mitchell livermore topscience
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Our Solar System
Held together by Newtonian Mechanics
Assembled ByKen Mitchell
Livermore TOPScience
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Mercury in Accentuated Color
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Close ups of Mercury
Mariner 10’s flyby
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Mercury
Mariner 10’s flyby
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Mercury Chases the Sunset
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Viewing Mercury is a Challenge
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Mercury on the Horizon
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Venus against a starry background
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Venus Unveiled
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Elevations based on radar measurements
of Venus during the Magellan
Mission
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Welcome to Planet Earth
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Mutual gravitational perturbations between different planets are present in any planetary system with more than one planet. In our solar system, under the influence of the other planets, the Earth's orbit periodically evolves from purely circular to slightly eccentric. This is actually enough to trigger the alternation of warm and glacial eras. More drastic orbital changes could well have prevented the development of life.
From “Astronomy & Astrophysics” paper – April ’07
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Mars’ Near Approach to Earth
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Mars in Opposition, 2001
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Mars in Retrograde
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Mars Was Closest to Earth on December 18, ‘07
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Mars on December 11th 2007
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Jupiter & 3 of the Galilean Moons.
Guess which one is missing.
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Hubble spots rare triple eclipse on
Jupiter
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Aurora on Jupiter
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The Great Red Spot
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Europa & Io showing Volcano
Tvashtar
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Saturn from Cassini at about 110 million km
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Saturn – Another view
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Sun Behind Saturn
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A Mysterious Hexagonal Cloud System on Saturn
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Saturnian Aurora
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Uranus with Rings and Moons
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Hubble captures a rare eclipse on Uranus
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A Sharper View of a Tilted Planet
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Spring time on Neptune
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Pluto and its moon Charon
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Possible Pluto Moons