the universe
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The Universe. The Milky Way Galaxy , one of billions of other galaxies in the universe, contains about 400 billion stars and countless other objects. Why is it called the “Milky Way?”. Welcome to your Solar System, how well do you know your neighbors?. The Solar System consists of. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Universe
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The Milky Way Galaxy, one of billions of other galaxies in the
universe, contains about 400 billion stars and countless other objects.
Why is it called the “Milky Way?”
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Welcome to your Solar System, how well do you know your
neighbors?
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The Solar System consists of
8 classical planets 5 dwarf planets 240 known satellites (moons) Millions of comets and asteroids Countless particles; and interplanetary space.
Earth, the Sun, and other objects in the Solar System originated at the same time from the same source and
have evolved in varying ways since then.
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Mercury• Vertical axis (no
seasons)• Probable molten (Fe)
core• Silicate (SiO2) shell• Atmosphere created by
solar wind• 227oC to -137oC
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Venus• Axis spin opposite to
other planets (upside down?)
• Is core liquid or solid? - Unknown
• Active volcanism? - Probably
• Atmosphere 96.5% (CO2)
• 477oC “runaway” Greenhouse Effect
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Mars• Iron core, partially liquid• Silicate (SiO2) mantle
and crust• Active volcanism? -
Probably• Atmosphere 95.3%
(CO2)• Past “flooding” and
fluvial erosion of surface
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Water has flowed in the past. But is now locked up as ice in the ground and as polar ice caps. Drainage features due to short-
lived melting events
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Between Mars and Jupiter lies the
“Main Asteroid Belt”
There are millions of asteroids;
ranging from icy to rocky; and several different groups.Among the oldest materials in the
Solar System
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Terrestrial planets are small and rocky, with thin atmospheres, silicate and metallic shells.
O, Fe, Si, Mg, Ca, K, Na, Al
MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot - A hurricane the size of Earth lasting several centuries
Does Jupiter have a hard surface?
Lack of hard surface may allow for different winds at different speeds – hence, banding
90% Hydrogen, 10% Helium
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• Saturn: 9 rings of rock and ice particles, 10,000 km wide and 200 km thick
• Outer layer of frozen ammonia (NH3)
96% Hydrogen, 3.35% Helium• 62 moons
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• Uranus: axis tilted completely on its side
• 82.5% Hydrogen, 15.2% Helium, 2.3% Methane (CH4)
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• Neptune: highest winds in Solar system, 2000 km/hr
• 80% Hydrogen, 18.5% Helium, 1.5% Methane (CH4)
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Neptune clouds
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The internal structure of Neptune:
1. Upper atmosphere, top clouds
2. Atmosphere consisting of hydrogen, helium and
methane gas
3. Mantle consisting of water, ammonia and
methane ices
4. Core consisting of rock and ice
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Gas Giants are massive planets with thick atmospheres.
He, H, CO2, H2O, N2, CO, NH3, CH4
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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Comets are thought tooriginate from regions of icy,
mineral-rich bodies thatlie beyond the orbit of
Neptune.
Direction of travel
Direction to Sun
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What does a comet look like? They are “dirty snowballs.”
Comet Tempel, 19 seconds before impact
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Edgeworth-Kuiper beltand
Oort Cloud
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Dwarf Planet “an object in the Solar System that orbits the Sun and is not a
satellite of a planet or other celestial body. It must be spherical (or nearly so) in shape.”
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The beginning of the Solar System 6.9 billion
years ago – nebula formation
An ancestral star – ended its life: Red Giant
Explosion - Nebula
Solar Nebula Hypothesis
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Formation of a nebula
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Because the solar nebula was rotating, it contracted into a disc, and the planets formed with orbits lying in
nearly the same plane.
Nebula Collapse and Condensation
Rotation started by shockwavesfrom a nearby explosion (?)
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Planetesimal accretion - ~5 to 4.6 billion yrs ago
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When the Solar wind “turned on”, volatiles were expelled from inner Solar System
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Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
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Our Sun: A Massive Hydrogen Bomb held together by gravity
Solar core is site of nuclear fusion.
H is converted to He, which has less mass.
Mass differential is expelled as energy (light and heat).
The Sun is getting “lighter” through time.
Enough fuel to last another 4 to 5 billion years.
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Earth’s Geomagnetic FieldBlown into a streamlined shape by the Solar Wind.
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“Hadean Era”
In time EARTH’S interior accumulated heat
New atmosphere created by volcanic outgassing and delivery of gases and water by ice-covered comets.
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Early Earth
Earliest phase of Earth heating…
Near Moon…