Chris Orban (OSU Physics) with David Weinberg (OSU Astronomy)
OSU Star Party Feb 13 2013
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Society of Physics Students Welcome You! To the Star Party
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Society of Physics StudentsWelcome You!
To the Star Party
Have you seen this planet?
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons, the 4 biggest discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610!
Earth’s Moon
• Average distance: 238,857 miles•5th Largest moon in the Solar System• Tallest mountain 2x size of Mt. Everest• 100 Earth lbs = 16.6 Lunar lbs
Moon Landings
Orion Nebula Distance across: 9 trillion miles
The Pleiades Distance across: 47 trillion miles
Andromeda Our galactic neighbor 147 million trillion miles away
Andromeda set on a collision course with the Milky Way!
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope