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The Solar System
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The Sun’s Family - the Giants
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The Sun’s Family - the Dwarfs
Earth Venus
Mars
Ganymede Titan Mercury Callisto
Io Moon Europa Triton Pluto
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Object Actual Size Scaled Size Actual Distance Scaled DistanceSun 1,393,000 km 9.762 cm 0 0
Mercury 4878 0.034 57,900,000 km 4.1 mVenus 12,104 0.085 108,200,000 7.6Earth 12,712 0.089 149,500,000 10.5Mars 6746 0.047 227,900,000 16
Jupiter 143,000 1.002 778,300,000 54.5Saturn 120,500 0.845 1,427,000,000 100Uranus 51,100 0.358 2,869,600,000 201Neptune 49,500 0.347 4,497,000,000 315
Pluto 2274 0.016 5,914,000,000 414
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Planet Types
TerrestrialMercuryVenusEarthMars
Jovian JupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
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Overall System Properties
Orbits coplanar Orbit in same direction Most rotate in same direction Moons tend to orbit parent body in
the same direction Lenticular “laws”
DiameterNumber of moons
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Orbital Inclinations
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Comparing the Planet Types
Distance from Sun
Diameter Mass Density Composition Rotation Rate
Terrestrial
JovianClose Far
Small Large
Small
Large
Large Small
Rocky Solar
Slow Rapid
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Planetary Observations
Mass Follow the orbit of a moon. Follow the trajectory of a
spacecraft. Perturbations in the orbit of a
nearby planet.
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Planetary Observations
Radius Angular Diameter and
Distance
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Angular Diameter and Distance
Telescope Field of View
Angular Diameter
(seconds of arc)
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Radius Angular Diameter and
Distance Stellar Occultations
Planetary Observations
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Stellar OccultationsLight Curve
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Rings of Uranus
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The Discovery of Uranus
William Hershel 1781 Perturbations in the orbit discovered
Must be due to another planetFg M/d2
Mass from trends in the outer solar system
i Assumed about the mass of UranusDistance from Bode’s Law
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Bode-Titius Law47
10162852
100196
036
12244896
192
0.40.71.01.62.85.2
10.019.6
Mercury dVenus eEarth Mars f
Jupiter gSaturn hUranus i
Asteroids
384 388 38.8
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Neptune Found Position predicted by John Couch
Adams and Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
Observed by Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d’Arrest on Sept 23, 1846
Two moons found quicklyMass 17.2 M
Distance 30 AU
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The search for Planet IX Soon became apparent that Neptune
didn’t solve all the problems New search conducted by Percival Lowell
Looking for a small Jovian planetMass 6.6 M
Magnitude 10Clyde Tombaugh succeeds in 1930
Named Pluto Fainter than expected
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Pluto Found
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The Mass of Pluto
Pre-discovery 6.6 M
1968 0.911968 0.91
1976 0.111976 0.11
1978 0.00021978 0.0002
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More Planets?
Reanalysis of Voyager 2 data suggests that all perturbations are accounted for In fact the hunt for Pluto need not
have been conducted if more accurate data had been available
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The Kuiper Belt
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Radius Angular Diameter and
Distance Stellar Occultations Radar
Planetary Observations
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Radar
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Radius by Radar Send out very short pulse
One nanosecond is typical Signal reflects off of different parts
of the planet at different timesReturned signal spread out in time
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Planetary Observations
Rotational Period Radar
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Rotational Rate by Radar
Send out signal of only one wavelengthSignal is Doppler shifted by surface of
a rotating planetSignal received spread out in
wavelengthBlue Shift
hereRed Shift
here
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Rotation of Mercury
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Rotation of Venus
Orbital Period=224.7d
Rotational period=243d retrograde always presents the same face
toward Earth when the two planets are at their closest approach.
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Radar Map of Mercury
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Comparing Twins
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Venus
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Other Radar Findings
JupiterNo solid surface
SaturnNature of Rings
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Rotational Period Radar Surface features
Planetary Observations
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Planetary Observations
Rotational Period Radar Surface features Slant of spectral lines
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Spectrum of SaturnRings
Rings
Planet
Slit of Spectrograph
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Planetary Observations
Rotational Period Radar Surface features Slant of spectral lines Light variations
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Asteroid Ida
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Planetary Observations
Albedo Information required
Sun-Planet distance Planet-Earth distance Brightness of Sun Brightness of Planet
Basic Information on surface, atmosphere, clouds, ice
caps
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Albedos Mercury 0.11 Venus 0.65 Earth 0.37 Mars 0.15 Jupiter 0.52 Saturn 0.47 Uranus 0.50 Neptune 0.5 Pluto 0.6
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