'Asteroid eros' presentation slideshows

Astro 101 Fall 2013 Lecture 4 T. Howard

Astro 101 Fall 2013 Lecture 4 T. Howard. The Solar System. Planets Their Moons, Rings Comets Asteroids Meteoroids The Sun A lot of nearly empty space. Ingredients?. Solar System Perspective. Orbits of Planets. All orbit in same direction . Most orbit in same plane.

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A = Comet Toit-Hartley; B = Asteroid 1982 DB

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A = Comet Toit-Hartley; B = Asteroid 1982 DB

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Chapter 6 The Solar System: Comparative Planetology 1

Chapter 6 The Solar System: Comparative Planetology 1. Learning Goals. What is comparative planetology ? Describe the scale & structure of our solar sytem Summarize the basic differences between the terrestrial & jovian planets

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Charging and motion of dust grains near the Moon and asteroids

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Asteroids

Asteroids. Irregular (sometimes spherical) lumps of rock and metal that had never formed into planets during the formation of the solar system Several hundred thousand asteroids have been observed in the 10km to 100km size range, there maybe millions more of about 1km in size

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