'Cassini spacecraft' presentation slideshows

Astronomy 04 The Solar System

Astronomy 04 The Solar System. Chapter 11: "The Giant Planets". Test 3 on Chapters 10, 11 & 12 will be Thu 11/30. Review will be next Tue 11/28. A Comparison of Mercury Venus & Mars. Mercury Venus Mars Small Earth-sized Small No atmosphere Thick CO2 atmosphere Thin CO2 atmosphere

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Neptune

Size comparison of the Outer Planets. Earth. Neptune. Uranus. Early telescopic observations of Saturn. a. Galileo, 1610; b. Huygens 1655; c. Cassini 1676. Spacecraft that have visited Saturn.

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Saturn

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Spectral Lines

Spectral Lines. Celestial Fingerprinting. Goals. From light we learn about Composition Motion. Emission lines. Absorption lines. Continuum. A Spectrum. A spectrum = the amount of light given off by an object at a range of wavelengths. Temperature and Light. Warm objects emit light.

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The Moons of Our Solar System

The Moons of Our Solar System. How many moons are in our solar system?. 1? 9? 61? 159?. 159 and counting!. Moons of the Inner Planets. Mercury = 0. Venus = 0. Earth = 1, The Moon. Mars = 2, Phobos & Deimos. Moons of the Outer Planets.

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Cassini's Infrared Saturn

Images from Cassini, the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

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