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Prelim 3 is next week!

Prelim 3 is next week!. Mars climate change Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and Neptune Asteroids, comets, impacts Pluto, trans-Neptunian region, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud Outer planet satellites and rings. Kuiper Belt vs. Oort Cloud.

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Prelim 3 is next week!

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  1. Prelim 3 is next week! • Mars climate change • Jupiter and Saturn • Uranus and Neptune • Asteroids, comets, impacts • Pluto, trans-Neptunian region, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud • Outer planet satellites and rings

  2. Kuiper Belt vs. Oort Cloud http://boojum.as.arizona.edu/~jill/NS102_2006/Lectures/Lecture6/kuiper3.jpg

  3. The Pluto system Pluto: discovered in 1930 Nix and Hydra: discovered in 2005 Charon: discovered in 1978 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/plutos_moons.html

  4. The best picture we have of Pluto http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-20100204.html

  5. Dwarf planets are small http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/dwarf_planets/images/five_dwarfs_earth_luna_big_jpg_image.html

  6. The Galilean moons From http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch11/ovhd.html

  7. Europa, Ganymede and Callisto Image from http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast110_06/gphah.html

  8. Close-up of Europa Image from http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast110_06/gphah.html

  9. Io’s tidal heating Elliptical orbit caused by orbital resonance Synchronous rotation Images from http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch11/ovhd.html

  10. Titan Images from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2783, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6851959/, and http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/moons/images/titan_surface_huygens_ground_color_big_jpg_image.html&edu=high

  11. Enceladus Images from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4023, http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/moons/images/enceladus_geyser_plumes_pia08386_big_jpg_image.html&nl=2 and http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/enceladus_flyby.html

  12. Hyperion Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07761

  13. Hyperion as seen by Voyager 2 Image from http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Miscellaneous/Intro_to_Solar_System/Solar_System.htm

  14. Miranda Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01490

  15. Miranda: 5km-high scarp (cliff) Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA00044_modest.jpg

  16. Miranda: Chevron grooves Image from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00038

  17. Triton Image from http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991010.html

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