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Our Solar System

Our Solar System. The 9 (or 8? or 10+?) Planets and their satellites http://www.yorku.ca/observe Any questions? … E-mail: pdelaney@yorku.ca. York University Astronomical Observatory. Open every Wednesday night of the year for public tours. Best views of Mercury from Earth.

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Our Solar System

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  1. Our Solar System • The 9 (or 8? or 10+?) Planets and their satellites • http://www.yorku.ca/observe • Any questions? … E-mail: pdelaney@yorku.ca

  2. York University Astronomical Observatory Open every Wednesday night of the year for public tours

  3. Best views of Mercury from Earth

  4. Mercury in 1975 (new photos due in 2008 from the Messenger mission launched in 2004)

  5. Venus: like Earth?

  6. From the surface:

  7. Unique Features:

  8. The Earth – Moon System

  9. Earth: Our Home

  10. Earth: Interior

  11. Aurora: Natural ‘fireworks’ in the sky

  12. An aurora from Earth orbit

  13. The Moon: Near and Farside Views

  14. People on the Moon1969 - 1972

  15. Space Shuttle Launch

  16. The International Space Station (ISS)

  17. Working in space

  18. Mars: Two Views Ground Telescope Hubble Space Telescope

  19. Mars: Up Close

  20. Mars: On The Surface Phoenix 2007

  21. The asteroid belt: we have takenclose-up photos of only 4 asteroids!

  22. Jupiter: The King of Planets

  23. Jupiter’s Dynamic Atmosphere

  24. Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy

  25. Jupiter and its Satellites

  26. Io and its Volcanoes

  27. Europa and its ice-covered ocean

  28. Saturn and its Rings

  29. Mysterious Titan Titan from Cassini

  30. Saturn’s Satellites Encelardus Dione

  31. Uranus and Neptune

  32. Neptune and Uranus

  33. Pluto: Best Views until 2015

  34. Pluto and Charon: Planet and Moon,or just a pair of big, icy asteroids?

  35. A 10th planet? (artist’s impression)

  36. 2003 UB313 is bigger than Pluto! Is it the 10th planet, or just another icy asteroid?

  37. Comet Hale Bopp

  38. Any Questions …

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