Transcript Uranus

Uranus/
Neptune
Pluto
Jovian
Moons
Solar
system
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Herschel
Who discovered the green
disk that became known as
Uranus?
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Uranus
Which planet has the largest
axial tilt?
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Causes extreme seasonal effects
Uranus axis does what to the
seasons on Uranus?
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They contain methane, which absorbs red
Why are Neptune and Uranus
bluish?
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The great dark spot
In 1989, Neptune had a great
storm called
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The moons of the jovian planets
Pluto’s density is most similar
to
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It is inclined more than the eight planets of
the Solar System
What is special about Pluto’s
orbit?
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Pluto and Charon
What is the closest thing to a
binary planet in our solar
system
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It is call a Kuiper belt object, a Dwarf
planet and a Plutoid
What is Pluto considered and where
in the Solar system does it reside?
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It has not cleared its orbital path
Why is Pluto not a planet?
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An impact crater makes it look like the
Death star.
What is special about Mimas
features
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It has an atmosphere
What is the importance of
Titan?
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Triton
Besides Titan which other
moon has Nitrogen is its
atmosphere
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It will form part of the
rings of Neptune
What is the future of Triton, a moon of
Neptune?
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Miranda
Which moon of Uranus has
varying terrains, which might
mean something catastrophic
happened?
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sun
In terms of composition the
Jovians are more like the
____________ than the
terrestrial planets
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Kuiper Belt
A collection of icy objects
that lie outside Neptune is
the
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Oort Cloud
The most distant objects in our
solar system are in the
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Mars
Most orbits of Asteroids are beyond
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Ammonia decrease and methane increases
Which atmospheric
component decreases and
which increase as you go out
from the sun in the jovian
planets
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Oxidized iron
Why is Mars red?
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How many moons does Mars
have?
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Mercury, Mars, Venus
What is the size in order from
smallest to largest of the
terrestrial planets (excluding
Earth)
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Figure out rotational rates
Studying the magnetospheres
of the jovians allows us to
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The Roche limit
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rock
Asteroids are mostly made of
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Kuiper Belt
A collection of icy objects that lie outside
Neptune is the
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Oort Cloud
The most distant objects in
our solar system are in the
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It is call a Kuiper belt object, a Dwarf
planet and a Plutoid
What is Pluto considered and
where in the Solar system does it
reside?
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They fall within the Roche limit
The reason the rings exist is