Transcript Our Solar System Held together by Newtonian

Our Solar System
Held together by Newtonian Mechanics
Assembled By
Ken Mitchell
Livermore TOPScience
Mercury in Accentuated Color
Close ups of Mercury
Mariner 10’s flyby
Mercury
Mariner 10’s flyby
Mercury Chases the Sunset
Viewing Mercury is a Challenge
Mercury on the Horizon
Venus against a starry background
Venus Unveiled
Elevations
based on radar
measurements
of Venus during
the Magellan
Mission
Welcome to Planet Earth
Mutual gravitational perturbations between different
planets are present in any planetary system with
more than one planet. In our solar system, under the
influence of the other planets, the Earth's orbit
periodically evolves from purely circular to slightly
eccentric. This is actually enough to trigger the
alternation of warm and glacial eras. More drastic
orbital changes could well have prevented the
development of life.
From
“Astronomy & Astrophysics” paper – April ’07
Mars’ Near Approach to Earth
Mars in Opposition,
2001
Mars in Retrograde
Mars Was Closest to Earth on December 18, ‘07
Mars on December 11th 2007
Jupiter & 3 of the Galilean Moons.
Guess which one is missing.
Hubble spots rare
triple eclipse on
Jupiter
Jupiter’s X-Ray Auroras
Aurora on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot
Europa & Io
showing Volcano
Tvashtar
Saturn from Cassini at about 110 million km
Saturn – Another view
Sun Behind Saturn
A Mysterious Hexagonal Cloud System on Saturn
Saturnian Aurora
Uranus with Rings
and Moons
Hubble captures a rare eclipse on Uranus
A Sharper View of a Tilted Planet
Spring time on Neptune
Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon
Pluto and its moon Charon
Possible Pluto Moons