'Small planets' diaporamas de présentation

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ASTR/GEOL-2040: Search for life in the Universe: Lecture 36

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Basic Geo Review Words

Basic Geo Review Words. The big bang Edwin hubble Spiral galaxy Galaxies Black dwarf Supernova Red giant Ice Giant Gas giants Jovian Planets Nebula Terrestrial Planets Paleozoic Era Precambrian Eon Seismologist Fault Seismic Waves Primary waves Supervolcano Stratocone Volcano

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ASTR1001: Mountains and Atmospheres

ASTR1001: Mountains and Atmospheres. Summary. In this section, we will talk about the mountains of different planets, and about their atmospheres. Puzzle 1 - why are small objects much lumpier than big ones? Puzzle 2 - why do the atmospheres of planets vary so much.

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Planetary Atmospheres

Planetary Atmospheres. Greenhouse Effect. 90 atmospheres!. Planetary Atmospheres. Greenhouse Effect. 240 watts/m 2 in. 240 watts/m 2 out. Small fraction escapes into space. 50% reflected by clouds and surface. CO 2 H 2 0. Planetary Atmospheres. Greenhouse Effect.

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Exoplanet Science with WFIRST-AFTA Microlensing 18

Exoplanet Science with WFIRST-AFTA Microlensing 18. Scott Gaudi Matthew Penny The Ohio State University. Kepler is revolutionizing our understanding of exoplanets here!. Ground-based Surveys. Ground-based surveys only sensitive to masses greater than ~ M earth .

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A Census of the Solar System

A Census of the Solar System. 1 star and 8 major planets. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune. (1) (2) (17) (18) (21) (8). terrestrial. giant. Planetary comparisons. The Gas Giants. Jupiter -- 1/1000 M sun , 300 M earth

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Searching for Alien Worlds

Searching for Alien Worlds. Methods of Searching for Alien Planets. Pulsar Timing Astrometry Radial Velocity Transits Lensing Imaging. Wobbling Stars.

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Planet Formation with Different Gas Depletion Timescales: Comparing with Observations

Planet Formation with Different Gas Depletion Timescales: Comparing with Observations. Huigen Liu, Ji-lin Zhou, Su Wang huigen@nju.edu.cn Dept. of Astronomy Nanjing University Nanjing 210093, China. Previous works:. Core accretion scenario, Monte Carlo Method : Peering works:

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Effects of Kozai Migration on Formation of Close-in Planets

Effects of Kozai Migration on Formation of Close-in Planets. Soko Matsumura (University of Maryland) Douglas P. Hamilton (University of Maryland). Motivation. Hot Jupiters tend to be singletons (e.g., Latham et al. 2011) .

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Number of eclipsing binaries vs. transiting planets: preparation of follow-up observations

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Probing for Puny Planets

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Other Moons

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By: Sunil Parsot, Robyn Lawrence & Phenix Holmes-Albert

By: Sunil Parsot, Robyn Lawrence & Phenix Holmes-Albert. Planet-X is.

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