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Chapter 9

Chapter 9. Our Solar System and Others. Introduction. A stronomers have long speculated about the origin of our Solar System. They have noted regularities in the way the planets orbit the Sun and in the spacing of the planetary orbits.

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The Gas Giants

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The Gas Giants

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Simulations of The Three-Body Problem: Finding Chaos in the Cosmos

Simulations of The Three-Body Problem: Finding Chaos in the Cosmos. Craig Huber and Leah Zimmerman San Francisco State University Mathematics 490 Professor Goetz. Ptolemy (2 nd century C.E.) of the Early Greeks developed a geocentric scheme for the solar system.

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King of the Planets

Jupiter. King of the Planets. Where is Jupiter?. 5 th Planet from the Sun. 483,600,000 Miles (5.2 Angstrom Units). Planet Orbital Periods (in Earth-Years). 29.46. 1.88. .24. .62. 84.01. 11.86. 164.8. 247.7. Gaseous Atmosphere of Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon Dioxide, Methane.

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SOLAR SYSTEM

SOLAR SYSTEM. The Sun. Nine Planets. Sixty-one satellites of the planets. Many Comets and asteroids. SUN. 75% hydrogen and 25% helium by mass Sun converts hydrogen to helium in its core Differential rotation equator the surface rotates once every 25.4 days

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The Giant Planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

The Giant Planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune. Chapter 8. Jovian Planets: Basics. Distance: 5-30 AU Much farther from Sun than terrestrial planets Much colder (100-50 K) Mass: 10-100 Earth masses Much more massive than terrestrial planets Jupiter & Saturn are similar

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Life in the Universe

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GEOL 3045: Planetary Geology

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Saturn

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