'Runaway greenhouse effect' diaporamas de présentation

The importance of longevity in a greenhouse gas as climate forcing

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ASTR 330: The Solar System

ASTR 330: The Solar System. Mid-term exam #1 results at last. Class average was 168 out of 200 (84%)! Well done to everyone. Overall course class average is now 78%. New materials on-line later today. Congratulations - as of today you are halfway through the course!. Announcements.

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The Moon

The Moon. Mass . = 7.4 x 10 25 g = 0.012 M Earth ? = 1738 km = 0.27 R Earth. Radius. Density. = 3.3 g/cm 3 (Earth 5.5 g/cm 3 ) = 1/6 that of Earth. Gravity. We always see the same face of the Moon. This means: period of orbit = period of spin Why?. Tidal Locking.

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Announcements TA change for HW3 and HW4 Use Priyanka Sharma psharma@lpl.arizona.edu Office hours: Tuesday 10.30am-12.30p

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A look at Our Solar System

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Chapter 9: Venus

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AST 111 Lecture 19

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Whose Planet is it Anyway?

Whose Planet is it Anyway?. Environmentalism and Science Fiction Patrick D. Murphy Department of English University of Central Florida. Proto-environmentalist works. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or the New Prometheus William Dean Howells, A Traveler from Altruria

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Prospect of Life in the Solar System

Prospect of Life in the Solar System. ASTR 1420 Lecture 11 Sections 7.1-7.3. Requirements for Life. If we want to identify habitable worlds in our solar system ? need to know the range of environments acceptable for life.

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How do we know that Earth is geologically active?

How do we know that Earth is geologically active?. Volcanoes Seismology Measuring the temperature inside All of the above 1 and 2. How does the cooling of planets and potatoes vary with size?. Larger makes it harder for heat from inside to escape

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Our Solar System

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Human and the Earth

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27-3 Objectives

27-3 Objectives. Identify the basic characteristics of the inner planets. Compare the characteristics of the inner planets. Summarize the features that allow Earth to sustain life . The Inner Planets.

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Telescopes (cont).

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April 5 th , 2012

April 5 th , 2012. Shake It Off: Earth's Wobble May Have Ended Ice Age The last big ice age ended about 11,000 years ago But the Antarctic was getting warmer even before CO 2 levels went up. So which came first in the Antarctic, warming or CO 2 ?

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