CH 11, 12, 13 Flashcards
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Juipiter has twice the mass of all the other planets combined.
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T/F differential rotation is when a planets equator and polar regions rotate at different rates
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T/F The Great Red Spot has been seen on Juipiter as long as we have had scopes capable of observing it.
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T/F we have observed a comet strike Juipiter
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T/F Juipiters magnetic field is much stronger than Earths, and had a magnetic tail that extends beyond the orbit of Saturn
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T/F Saturn is less dense than water
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T/F Saturns rotation is fast and differential, much like Juipiters
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T/F Saturn is the only planet with a ring system
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T/F the rings of Saturn occupy the region inside saturnalia Roche limit
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T/F a typical ring particle is about the size of snowball
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What is interesting about Juipiters rotational period?
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Essentially the Great Red Spot is
A large cyclonic storm (hurricane)
Alternating zones of rising and sinking gas i Juipiters atmosphere
Create light and dark bands
What is thought to lie at the center of Juipiter
A massive core of rocky materials with some iron mixed in
Which of The Galilean moons is the the densest and most geologically active?
Io
The surface of which Jovian moon most resembles the pack ice of the Article Ocean?
Europa
Of the Glalilean moons, the one with striking grooved terrain and icy tectonic features as well as older craters is:
Ganymede
Which of the Jovian moons is the largest moon in the solar system even bigger than mercury
Ganymede
What are saturns rings
Small icy particles moving in orbit around Saturn
The Roche limit is the point at which
The external tidal forces on an object become greater than the internal forces that hold it together
How many large moons does Saturn have
6
What is interesting about saturns large moon Titan
It has an atmosphere
T/F Changes is the predicted motion of Uranus led to the search for an eight planet
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The only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune was
Voyager 2
