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Warm-up Week 16 Day 2 Which of the following is NOT a Jovian planet?
a. Earth c. Neptune b. Saturn d. Uranus The most obvious difference between the terrestrial and the Jovian planets is ____. a. color c. orbital velocity b. size d. length of day The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called the ____. a. protoplanet hypothesis c. planetesimal hypothesis b. nebular hypothesis d. solar hypothesis
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“Terrestrial Planets”
23.2
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In order?...
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Mercury ?... Not the moon!
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Mercury in front of Sun, 11/08/06
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Mercury Smallest Craters, Highlands, & Maria
Not counting Pluto! Craters, Highlands, & Maria Slow Rotation = 59 Earth Days. Night = 3 months. (Very Cold) Day = 3 mo. (Suuuper Hot)
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Radar image of Venus from Magellan spacecraft,1990.
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Venus. Actual surface of Venus. Russian probe Venera 13.
Under 2 hours.
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Venus “Earth’s Twin” “V” for Volcano! Greenhouse Effect
Size, shape, density, location. “V” for Volcano! Tectonics Greenhouse Effect 97% CO2 Hottest Planet!
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Valles Marineris (Valley of the Mariners)
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Mars “Red Planet” Cold! Thin Atm. “M” is for “More Volcanoes!”
Polar Caps! Thin Atm. Mostly CO2 “M” is for “More Volcanoes!” Water! Mars Pathfinder view
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