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York University Presents…
In collaboration with the Astronomical Observatory
A Tour Through
the Solar System
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The Sun
Centre of it All
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The Sun
Centre of it All
The Sun
Surface Temperature:
One day:
5777 K
~25 Earth days
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The Sun
Centre of it All
S o l a r E c l i p s e
The Sun
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Mercury
Closest to the Sun
Mercury
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
Solar day:
One Year:
Messenger
2011
0
2 Mercury years
~88 Earth days
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Mercury
Closest to the Sun
Mercury
Transit of Mercury on May 7, 2003
MercurySunspot
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Venus
Brightest in the Sky
Venus
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
Solar day:
One Year:
Venus Express
Now!
0
~1/2 Venus year
~225 Earth days
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Venus
Brightest in the Sky
Venus
Exaggerated 3-D Reconstruction of Venus’ Surface
Sif MonsVires Akka Chasm
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Venus
Brightest in the Sky
VenusFrom Earth, Venus appears to have phases like the moon.
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Swedish 1m Solar Telescope08Jun2004 06:18:54 UT
Venus’ Atmosphere
Venus(The Transit)
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Earth
The Planet of Life
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Earth
The Planet of Life
Earth
Missions:
Moons:
Solar day:
One Year:
Many!
1 + …
24 hours
365.24 Earth days
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Earth
The Planet of Life
EarthAnd Moon System
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Earth
The Planet of Life
Earth(Meteors and Meteorites)
Barringer Crater
Chondrite Iron
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Mars
Warrior in Red
Mars
Mars: August 2004
Missions:
Arrival:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
Every ~2 years
Now!
2
24.62 hours
~687 Earth days
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Mars
Warrior in Red
2-D Map of Mars
Warrior in Red
Argyre Basin
Warrior in Red
OlympusMons
Valles Marineris
Valles Candor Chasma
Mars
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Mars
Warrior in Red
Mars
Mars Express
first colour Spirit image
(Explorations)
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Phoenix Lander + Parachute imaged by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Ice a few cm under Mars’ surface exposed by the Phoenix lander’s jets?
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Mars
Warrior in Red
Mars(Moons)
Deimos
Phobos
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Asteroids
A Belt in Space
Asteroids
A Belt in SpaceIda
Dactyl
Gaspra
Mathilde
Eros
Itokawa
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Jupiter
King of the Night
Jupiter
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
Juno
2016
63 (for now)
~10 hours
~12 Earth years
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Jupiter
King of the Night
Jupiter
Voyager Resolution Galileo ResolutionGreat Red Spot
King of the Night
The 4 Galilean Moons
ThebesAmalthea
Metis
(Moons)
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Jupiter
King of the Night
Jupiter(Moons) - Callisto
King of the Night
(Moons) - Europa
King of the Night
(Moons) - Ganymede
Osiris Crater
King of the Night
(Moons) - Io
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Saturn
Lord of the Rings
Saturn
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
Cassini
Now!
60 (for now)
10 2/3 hours
~30 Earth years
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Saturn
Lord of the Rings
Saturn
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Saturn
Lord of the Rings
Saturn(Moons)
Lord of the Rings
DioneEnceladus
Iapetus
Lord of the Rings
MimasRhea
Phoebe
Lord of the Rings
Titan: the only moon
with an atmosphereTethys
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Image of Titan’s surface taken from the Huygens lander
in 2005.
Those aren’t rocks; they’re
ice blocks!
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Titan is an ice desert moon: it’s very cold, but too warm
for liquid methane. Its surface has
dry methane streambeds
except at the poles, where
there are methane lakes:
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Uranus
Shakespeare’s Muse
Uranus
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
Voyager 2
1986
27 (for now)
~17 hours
~84 Earth years
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NeptuneA “Watery”
Grave
Neptune
Mission:
Date:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
Neptune Orbiter +Triton lander/probe?
2026?
13 (for now)
~16 hours
~165 Earth years
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NeptuneA “Watery”
Grave
Neptune
Rings of Neptune
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NeptuneA “Watery”
Grave
(Moons)
Despina Galatea LarissaNaiad
NereidProteus Thalassa
NeptuneA “Watery”
Grave
(Moons - Triton)
Neptune
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Pluto
The Most Debated
Mission:
Arrival:
Moons:
One day:
One Year:
New Horizons
2015
3
~6.4 Earth days
~248 Earth years
Pluto
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Pluto
The Most Debated
Pluto
The Most Debated
Pluto
Pluto
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Pluto
The Most Debated
(moon – Charon)Pluto
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Kuiper Belt dwarf planet
Eris
and its moon
Dysnomia
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Kuiper Belt Objects
Edge of the SystemArtist’s View
(Sedna)
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Kuiper Belt Objects
Edge of the System
Comet HalleyComet Hyakutake - 1996
Heart of Wild2
(Comets)
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The Solar System
(As a Whole)
-Mercury: 0.8 yards
-Venus: 1.4 yards
-Earth: 2 yards
-Mars: 3 yards
-Asteroid Belt: 4-8 yards
-Jupiter: 10.5 yards diameter 1/16”
19 yards 38 yards 60 yards 79 yards
-Voyager 1 is well out of the parking lot
Sun: goal linediameter 2/3”
These facts and figuresCourtesy of solarsystem.nasa.gov/