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Lecture 2 Close up view from Spacecraft
cambridge Lang
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
10/25/2009

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flybys function
Definition
initial reconnaissance
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orbiters function
Definition
detailed view, time for study
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landers and probes function
Definition
measure environment
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explosive impact makes _____ holes
Definition
big, round
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lunar highlands created _____ years ago
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4 billion
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planets with volcanoes from internal heat
Definition
earth, mars, venus

radioactive rocks, upwelling
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Io's volcanic heat source
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Jupiter's tides
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triton's volcanoes
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ice
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water on mars
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lots of water ice
evidence of past flow
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water on moon and mercury
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may be water ice in craters
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water on europa
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subsurface ocean
cracks due to jupiter's gravity
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enceladus
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jets of water ice
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enceladus
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saturn's 6th largest moon

jets of water ice
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water on saturn's rings
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water ice from spectroscopy
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how long ago was the intesne meteorite rain?
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4 billion years ago
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mars' volcanoes
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fewer in #

more recent volcanic activity
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the poles of which planets might have ice
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mars mercury moon
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water on venus
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small ocean now dried out
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water on jupiter's satellites
Europa, castillo, ganymede
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magnetic evidence for salty liquid oceans beneath icy crusts
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