PPT-22.2 Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects

Roxanne Ryan Overview Comets Dynamics of tail Composition Oort Cloud Kuiper Belt Model of a Comet 1950 Fred Whipple proposed a model which explained most physical characteristics. Unit 4. Appearances of comet Kohoutek (1973), Halley (1986), and Hale-Bopp (1997) caused great concern among superstitious.. Comet Hyakutake in 1996. Throughout history, comets have been considered as portents of doom, even very recently: . Chandra . Wickramasinghe. 1. , . Max K. . Wallis. 1. , . Carl H. Gibson. 2. , Jamie . Wallis. 1. , . Shirwan. Al-Mufti. 1. & . Nori. Miyake. 1 .  . 1 . Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, UK.. Pluto. Basic characteristics. Pluto’s moons. The Kuiper Belt. Basic . characteristics. Resonant . Kuiper Belt objects. Classical. . Kuiper Belt objects. The Oort Cloud. Basic characteristics. Pluto Data: Numbers. June 26, 1730 - April 12, 1817. Frank Andrade. George Martinez. Born in... -Bandonviller, France June 26, 1730. ​-​Died in Paris, France April 12, ​1817​. Known For.... Known For... Discovering Over 40 Nebula's. Challenger Tragedy. Francis . Scobee. , Michael . Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison . Onizuka. , Judith . Resnik. , . Gregory Jarvis, and Christa . McAuliffe. First time a teacher was on . board the Space Shuttle.. Comets Comets Throughout history, people have been both awed and alarmed by, stars with foldable. 6.8 Space Science. Label and color your 3 doors. Fold your paper hamburger style. Cut and label THREE doors, so you will make two lines. Try to make them as even as possible.. 1. Comet. I. Comets. A. What is a Comet?: . It is a small body orbiting the Sun that develops a ______ (a fuzzy atmosphere) and/or a ____ as it approaches the Sun. Comet nuclei range from _____________. __________. . I. Comets. A. What is a Comet?: . It is a small body orbiting the Sun that develops a ______ (a fuzzy atmosphere) and/or a ____ as it approaches the Sun. Comet nuclei range from _____________. __________. . Comets. -More than 3000 comets have been discovered. -May take hundreds or even 1000s of years to orbit the sun. -240 BC was the earliest sighting of a comet. Halley's Comet is arguably the most famous comet. It is a "periodic" comet and returns to Earth's vicinity about every 75 years, making it possible for a human to see it twice in his or her lifetime. The last time it was here was in 1986, and it is projected to return in 2061.. Centaurs. 100 Years. Orange: Centaurs. Blue Box: Comets. Filled Box: . JupComets. White Circle: . Plutinos. Red Circle: TNOs. Magenta Circle: SDOs. d. efinition a = 5 to 30 AU … not . in a 1:1 resonance with any . Ellen Howell (Arecibo Observatory) and Amy Lovell (Agnes Scott College). Hyakutake. Comets: where do they come from?. Icy bodies ejected during giant planet formation. Remnants of early solar system. Chapter 12: "Rings, Moons & Pluto". Europa. Callisto. is the outermost of Galilean moons at a distance of 1.2 million miles.. It is in synchronous revolution around Jupiter every 17 days.. . The moon has a heavily cratered surface that has seen little change over the last 4.4 billion years. . Emma Galligan. 10/1/21. Motivation. Personal:. 2. HST. ESA/. Rosetta. /NAVCAM. E. . Kolmhofer. Scientific:. Lawrence Livermore Nation Lab. N = R* × f. p. × n. e. × f. l. × f. i. × f. c. × L.