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. Voyage to an Unexplored Planet and a New Realm The New Horizons mission will help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the rst reconnaissance of the planet Pluto and by ve 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. with Herschel. :. an overview of the DUNES modeling activities. Jean-Charles Augereau, Steve . Ertel. , Alexander . Krivov. , Jérémy . Lebreton. , Torsten . Löhne. , . Sebastian. Müller, Philippe Thébault, . Comet . P/. 2014 . L2 NEOWISE . Comet C/2014 . C3. NEOWISE . . Survey Status:. Over 15695 solar system objects surveyed (including 392 NEOs & 80 comets).. 215 New objects discovered, including 65 NEOs (25% on potentially . Information for this PowerPoint obtained from: . NSTA Online Module: Solar System: . Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites . NASA. ESA. Windows2Universe.org. This is a meteorite that had been broken off of Mars from a large impact meteorite. It spent millions of years in space before landing in Antarctica.. 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.. 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 _____________. __________. . 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 . Asteroids. Over 100,000 asteroids.. Vesta is the largest – 330 miles. in diameter.. Size range – 330 miles to about. 100 yards.. Irregular-shaped rocky bodies.. Some asteroids have moon(s).. th. , 2018. Pre-Class:. Where do we find asteroids in our solar system?. http://. www.esa.int. Comet 67P/. Churyumov-Gerasimenko. seen from . Rosetta. In This Lesson:. Solar System Debris. (Lesson 2 of 2). 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. . Comets and asteroids are particularly interesting because of their resemblance to . planetisimals. : the building blocks of the Solar System.. Asteroids are rocky, and most are found between Mars and Jupiter.. . Kuiper. Belt – a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune, extending roughly 30 to 50 AU from the Sun, containing many small icy bodies.. Notable KBOs. . Quaoar. , . Sedna. , “. Xena. ” & “Gabrielle” (2003 UB.