PPT-1.2: Observing the Surfaces of Mars and Earth

WarmUp In a moment you will watch a video made by other students about the Earth system A system is a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole List one or two examples of things that you think might be systems. . Fadhi. Ali, Isaac Alpert, George . Kostov. ,. . Bilal Shahabuddin. . Tuesday, May 8. th. , 2012. . Earth Science . - . 351. Mission Statement. Kepler’s. Analysis & . The Orbit of Mars. Data Analytics Course 2015. Earth’s Rotation. Earth. Star or Planet. Counterclockwise spin when viewed from the north. How Do We Know The Earth Rotates?. Extraterrestrial Life. Robert C. Newman. Life in the Universe?. Is it rare or common?. No one on earth really knows.. Evolutionists don’t agree.. Creationists don’t agree. . Admittedly, the media tends to see the matter in black & white:. Space. Exosphere- starts at an altitude of 640 . kM. and reaches to 64,000 . kM.. The air gets progressively thinner and dwindles into nothingness. Everything above this layer is considered outer space . Compiled by David Beaty, Lars Borg, David Draper, Walter Kiefer, Jim Papike, Kevin Righter, Chip Shearer, Sue Smrekar, Jeff Taylor . Correspondence author: Dave Beaty . (JPL/Caltech), . David.W.Beaty@jpl.nasa.gov. Zachary Gallegos. University of New Mexico / Mars One. Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Map. Plate Tectonics. Lithospheric plates sliding on the asthenosphere, above the mantle. Exists on Earth. Theory proposed in the early 1900’s. Planning for ISS as Analog for Mars. . Transit. John B. Charles, Ph.D.. Chief Scientist, NASA Human Research Program. Briefing to. Future In-Space Operations Colloquium. June 29, 2011. Human research in space flight?. Compiled by David Beaty, Lars Borg, David Draper, Walter Kiefer, Jim Papike, Kevin Righter, Chip Shearer, Sue Smrekar, Jeff Taylor . Correspondence author: Dave Beaty . (JPL/Caltech), . David.W.Beaty@jpl.nasa.gov. Solar System. Nebular Hypothesis. Nebular Hypothesis: Solar System was produced by the gravitational collapse of a gas cloud – the remnant of a supernova . explosion.. Concentration of heavy elements in inner . Kepler’s. Analysis & . The Orbit of Mars. Data Analytics Course 2015. Earth’s Rotation. Earth. Star or Planet. Counterclockwise spin when viewed from the north. How Do We Know The Earth Rotates?. POSSIBILITIES . OF LIFE. . Joseph Seckbach. . . Hebrew University of Jerusalem. . joseph.seckbach@mail.huji.ac.il. Size & Distance. Smaller than Earth (0.532x). Mars . diam. ~ 6779 km (4212 miles). Earth . diam. ~ 12,742 km (7918 miles). 8 Mars would fit inside the Earth!. 1.5 AU from the sun (~140 million miles). Mars is the forth planet from the . sun. Mars has two moons in orbit. The names of the moons are called Phobos and Deimos. Mars is currently 218.27 million KMs from the sun. Mars’ diameter is 6,779kms. Analysis & . The Orbit of Mars. Data Analytics Course 2015. Earth’s Rotation. Earth. Star or Planet. Counterclockwise spin when viewed from the north. How Do We Know The Earth Rotates?. W. E. N.