Solar System Project

The mission Philae is the first mission to get a spacecraft on a comet. This means scientist can learn more about comets. “ The probe, called the Philae lander, is the first spacecraft to set down on a comet.” This means that all of the pictures that the spacecraft takes will be valuable research for scientist to learn about comets. That could lead to many different things in the future of science. They could

NASA continues to explore beyond Pluto with interesting space findings. The New Horizon NASA project may have stumbled upon a new icy rock that looks like a UFO. Far from Pluto, New Horizon has had some success. Now they continue deeper and further into space as they collect more data. But what is NASA looking for? And why is the Kuiper Belt so interesting? Pooling resources for Mars or moon colonization doesn’t appear to be in mind for NASA. The distant icy rock that looks like a UFO may have some deeper significance. And the public may never know the truth.

One example of valuable information is the origins of the solar system. “Comets are rubble left over from the birth of the solar system.” This quote proves that Comets the object they are studying is from the birth of the solar system or the origins. To conclude some valuable

Juno is measuring the composition, gravity field, magnetic field, amount of water in the deep atmosphere, mass distribution and polar magnetosphere of Jupiter. Along with measuring parts of Jupiter, Juno is currently trying to find clues on how the planet was formed and whether or not it was a rocky core and studying Jupiter’s deep winds. The main goal is to find the story of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. Juno studies the bright auroras at Jupiter’s poles. Juno launched on August 5th, 2011 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and is set to decay in February 2018. On August/September 2012, Juno use deep space maneuvers to get to try to get Jupiter. In October 2013, Earth assist Juno with a gravity assist. Using Earth’s gravity, it altered Juno’s path/speed so it could get to Jupiter. July 4th, 2016 was a joyous day for many people; for it was the day that Juno successfully arrived at Jupiter’s orbit. The current plan for Juno is for it to orbit Jupiter for 20 months, which is roughly 37 orbits and deorbit Jupiter on February

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After a long period of observation, astronomers discovered that terrestrial and jovian planets are different in many ways, and they form a very sharp contrast. It is important for humans to better understand the type of planets in the solar system by having a clear contrast.

One would be to confirm what is under the crust, whether it be water ice or an under the crust ocean containing more than 2x water than there is on Earth according to NASA. If we conclude that there is actually water, then we can either send more instruments or humans to Europa to find out if there is life in the water beneath the crust. This may be a hard task to achieve since the water ice crust is estimated to be 5-20 miles thick according to NASA, which would be problematic, but if we could find a way to figure out if there is water, it could be the greatest discovery in space. Scientists believe that due to tidal heating, it would allow for liquid water to be stable underneath the crust. Tidal heating is when a moon orbiting a planet in an elliptical pattern is compressed and elongated resulting in flexing; this flexing of the orbiting moon produces higher temperatures, which is believed to stabilize the acclaimed ocean beneath Europa’s crust according to NASA. Also, if we found there to be water beneath the water ice crust on Europa, there may be under water processes that are capable of sustaining life like there is on Earth. On Earth, we have deep-water hydrothermal vents called black smokers that produce nutrients to bacteria that sustain life for tubeworms and giant clams and such. It is possible that if Europa contains water that there may be a similar form of chemosynthesis that would sustain alien life forms. To recap

Some of the earliest scientists such as Galileo Galilei are the main reason we know so much about planets. In fact, Galileo was the first person to observe Saturn with a telescope and come up with new discoveries about it. Though, today instead of using telescopes we use technology to send robotic space probes to gather information or create discoveries in our solar system. One of the very first space probes that was sent to Saturn was Pioneer 11 on April 6, 1973. Other space probes that have passed Saturn are Voyager 1 and Voyager

The second chapter in increasing complexity explains the solar system, and our very own earth. My project is a painting of all the planets in our solar system with the sun in the center of it all. In the days where there was no separation of religion, and state, it was thought that the earth was in the middle of it all. This “truth” was then challenged by people like Ptolemy, and later confirmed using new science, and technology like Galileo's telescope. Each planet orbits around the sun; in the order of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. This order took billions of years to create, with each planet being formed by the most perfect circumstances.

The Important thing about the inner planets is that they are rocky planets .The inner planets include Earth, Venus, Mercury ,and Mars. They are also slow.But, the most Important thing about the inner planets is that they are rocky. The Important thing about outer planets is they are made up of helium and hydrogen.The outer planets have many moons.The outer planets move faster.The outer planets are gas giants .But, the most Important thing about outer planets is that they are made up helium and hydrogen

“On November 12, a small probe helped scientists take a big step forward in space exploration” said Cameron Keady. A smaller probe, named the Philae Lander, made the first spacecraft to land on a comet, in outer space. The Philae mission is important for science research because it could unravel secrets of life, including new information, and shine light on the history of Earth. To begin, revealing new information about life is important because it helps us to continue on further in what we may not know.

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This mission’s spacecraft is the second designed for NASA’s New Frontiers, with the first being Pluto New Horizons launched in 2006. New Frontiers is a program focused on medium-sized missions that are of crucial importance to the objectives of the Decadal Solar System Exploration Survey. It focuses on the building of a solid understand of planetary science, with priorities set by the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council.

The two probes extended mission is now taking them out of the influence of the sun and into the interstellar space beyond the heliosphere.

Humans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. This part of the universe is called the solar system, and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun. The solar system is the earth’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are the Earth’s neighbours. They all have the same stars in the sky and orbit the same sun.