Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals
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Author: Bennett, Jeffrey O., Donahue, M. (megan), SCHNEIDER, Nicholas, Voit, Mark
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What is Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? (a) the largest mountain in the solar system (b) a very large cloud of ammonium hydrosulfide (c) a giant storm.
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Table 11.1 presents Djup and Pday for the major Jovian satellites. First use these data and the equation above to calculate Jupiter’s mass in kilograms (kg). Enter your results in the table for each satellite. Next calculate the average Jupiter mass (Mjup, av) and enter the result in the table. Finally, calculate the percent difference (PD) using Mjup, av and the standard value for Jupiter’s mass (1.9 X 1027 kg). In the calculation of PD you can ignore 1027 because it will appear in both numerator and denominator.
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Table 11.1 Calculated values for Jupiter’s Mass
Satellite Djup Pday Mjup
Io 2.95 1.77
Europa 4.69 3.55
Ganymede 7.50 7.15
Callisto 13.15 16.7
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Problem 2. Planetary Body Composition: Density (Links to an external site.) of the Earth (Palen, et. al., 1st Edition, Chapter 6, problem 70)
Earth’s mean (Links to an external site.) radius is 6,378 km and its mass is 5.97 x 1024 kg.
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The average density of Earth’s crust is 2,600 kg/m3. What does this tell you about Earth’s interior?
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