EPSC 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ishtar Terra, Kuiper Belt, Aphrodite Terra
1 May 2016
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Ceres: dwarf planet representative of the main asteroid belt. Jupiter (largest planet), with moons: io, europa, ganymede, calisto. Uranus (fourth largest, but has bigger diameter than neptune) Bigger planet faster spinning pattern only true until 5th largest planet, 6th largest planet breaks this pattern. Radiates 40% more power/heat than it did when it formed when solar system formed 4. 6 billion years ago. One of the terrestrial planets has a rocky body. Earth"s sister/twin similar size and mass. Seen as morning/evening star same body, reflecting light of sun at distance closer to sun than the earth is. Volcanoes/crater on venus flatter than flattest volcano in earth. Ishtar terra and aphrodite terra: continents of venus. Dense carbon dioxide atmosphere 96. 5% co2, rest (about 2. 5% = nitrogen) Extremely hot surface temperate (about 730 kelvin) due to high greenhouse gas effect. Largest volcano on earth mauna loa in hawaii, flattest volcano on earth.
