EAS206 Lecture 10: 206 Lecture Outlines 10, Jupiter and Satellites.doc

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Course: EAS206
• Professor: Fred Clark

Document Summary

Voya g e r 1 and 2 were launc h e d in 197 7, arriv e d at jupite r in 197 9 , and. Voya g e r 1 is near or perh a p s beyo n d the edg e of the solar syste m (3/1 3 ; so m e contr o v e r s y ) Jupite r has an a t m o s p h e r e . Galileo, who disco v e r e d the m in 161 0. C. ganymede this is the large s t satelli te in the solar syste m , ~ 1 . 5 x the size of earth " s. This is hea vil y crate r e d , the conce n t r a t i o n of crate ri n g bein g consist e n t. ; tecto n i s m of so m e sort.