PHYS 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ammonia, Asteroid Belt
19 Aug 2018
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Converts 4 million tons of mass into energy each second. Made of metal and rock, large iron core. Very hot, very cold: 425*c (day), -170* c (night) Nearly identical in size to earth, surface hidden by clouds. Even hotter than mercury 470* c, day and night. The only surface liquid water in the solar system. Looks almost like earth, but don"t go without a spacesuit! Giant volcanoes, a huge canyon, polar caps, more. Much farther form the sun than inner planets. Rings are not solid, they are made of countless small chunks of ice and. Rings are not solid, they are made of countless small chunks of ice and rock, each orbiting like a tiny moon. Made of h/he gas and hydrogen compounds (h2o, nh3, ch4) Pluto"s main moon (charon) is of similar size. Planets close to the sun are made of solid objects while outer planets tend to be gas.
