ASTRON 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lunar Mare, Roche Limit, Flattening

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The moon receding from earth powerpoint: tidal bulges. Mercury eccentricity and orbital and rotation period. Radar measurements via the doppler effect measure the spin of a planet (as with venus) 500m years as surface of venus has only 15% the number of craters as the lunar maria. Venus undergoes flake tectonics where convection is much more intense and surfaces brakes into flakes. Ans: bc the sun is constantly slowing down due to the winds excreting from the star. Brown color comes from ammonia (gas giants have their own source of heating. Light from sun gets absorbed and radiates back, much more radiation coming from jupiter and saturn then standard radiation from the sun. Energy must be fed in order to keep storms alive. Ans: when talking about mass of object means that something else is orbiting it. By kepler"s laws and the gravity of the planet. This just means that one would observe saturn"s moons.

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