AS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Kuiper Belt, Tidal Heating, Dwarf Planet
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Oblateness is the flattening of a spherical body usually caused by rotation. Liquid metallic hydrogen is a form of liquid hydrogen that is a good electrical conductor inferred to exist in the interiors of jupiter and saturn. Magnetosphere is the volume of space around a planet within which the motion of charged particles is dominated by the planetary magnetic field rather than the solar wind. Belt zone circulation is the atmospheric circulation typical of jovian planets in which dark belts and bright zones encircle the planet parallel to its equator. Forward scattering is the optical property of finely divided particles to preferentially direct light in the original direction of the lights travel. Tidal heating is the heating of a planet or satellite because of friction caused by tides. Ovoid is the oval features found on miranda which is a satellite of uranus. Occultation is the passage of a larger body in front of a smaller body.
