Imagine yourselves on an interstellar voyage. Unfortunately, your spaceship suffers mechanical problems and is forced to land. Luckily, you are passing through the Nognog System, which is composed of a sun-like star surrounded by seven planets, some of which have moons. The profiles of planets and moons of the Nognog System are listed in Table 2. You are to decide the best place to land the spaceship. Instruction: Which of these planets should be your choice for crash landing? Support your answer. Explain also why other planets cannot be a suitable place to take refuge. Use the given matrix on the “Factors that Make a Planet Habitable” to identify which planet has the most habitable environment to live in and which is not. E. Planet 5 Gas Giant with one large moon. Moon: Sulfur dioxide (SO2) atmosphere. Many volcanoes and hot springs are on the surface. Temperatures in hot spots can be up to 600 degrees Celcius. Other spots away from volcanic heat can get as low in temperature as 145 degrees Celcius. Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain. F. Planet 6 Gas giant with four large, rocky satellites (moons). Moons have no appreciable atmosphere. Ice detectable on one. Are the moons of Planet 6 habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

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Imagine yourselves on an interstellar voyage. Unfortunately, your spaceship suffers mechanical problems and is forced to land. Luckily, you are passing through the Nognog System, which is composed of a sun-like star surrounded by seven planets, some of which have moons. The profiles of planets and moons of the Nognog System are listed in Table 2. You are to decide the best place to land the spaceship.

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Which of these planets should be your choice for crash landing? Support your answer. Explain also why other planets cannot be a suitable place to take refuge.
Use the given matrix on the “Factors that Make a Planet Habitable” to identify which planet has the most habitable environment to live in and which is not.

E. Planet 5 Gas Giant with one large moon. Moon: Sulfur dioxide (SO2) atmosphere. Many volcanoes and hot springs are on the surface. Temperatures in hot spots can be up to 600 degrees Celcius. Other spots away from volcanic heat can get as low in temperature as 145 degrees Celcius.

Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

F. Planet 6 Gas giant with four large, rocky satellites (moons). Moons have no appreciable atmosphere. Ice detectable on one.

Are the moons of Planet 6 habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

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