The solid surface of Jupiter lies just below the cloud layers that are visible from Earth. (T/F)
Q: Although often referred to as a gaseous planet, Jupiter is mostly liquid in its interior. (T/F)
A: Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in the solar system. Its mass is 317.8 times that of Earth.…
Q: The total mass of material in Saturn’s rings is about 1015 tons (1018 kg). Suppose the average ring…
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Q: What is the risk management ? How is handled in the Saturn V project
A: risk management:What we are doing for minimum loss of the project , is lying under risk…
Q: Why does Venus appear so bright to the naked eye?
A: Venus is the second planet in our solar system and is the closest neighbor of Earth. Venus…
Q: Io orbits Jupiter at a distance of six planetary radii from the planet's center once every 42 hours.…
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Q: How long did it take spacecraft Juno to reach Jupiter?
A: Considering on an average the spacecraft Juno travelled a distance of 893 million miles. Since the…
Q: What is the smallest size crater on the moon? 240 km 24 km 2.4 km 1 km much smaller than 1 km
A: The moon is full of craters of various sizes.
Q: Why are we certain that Pluto is a Kuiper belt object
A: When Pluto was found in 1930, the ninth planet ever discovered was the tiniest, coldest, and the…
Q: Why does Saturn have a less varied appearance than Jupiter?
A: Saturn is one of the four Jovian planets in our solar system. It is the sixth planet and is the…
Q: Describe the process through which the terrestrial planets and the planets of Jupiter diverged so…
A: Planets in the solar system are divided into two types: terrestrial planets and Jovian planets.…
Q: he speed of the solar wind is approy400 km/s. How many days does the solar wind take to travel from…
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Q: Given the masses and radil of Uranus and Neptune, calculate the gravity at the "surface" of each of…
A: The surface gravity of an astronomical object is defined as the gravitational acceleration…
Q: What is the difference between the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt of objects?
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Q: The cores of terrestrial planets are mostly metal because: O The entire planets are mostly metal…
A: option B is correct .( metals are denser and so sank to the centres of the planets when they were…
Q: What is the escape velocity for Enceladeus in m/sec2 and could the plume particles form a ring…
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Q: A crater on the Moon is 28 km in diameter. If a typical meteorite is 11 times smaller than the…
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Q: 1) Why is life more likely to be found on the moons of the Gas Giants instead of on the Gas Giants…
A: (1) The main component of the gas giant is hydrogen and helium. But we know that life is made of…
Q: The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 ✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011…
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Q: Why don't Terrestrial planets have rings like the Jovian planets?
A: Terrestrial planets are the ones that have a rocky surface and are smaller in size and mass.…
Q: How close is Charon to Pluto's Roche limit?
A: How close is Charon to Pluto's Roche limit.
Q: Assume that Jupiter receives its solar energy over a one-hour-long noon period. How much energy is…
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Q: The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 ✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011…
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Q: Why is the atmospheric activity of Uranus less than that of Saturn and Neptune?
A: Uranus is the seventh planet from Sun and the third largest in our solar system. It is located at…
Q: Despite being composed primarily of gas, Jupiter and Saturn have large magnetic fields. This is…
A: Magnetic fields can be created by permanent magnets or by moving charged particles.When charged…
Q: Calculate the Roche radius (in km) for Uranus. The diameter of Uranus is 5.11 x 10* km. km Are all…
A: Formula to calculate Roche radius is Roche limit = 2.44ρplanetρmoon13rplanet =…
Q: How does the dynamo effect account for the magnetic fields of Jupiter?
A: Jupiter is a gas giant and falls under the category of Jovian planets. Jovian planets are those…
Q: What is differential rotation, and how is it observed on Jupiter?
A: Differential rotation is when the angular velocity of a rotating object at different altitudes or…
Q: What is the range of density for the outer planets (in g/cm3)? 1.2 to 5.5 2.2 to 5.5 2.2 to 6.5 3.3…
A: Outer planets are less dense and having density about 1 g/cm3.
Q: Why has Jupiter retained most of its original atmosphere?
A: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system it is made of hydrogen and helium. Even though…
Q: What is responsible for Jupiter's enormous magnetic field?
A: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It has an immense, intense, and complex magnetic…
Q: What is the or
A: Given: Radius of the edge of the A ring is r=136,500km=136,500*103m. Gravitational force is balanced…
Q: What are saturn's rings made of?
A: About composition of saturn's rings
Q: Why do we believe Pluto to be a Kuiper belt object?
A: Pluto is the ninth planet discovered in 1930, and it is smallest, coldest and most distant planet…
Q: The ring particles around Jupiter are very small, as evidenced by the observation that light a.…
A: Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, and is the 5th planet from the Sun. Unlike…
Q: What produced the helium present in Jupiters atmosphere and inside Sun's core ?
A: When the universe was created in Big Bang the temperature was very high. Once the temperature cooled…
Q: What are two differences between the terrestrial (rocky) planets and the Gas giants?
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Q: The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 ✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011…
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Q: The speed of the solar wind is approximately 400 km/s. How many days does the solar wind take to…
A: Given: Speed of solar wind = 400 kms
Q: The mass of an average comets nucleus is about 1.0 x 10^14 kg. If the Oort Cloud contains 20 x 10^11…
A: Mass of the Oort cloud in terms of mass of Earth
Q: Storms in the jovian planets' atmospheres are generally much longer lived than storms on Earth.…
A: Given Storms in the jovian planets' atmospheres are generally much longer-lived than storms on Earth…
Q: Why do astronomers suspect that Saturn's moon Enceladus is geologically active?
A: Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn. It is covered in fresh ice which makes it one of the…
Q: How does the brightness of sunlight at Saturn's distance compare with the brightness at 1 AU?
A: The brightness of s a star follows the inverse square law. This means that the brightness of a star…
Q: Calculate the Roche radius (in km) for Uranus. The diameter of Uranus is 5.11 ✕ 104 km.
A: Given that- The diameter of Uranus is (D) =5.11*104 km To determine that- Calculate the Roche radius…
Q: If the temperature at Saturn's cloud tops is 97 K and the planet radiates three times more energy…
A: The Stefan–Boltzmann law is sued to find the power radiated from a black body in terms of its…
Q: How does the dynamo effect take place in Neptune?
A: The Dynamo effect is the generation of a magnetic field due to rotation of the core in a planet.…
Q: Approximately how many asteroids that are 0.89 km in radius would it take to make a planet which has…
A: If we divide the volume of the planet with the volume of the asteroid, we will get the number of…
Q: Calculate the escape velocity of Titan.
A: All objects with mass will have a force of attraction between them which depends on the mass of the…
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