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Our Solar System - Solar Physics Group  Do other planets have moons like Earth's Moon? 3. How do ... coming years of solar system exploration promise to be the most ... magnetic field of the Sun, planets, and satellites, ... any of the terrestrial planets.  Intermediate average density of about 1900 kg/m3 .... Jovian planets: low temperature, strong gravity, can retain.
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Planets of our Solar System :: The Planets Today  A description of each of the solar system planets and the history of our knowledge of them. ... Mercury has almost no atmosphere and is blasted by the Sun during the day ... However its magnetic field is much weaker than the Earth's (1% as strong). .... Mars is lucky enough to have 2 small moons - both discovered in August...
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What climate change is happening to other planets in the solar system  If this is happening throughout the solar system, clearly it must be the sun causing the rise ... All the outer planets have vastly longer orbital periods than Earth, so any climate ... The fact is Jupiter is a strong case for solar driven climate change. ..... the delecate balance of our climate and maybe more, like the magnetic field?
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The Magnetic Fields of Our Solar System / Magnet News & How-To's  May 29, 2015 ... Earth's magnetic field is generated by liquid metal at the core and Earth's rapid ... enough movement of the liquid to stimulate a magnetic field. The other planets in our solar system, except for Venus and Mars, all have ... Instead, Mars has powerful magnetic crustal fields that create fields of magnetism if...
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Class 13 - Magnetic Fields  Optional - Chapter 4 of the New Solar System. PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS. Below is a table showing the magnetic fields of the planets - or lack thereof. ... Mars Global Surveyor has shown Mars to have 2000 km x 200 km regions of strong, local ... These are mysterious beasts - no one has modeled magnetic dynamos...
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Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack  ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE METEOR SHOWERS COMES IN DECEMBER .... SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, SATURN ... BRITISH SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD FOUND ORGANIC MATERIAL .... THIS SOLID MATERIAL COVERS THE SURFACE OF JUPITER'S EUROPA, SO...
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White Dwarf May Have Shredded Passing Planet | NASA  Apr 17, 2015 ... "The optical observations show changes due to binary orbital motion, but .... These exotic objects possess the most powerful magnetic fields in the Universe .... They think the smaller star left behind would then have blown gas .... its 11-year cycle, and powerful eruptions of particles from the solar surface.
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Smallest and Largest Planets in the Solar System - Sky & Telescope  Jul 15, 2014 ... Jupiter is 2  times more massive than the rest of the planets in the solar system combined. A size comparison of the planets in our solar system. In order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
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Planet Neptune: Facts About Its Orbit, Moons & Rings - Space.com  Nov 25, 2014 ... Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun and was the first to be ... Hubble has also revealed the appearance and then fading of two other ... The largest by far is Triton, whose discovery on Oct. 10, 1846, was in ... Triton is extremely cold, with temperatures on its surface reaching about minus 391 degrees F...
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How Dense Are The Planets? - Universe Today  Feb 18, 2016 ... The eight planets of our Solar System vary widely, not only in terms ... While these planets are greater in size and mass, their overall density is much lower. ... Earth has the highest density of any planet in the Solar System, at 5.514 g/cm3. ... Jupiter has a lower mean density than any of the terrestrial planets.
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Earth's Magnetic Poles - Windows to the Universe  Earth's magnetic field is shaped like the magnetic field of a gigantic bar magnet. ... Of course, Earth DOESN'T have a giant bar magnet inside it; instead, our planet's ... Earth has two geographic poles: the North Pole and the South Pole. ... very often; usually at least a few hundred thousand years pass between these flips.
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How Hot is Venus? - Space.com  Nov 16, 2012 ... Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Thick clouds blanket the planet, making temperatures reach more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. ... For one thing, the planet takes 243 Earth days to spin once on its axis (and it...
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Earth's magnetic field - Wikipedia  Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from the Earth's interior out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. Its magnitude at the Earth's surface ranges from 25 to 65 microteslas (0.25 to .... One way to define a pole is as a point where the magnetic field is vertical.
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The Planets in Our Solar System in Order of Size - Universe Today  As larger balls of matter formed, they swept the smaller particles away and eventually ... That led to the birth of Earth and the other eight planets in our Solar System. ... This began with finding massive planets many times larger than Jupiter, and then ... The planets are, from left, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,...
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Earth's magnetic field could flip within our lifetime - but don't worry ...  Oct 21, 2014 ... Earth's magnetic north pole, vs. true/geographic north pole ... New satellite data from the ESA shows that the Earth's magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster ... suggested that a geomagnetic reversal occurs over thousands of years. ... molten core to change  and thus the north and south poles switch.
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Neptune Facts: Interesting Facts about Planet Neptune  The Planets  Neptune has the second largest gravity of any planet in the solar system ... They are most likely made up of ice particles and grains of dust with a ... The largest of these moons is Titan  a frozen world which spits out particles of ... Like Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune rotates very quickly as compared to the terrestrial planets.
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J! Archive - Show #5188, aired 2007-03-14  Mar 14, 2007 ... This planet has a greater mean density than any of the others in our solar ... This adjective means "connected to the sea", like some Canadian...
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Nikola Tesla And The Electrical Signals Of Planetary Origin  ... its effect will be perceptible on some of our nearer planets, as Venus and Mars. .... consumed all my attention; but I never cease to think of those experiences...
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Magnetic Fields - NDE/NDT Resource Center  Lastly, this picture has two magnets placed on a piece of paper with their opposite ... Can you tell by these patterns where the magnetic forces might be the strongest? ... in response to the earth's magnetic field unless it is near a strong magnetic. If the compass is near a strong bar magnet, the opposite poles of the magnets...
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troy.edu - W.A. Gayle Planetarium / The Planets  It is an exceptionally dense planet due to the large relative size of its core. ... -297 F to 801 F), with the subsolar point being the hottest and the bottoms of craters near ... The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love. .... Mercury and is the only moon in the Solar System to possess a significant atmosphere.
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Comparing the 9 Planets of Our Solar System  Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, with a diameter of 142,980 kilometers, more than 11 times wider than the Earth. Jupiter orbits the Sun once...