In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes …
In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration
From our vantage point on Earth, the Sun may appear like an unchanging source of light and heat in the sky. But the Sun is a dynamic star, constantly changing and sending energy out into space. The …
In Depth | Kuiper Belt – NASA Solar System Exploration
Structure and Characteristics The Kuiper Belt represents an enormous, donut-shaped volume of space in the outer solar system. While there are many icy bodies in this region that we broadly refer to as …
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Earth's Moon Martian Moons Phobos and Deimos Moons of the Giant Planets Jupiter's menagerie of moons includes the largest in the solar system (Ganymede), an ocean moon (Europa) and a volcanic …
In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration
This atmosphere most likely originates from Triton's volcanic activity, which is driven by seasonal heating by the Sun. Triton, Io and Venus are the only bodies in the solar system besides Earth that …
By the Numbers | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
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In Depth | Harpalyke – NASA Solar System Exploration
At a mean distance of about 13.1 million miles (21.1 million kilometers) from Jupiter, Harpalyke takes about 623 Earth days to complete one orbit. How Harpalyke Got its Name Originally called S/2000 …
The redundant design of Cas-sini’s systems and navigational capability al-lows control of the swingby altitude at Earth to within an accuracy of 3 to 5 kilometers (2 to 3 miles) at an altitude of about 1166 …
In Depth | Kore – NASA Solar System Exploration
All of these characteristics support the idea that the Pasiphae satellites began as one or more captured asteroids, rather than forming as part of the original Jupiter system. Compared to Jupiter's other …
Objectives Students will be able to do the following: Design a scale model Solar System for public display. Describe the characteristics of the Solar System that make construc-tion of a good scale …