Astronomy #11

25 July 2022
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which lists the jovian planets in order of increasing distance from the sun
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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why does neptune appear blue and jupiter red
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Methane in Neptune's atmosphere absorbs red light
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why is jupiter denser than saturn
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Its higher mass and gravity compress its interior.
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some jovian planets give off more energy than they receive because
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Ongoing contraction or differentiation
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Main ingredients of most satellites of the jovian planets?
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Hydrogen compound ices
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Why is Io more volcanically active than our moon?
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Different internal heat source
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What is unusual about Triton?
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It orbits its planet backward.
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which moon shows evidence of rainfall and erosion by some liquid substance
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Titan
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saturns many moons affect the rings through
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orbital resonances
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saturns rings
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have basically looked the same since they formed along saturn