Astro 1: `Slides' for Class 39 - The Jovian Planets and Pluto



The Jovian planets





The Voyager 2 spacecraft





The Galileo spacecraft (Jupiter explorer)





Galileo's first orbits in the Jupiter system





The Galileo probe being released





The Galileo probe's entry into Jupiter





The Cassini spacecraft (Saturn explorer)





Jupiter - Wide-field image





Jupiter - Interior composition of Jupiter and the other gas giant planets





Jupiter - Atmosphere and cloud layers





Jupiter - The Great Red Spot





Jupiter - Jupiter's magnetosphere





Jupiter - Aurora at Jupiter's pole





Jupiter - Ring system seen in infrared light





Jupiter - Ring system labeled





Saturn - Wide-field image





Saturn - Ring system labeled





Saturn - Close-up of the rings





Saturn - Shepherd moons of the F ring - Pandora and Prometheus





Saturn - Artist's impression of ring particles





Uranus - Wide-field image





Uranus - Large tilt compared to the other gas giant planets





Uranus - Extreme seasons





Uranus - Ring system and moons





Neptune - Wide-field image





Neptune - The Great Dark Spot and clouds





Neptune - Changing weather patterns





Neptune - Ring system





Neptune - Ring system labeled





Pluto - Surface features of Pluto and Charon





Pluto - Sizes of Pluto and Charon compared to the United States





Pluto - The Pluto-Charon orbit compared to the Earth





Pluto - The Pluto-Charon orbit compared to their orbit about the Sun





Pluto - Models for the interiors of Pluto and Charon





Pluto - Pluto's orbit compared to the Kuiper belt





Pluto - Mass and solar distance compared to other outer solar system objects





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