How many moons does Pluto have?
Phobos, the inner of Mars' two natural satellites, is in spin-orbit resonance, and
like Earth's moon, its axial rotation and orbital revolution periods are equal.
The period is 7hours 39.2minutes
As Jupiter is a gas giant, no land. Just gas. It does have a liquid core. See the related link for more information.
What rocky belt sits between Mars and Jupiter?
An asteroid. There are many of these between the orbits of Jupiter and mars. Diagrams usually show a large mass of them, but in reality there are large distances between the objects. Most are boulder size or smaller, but a few are quite large and have been given names. The largest has been designated a dwarf planet (called Ceres) as it is large enough to have pulled itself in to a spherical shape under it's own gravity. Ceres is around 975km in diameter.
Those rocks are called asteroids, and the belt they orbit the Sun on is called the asteroid belt. Here is a list of some named asteroids found in the asteroid belt in order of size:
• 1 Ceres (most massive, and earliest discovered asteroid)
• 2 Pallas (second discovered asteroid after Ceres)
• 4 Vesta (second most massive asteroid after Ceres)
• 10 Hygiea
• 704 Interamnia
What belt of these is found between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids. There are many thousand in the Main Belt that occupies an empty orbit between Mars and Jupiter. The largest asteroid, Ceres, has been classified as a "dwarf planet" and contains about 1/3 of the total mass of asteroids in the Main Belt.
How many moons surround Jupiter?
There is a bit of math to this.
Assuming that you mean our own moon, we will start with the Earth. The Earth can fit 1321.3 times into Jupiter. If the moon is 4 times SMALLER than our earth, we would multiply that number by four.
1321.3x4=5285.2
So, that means that our moon can fit into Jupiter 5285.2 times.
What are the similarities between Jupiter and mercury?
What would happen if the earth was suddenly more massive than sun?
Probably the planets would stop going around the sun and start going around the earth and if the earths gravity was that strong there wouldn't be life because we would all die from the gravitational pressure.
What is the gap called between mars and Jupiter?
Between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter, there is the asteroid belt. This is made up of millions of small rocks that are in a direct orbit around the sun. Most of these objects are boulder sized or smaller, but some are quite large. The largest is a Dwarf planet called Ceres, which is around 975km in diameter. Its the only one in the asteroid belt called a dwarf planet as it it big enough, and has enough gravity to make itself into a spherical shape.
What planet were voyager 1 and voyager 2 probes sent to study?
Two identical spacecrafts know as Voyager 1 & 2 were designed to study Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 was launched first on August 20, 1977 and its sister craft Voyager 1 went into space on September 5, 1977. Even though Voyager 1 left almost a month after its counterpart, it arrived at Jupiter on March 5, 1979 almost four months sooner than Voyager 2 which arrived on July 9, 1979. The spacecrafts continued to function long past their planned 5 year mission. Voyager 1 continued to orbit Saturn and further study the planet itself as well as its moons, while Voyager 2 went on to study Uranus, Neptune, their moons, and finally was sent on a path into interstellar space where it continues to transmit data. In their joint mission, Voyager 1 & 2 explored all the giant outer planets of the solar system, 48 of the planets' moons, and each of the planets' systems of rings and magnetic fields. Before its long journey in interstellar space, Voyager 2 captured a picture looking across our entire solar system. The information that scientists collected from the Voyager crafts would answer many key questions in astronomy while raising many more new questions which have yet to be answered.
How many times bigger is Jupiter then earth?
Jupiter is approximately 11 times larger in diameter than Earth, making it about 1,321 times more massive than Earth.
Why does Saturn radiate even more excess heat than Jupiter?
Saturn is not giving out more energy than the sun but it is giving out more energy than it is receiving from the sun. The same situation occurs with other planets including Jupiter. There are many ways a celestial body can generate heat. The interior of the Earth contains come primordial heat (original from formation) but most of the internal heat of the Earth today comes from the decay of radioisotopes like Uranium and Thorium. The Earth though, receives more heat from the sun than the internal energy it creates. It loses this at night tough otherwise we would all be cooked. Saturn also generates heat by radioactive decay of larger elements but is so far from the sun it receives very little heat and the internally generated heat is greater.
Is the comet belt in between mars and Jupiter?
No. The asteroid belt is an area between Mars and Jupiter where most of the solar system's asteroids orbit. The Kupier belt is much farther out. It is a region that contains a large number of comets orbiting beyond Neptune.
What is a group of objects that orbits between mars and Jupiter?
It's called the Asteroid belt. See the related link for more informtion.
Does Jupiter have a moon with active volcanoes?
You might be thinking of one of Jupiter's moons, Io, which is the most volcanically active body in our solar system. Jupiter is a gas planet, which probably has a rocky core at the center, but we do not know much about it. There is evidence of volcanism on Earth's Moon, Venus, and Mars. There might be volcanism on Saturn's moons Enceladus and Titan, Neptune's moon Triton, and Jupiter's moon Europa. I have not read anything indicating there is volcanism on Jupiter.
How can wind and gravity change Earth's surface?
Water is a major cause of weathering and erosion which will break down rocks and then transport them somewhere else.
there is something called erosion and it makes the mud,sand,rocks, and more go down stream
How big is the hurricane on Jupiter?
The Great Red Spot's dimensions are 24-40,000 km × 12-14,000 km. It is large enough to contain two or three planets of Earth's diameter.
How long does it take Callisto one of Jupiters moons to orbit the sun?
It takes 11.86 Earth years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
The astronomical symbol for planet Jupiter is ♃.
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It is supposed to be a representation of the mythical god Jupiter/Zeus's lightning bolt.
It looks a little like a stylized number 4, or like a 2 with a vertical line through it.
Is Jupiter a gas giant or is it a rocky planet?
Jupiter is a gas giant..... However, Shoemaker–Levy comet fragments collided with Jupiter's southern hemisphere between July 16 and July 22, 1994, at a speed of approximately 134,000 mph. The scars from the impacts persisted for many months.... So, some say its a gas giant, but if a comet collided with it, made plumes of ash and soil for 1000s of miles across, well... Seems like it has some surface some people won't accept.
What are differences between Jupiter and Pluto?
Some of the Differences between Jupiter and Pluto:
Is Saturn bigger or smaller than Jupiter and earth?
Saturn is larger in size compared to Earth but smaller than Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
What are the names of 63 moons in the planet Jupiter?
Yes because that is how many have been recorded so far...but there most likely are more moons orbiting Jupiter...you never know..but like i said there have been 63 satellites orbiting Jupiter.
What is Jupiter's surface pressure?
Neptune's atmosphere is sub-divided into two main regions; the lower troposphere, where temperature decreases with altitude, and the stratosphere, where temperature increases with altitude. The boundary between the two, the tropopause, occurs at a pressure of 0.1 bars (10 kPa). The stratosphere then gives way to the thermosphere at a pressure lower than 10−5 to 10−4 microbars
When did pioneer 12 travel to Jupiter?
Voyager 1 reached Jupiter in 1979, and made its closest approach to the planet on March 5, 1979.
How much does a car weigh on Jupiter?
If a car could be placed on the equatorial surface of Jupiter, it would weigh approximately 2.52-2.54 times what it would on earth, so exact weight depends on type of car. As Jupiter is a gas giant planet, it does not have a solid surface so the car would actually sink into the planet, melt in the interior and become a minor contaminant.