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CHAPTER 5: PLANETARY GEOLOGY: Manual of Remote Sensing Planetary geology is the study of surface and interior processes on solid objects in the solar system: planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, and rings. Planetary geology includes an assessment of the past state of the solar system, for example as preserved in the ancient, scarred surfaces of objects like the Moon and asteroids, or in the enigmatic polar layered deposits on Mars. The Galileo orbiter is just beginning a 2-year "tour" of the Jovian system, during which time the major satellites will receive substantial imaging and spectroscopic coverage (Carr et al., 1995; Smythe et al., 1995). marswatch.tn.cornell.edu /rsm.html   (18132 words)

SPACE.com -- Strange Miniature 'Solar Systems' Revealed "Surprisingly, the planetary system around this pulsar resembles our own solar system more than any extrasolar planetary system discovered around a Sun-like star," said Maciej Konacki of Caltech, who worked on the latest finding. The newfound small object orbits the pulsar at a distance equal to that from the Sun to the asteroid belt, which is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The pulsar planetary system has proved easier to probe, thanks to the central star's rapid spin and clockwork pulsation. www.space.com /scienceastronomy/miniature_solarsys_050207.html   (1153 words)

Viktor's Home Page: Deep Space Probes Planetary probes have a specific mission: to explore the surface or vicinity of a planet in the Solar System. Other deep space probes explore the Sun, other planets, or are on their way out of the Solar System. Probes located near these positions remain at a fixed position relative to both the Earth and the Sun. www.vttoth.com /probes/probes.asp   (634 words)

GME Online Planet Jam: Space Probes Stage Launch Page The identical U.S. interplanetary probes Voyager 1 and 2 were designed to explore the outer, giant planets of the solar system and their satellites. Pioneer is a long-running series of U.S. space probes that have included three basic types of missions: lunar, solar/interplanetary, and planetary. The Viking space project produced, during the summer of 1976, the first two successful landings on the surface of Mars. gme.grolier.com /gme-ol/gme-jam/planets/probes/docs/probe.htm   (426 words)

ch3-2 From the standpoint of the problem of the detection of life on extraterrestrial bodies, it may be pertinent to list and scrutinize closely the criteria most commonly attributed to [65] living systems. Detection and protection of life in the solar system were the subjects of considerable debate and investigation during the decade (1959-1968) that preceded the selection of biology experiments for Viking. As biologists, they had as "much interest as the planetary astronomers in a thorough study of the meteorology, geochemistry, geophysics and topography of Mars." Whatever the ultimate outcome of the search for life, its full meaning would be understood only within the broader context. www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-4212/ch3-2.html   (6712 words)

List of planetary probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This list includes all individual planetary probes that have studied/were to/will study solar system objects: Venera 3 (Soviet Union, 1966) - failure - atmospheric probe Galileo Probe (NASA, 1995) - success - atmospheric probe en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_planetary_probes   (1772 words)

Timeline of solar system exploration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cassini-Huygens - 15 October 1997 - Saturn Orbiter and Titan Probe and Lander, 1st Saturn Orbiter, 1st Titan Lander Venera 6 - 10 January 1969 - Venus Probe Venera 5 - 5 January 1969 - Venus Probe en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_planetary_exploration   (2535 words)

Planetary Exploration: Thirty Years of Unmanned Space Probes Describes the missions of unmanned space probes and their role in gathering information about other planets of the solar system, from Pioneer 1 in 1958 to the ongoing Voyager project Planetary Exploration: Thirty Years of Unmanned Space Probes No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. isbn.nu /0850599156   (321 words)

Amazon.com: The Depths of Space: The Story of the Pioneer Planetary Probes: Books But every failure was a learning experience and subsequent missions ventured to probe the sun, go beyond the asteroid belt, went on to Jupiter, Saturn, and finally out of the solar system and on to the stars. The interplanetary space probes Pioneer 10 and 11 are probably best remembered for the gold calling cards on their sides inscribed with a "We Are Here" map of the Earth and, most controversially, a naked man and woman. The book is a nice, concise and well-written history of the Pioneer program, from the early and unsuccessful probes flown by the military in the immediate post-Sputnik era to the trail-blazing missions to Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0309090504?v=glance   (1476 words)

Amazon.com Books: Astronomy / Solar System A list by heavenwatcher, a wonderer of the cosmos. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought A list by N. Derham, Homeschooling mom and thinker www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/13453   (406 words)

The Telson Spur: Field Nodes -- The Solar System (1): Sun & Planets DESCRIPTION: The first of four pages on The Solar System (one of the Field Nodes comprising the subject tree of The Telson Spur), this page is a list of links to on-line resources related to the study of the solar system, including solar physics and planetary science. The coordinate pages, with a common header and List of Contents, contain links to resources on the planets, on the study of the Earth as a planet (including Earth observation and lunar science), and on small bodies (asteroids, comets, and meteors). University of Arizona's Regional Planetary Image Facility (LPL) www.snark.org /~pjhughes/sol.htm   (1902 words)

What's New at Johnston's Archive--2002 Part 1 updated "Known populations of solar system objects", "Trans-Neptunian objects", "List of trans-Neptunian objects", and "List of deep space probes (listing)" (Astronomy and Space) updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects", "List of IAU preliminary designations of natural satellites", and "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space) updated "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space) pages.prodigy.net /wrjohnston/whatsnew2002A.html   (2800 words)

Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Solar System: Resolving the Fermi Paradox - UFO Evidence Recent technical studies [31] suggest individual replicating systems may be 100 metres in diameter or less, so a factory system for building probes should not exceed 0.1-1 km in size, again well beyond our ability to see it except on the Moon and portions of Mars. More likely, starfarers won't be greedy and will require each target star system to supply no more than one new generation of replicants. Assume that one million extraterrestrial civilisations each pillage the Solar System for materials to build and launch their own million independent probe networks, each covering every star in the Galaxy. www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1357.htm   (4718 words)

[meteorite-list] Cassini and Stardust "firsts" Perhaps small craters erode away, he said." It appears that claiming "firsts" is risky business what with so many deep space probes blazing paths through our solar system. And Phoebe has many small craters embedded in larger, older craters." "In another baffling surprise, Brownlee said, dozens of photos show no small craters on Wild 2, only the large craters that are presumably billions of years old. But Phoebe's gently sloping craters, which are riddled with boulders, resemble those seen on asteroids. six.pairlist.net /pipermail/meteorite-list/2004-June/162439.html   (280 words)

Five promising strategies for achieving contact Martyn Fogg (1987) calculates that a large number of technical civilizations arose in our galaxy about four billion years ago, and some arose much earlier (some of them even before our solar system was formed). Another possibility is to search for evidence of mining, in case probes have mined the materials necessary to construct additional probes. It is also possible to search for radio signals from relay stations, knowledge depositories, artificial intelligence, probes, or other smart machines located far from any planetary system on which life could have readily arisen. members.aol.com /AllenTough/strategies.html   (280 words)

Remote Sensing Tutorial Page 19-1 But it took the space program, with its probes to and orbiters around the planets, to open up the other planetary bodies in the Solar System to a systematic examination. Since then, we have many observations of our solar system neighbors, first with telescopes and, after the opening of the Space Age, with orbiting spacecraft, flyby, probe, and lander missions. Here is a list of remote sensing methods using EM spectral measurements that have provided exceptional information about planetary surfaces, atmospheres, and, indirectly, interiors: * rst.gsfc.nasa.gov /Sect19/Sect19_1.html   (280 words)

CIC: COSMIC IRONY: SETI OPTIMISM FROM CATASTROPHES? Characteristic time for colonization of the Galaxy, according to these investigators is 1E6 - 1E8 years, making the fact that the Solar System is (obviously) not colonized hard to explain, if not for the absence of extraterrestrial cultures. Second, the issue of motivation of colonizers, and particularly their von Neumann probes is much less clear and unambiguous than the "contact pessimists" would have us believe. Notably, as suggested by Brin (1983) in his seminal review, the "deadly probes" scenario (the idea that the dominant behavior of self-replicating probes is destruction of nascent civilizations, not colonizing) is one of just a few theoretically satisfactory explanations of the "Great Silence". cic.setileague.org /cic/v2i1/irony.htm   (3781 words)

SPACE.com -- Fallen Galileo Probe Uncovers Secrets of Jupiter's Hot Spots Included in the current list of three candidate missions to Jupiter is the Jupiter Deep Atmospheric Sounding System and Imager (JASSI), which would measure the abundance of water and ammonia in the planets deep interior. Now, planetary scientists have revived the quest to demystify our solar systems largest planet with new discoveries concerning Jupiters hot spots -- small dry regions in the planets upper layers. They are so-called not because they are any hotter than other regions of Jupiters atmosphere, but because they allow heat, which can be detected by both nearby probes and terrestrial observatories, to radiate out into space. www.space.com /scienceastronomy/solarsystem/jupiter_hotspots.html   (3781 words)

List of planetary probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This list includes all individual planetary probes that have studied/were to/will study solar system objects: Venera 3 (Soviet Union, 1966) - failure - atmospheric probe Galileo Probe (NASA, 1995) - success - atmospheric probe en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_planetary_probes   (3781 words)

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