Transcript PH1600: Introductory Astronomy

PH1600: Introductory Astronomy
Lecture 7: Earth & Moon
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PH1600: Introductory Astronomy
Lecture 7: Earth and Moon
Next Lecture: Jupiter & Uranus
School: Michigan Technological University
Professor: Robert Nemiroff
Online Course WebCT pages:
http://courses.mtu.edu/
This class can be taken online ONLY, class
attendance is not required!
You are responsible for…
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Lecture material
Listed wikipedia entries
 But not higher math
APODs posted during the semester
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APOD review every week during lecture
Completing the Quizzes
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Homework quizzes 1, 2, & 3 already due
Homework 4 quiz due before 5 pm Monday
See WebCT at http://courses.mtu.edu/
Wikipedia entries
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Earth
Moon
Earth
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Largest rock in Solar System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_planets
Earthrise
Credit: Apollo 8, NASA
APOD: 2005 December 24
Nozomi: Earth and Moon
Credit: Nozomi MIC Team, ISAS
APOD: 1998 September 4
Welcome to Planet Earth
Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA
APOD: 2007 March 25
Earth in True Color
Credit: Reto Stockli (IACETH),
MODIS, GSFC, NASA
APOD: 2002 March 5
Earth’s Interior
GRACE Maps the Gravity of Earth
Credit: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, CSR U. Texas, JPL, NASA
APOD: 2003 July 23
Where People Live on Planet Earth
Credit: NRCS, USDA
APOD: 2003 March 5
The Highs and Lows of Earth
Credit: GLOBE, NGDC, NOAA
APOD: 2001 September 25
Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years?
Credit & Copyright: C. R. Scotese (U. Texas at
Arlington), PALEOMAP
APOD: 2007 September 22
Earth’s Atmosphere
Earth's Richat Structure
Credit: Landsat 7, USGS, NASA
APOD: 2002 October 28
Magma Bubbles from Mt. Etna
Credit & Copyright: Marco Fulle (Stromboli online)
APOD: 2005 October 2
An Alaskan Volcano Erupts
Credit: J. N. Williams, ISS 13 Crew, NASA
APOD: 2006 June 7
Tungurahua Erupts
Credit & Copyright: Patrick Taschler
APOD: 2007 September 18
Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet
Credit: Ben Holt Sr. (South Pasadena, CA), GRACE team, DLR, NASA
APOD: 2006 March 8
Antarctic Ice Shelf Vista
Credit & Copyright: Helmut Rott (U. Innsbruck)
APOD: 2002 May 27
Earth's North Magnetic Pole
Credit: NOAA
APOD: 2004 September 19
A Perseid Aurora
Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College)
APOD: 2003 August 9
A Complete Aurora
Credit: L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth et al. (U. Iowa), Polar, VIS, NASA
APOD: 1997 April 2
Auroras Over Both Earth Poles
Credit: Polar VIS, JPL, NASA
APOD: 2001 November 14
Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to Moon
Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA
APOD: 2007 June 3
Moon
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Apollo Moon Shots 1961-1975
Far side first imaged in 1959
Origin of Moon unknown
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Fission Hypothesis
Capture Hypothesis
Co-Formation Hypothesis
Giant Impact Hypothesis (favored)
A Blue Crescent Moon from Space
Credit: Expedition 13 Crew, International Space Station, NASA
APOD: 2007 March 20
Earth’s Moon
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Orbits Earth once a Moon-th
(Month)
Tidally locked to the Earth
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Means: Same face always visible
Features
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Craters
Highlands (light)
Maria (dark)
Lunation
Credit & Copyright: António Cidadão
APOD: 2007 September 2
Tycho and Copernicus: Lunar Ray Craters
Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel, Hidden Valley Observatory
APOD: 2005 March 5
Far Side of the Moon
Credit: Apollo 16, NASA
APOD: 1998 October 8
Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation
Credit: Apollo 17, NASA
APOD: 2003 November 9
Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Credit: Apollo 11, NASA
APOD: 1998 May 19
One Small Step
Credit: Apollo 11 Crew, NASA
APOD: October 4, 1998
Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
Credit: Apollo 12 Crew, NASA
APOD: 2003 October 5
Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
Credit: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 Crew, GRIN, NASA
APOD: 2006 March 27
Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running
Credit: Apollo 17 Crew, NASA;
Mosaic Assembled & Copyright: M. Constantine (moonpans.com)
APOD: 2006 December 10
A Lunar Rille
Credit: Apollo 10, NASA
APOD: 2002 October 29
A Spherule from Outer Space
Credit: Timothy Culler (UCB) et al., Apollo 11 Crew, NASA
APOD: 2003 January 12
Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya
Credit & Copyright: SELENE Team, JAXA, NHK
APOD: 2007 November 20