1. Warm-up Week 16 Day 2 Which of the following is NOT a Jovian planet?
a. Earth c. Neptune
b. Saturn d. Uranus
The most obvious difference between the terrestrial and the Jovian planets is ____.
a. color c. orbital velocity
b. size d. length of day
The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called the ____.
a. protoplanet hypothesis c. planetesimal hypothesis
b. nebular hypothesis d. solar hypothesis

2. “Terrestrial Planets”
23.2

3. In order?...

4. Mercury
?...
Not the moon!

5. Mercury in front of Sun, 11/08/06

6. Mercury Smallest Craters, Highlands, & Maria
Not counting Pluto!
Craters, Highlands, & Maria
Slow Rotation = 59 Earth Days.
Night = 3 months. (Very Cold)
Day = 3 mo. (Suuuper Hot)

7. Radar image of Venus from Magellan spacecraft,1990.

8. Venus. Actual surface of Venus. Russian probe Venera 13.
Under 2 hours.

9. Venus “Earth’s Twin” “V” for Volcano! Greenhouse Effect
Size, shape, density, location.
“V” for Volcano!
Tectonics
Greenhouse Effect
97% CO2
Hottest Planet!

10. Valles Marineris (Valley of the Mariners)

11. Mars “Red Planet” Cold! Thin Atm.  “M” is for “More Volcanoes!”
Polar Caps!
Thin Atm. 
Mostly CO2
“M” is for “More Volcanoes!”
Water!
Mars Pathfinder view