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1 Our Solar System The 9 (or 8? or 10+?) Planets and their satellites The 9 (or 8? or 10+?) Planets and their satellites http://www.yorku.ca/observe http://www.yorku.ca/observe Any questions? … E-mail: pdelaney@yorku.ca Any questions? … E-mail: pdelaney@yorku.ca

2 York University Astronomical Observatory Open every Wednesday night of the year for public tours

3 Best views of Mercury from Earth

4 Mercury in 1975 (new photos due in 2008 from the Messenger mission launched in 2004)

5 Venus: like Earth?

6 From the surface:

7 Unique Features:

8 The Earth – Moon System

9 Earth: Our Home

10 Earth: Interior

11 Aurora: Natural ‘fireworks’ in the sky

12 An aurora from Earth orbit

13 The Moon: Near and Farside Views

14 People on the Moon 1969 - 1972

15 Space Shuttle Launch

16 The International Space Station (ISS)

17 Working in space

18 Mars: Two Views Ground TelescopeHubble Space Telescope

19 Mars: Up Close

20 Mars: On The Surface Phoenix 2007

21 The asteroid belt: we have taken close-up photos of only 4 asteroids!

22 Jupiter: The King of Planets

23 Jupiter’s Dynamic Atmosphere

24 Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy

25 Jupiter and its Satellites

26 Io and its Volcanoes

27 Europa and its ice-covered ocean

28 Saturn and its Rings

29 Mysterious Titan Titan from Cassini

30 Saturn’s Satellites Encelardus Dione

31 Uranus and Neptune

32 Neptune and Uranus

33 Pluto: Best Views until 2015

34 Pluto and Charon: Planet and Moon, or just a pair of big, icy asteroids?

35 A 10 th planet? (artist’s impression)

36 2003 UB313 is bigger than Pluto! Is it the 10 th planet, or just another icy asteroid?

37 Comet Hale Bopp

38 Any Questions …


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