Jupiter Rocket Lab Report

Mercury may have a moon appearance from the outside, but with the planet’s unique components, gravity, size, orbit, and position in the Solar System, the planet may beg to differ. This paper will demonstrate knowledge to the reader of the physical components of the planet Mercury, its position in the Solar System, and how NASA studies this distant planet. How can you explore or study a planet, so close to Earth, yet too close to the Sun? How many Mercury days are considered an Earth day? How does this planet differ from the others? These may all be answered in the following paragraphs. The basics of Mercury will be discussed in more detail. Those include such topics as the planet’s orbit and position in the Solar System, atmosphere, size and the geography. Finally, the methods and techniques used by NASA to study Mercury, will be outlined.

Jupiter is a VERY important planet. Not only does is it the biggest planet in our solar system, but it keeps thousands of minor planets in their orbits. There is a family of minor planets (or asteroids) in the same plane as Jupiter. These are called Trojan asteroids. Scientists have divided these into two groups the “Greeks” and the “Trojans”. The “Greeks” come before Jupiter and the “Trojans” follow Jupiter. These asteroids are as far away from Jupiter as they are from the sun; because of this they stay and will continue to stay in the positions they are in because the gravitational pull from Jupiter and the sun are the same.

It will look deep into Jupiter's atmosphere to measure composition, temperature, cloud motions and other properties. Juno will also map Jupiter's magnetic and gravity fields, revealing the planet's deep structure and also explore and study Jupiter's magnetosphere near the planet's poles, especially the auroras. Jupiter's northern and southern lights which providing new insights about how the planet's enormous magnetic force field affects its atmosphere. Juno will let us take a giant step forward in our understanding of how giant planets form and the role these titans played in putting together the rest of the solar system. Juno will help scientists understand how Jupiter was made. The spacecraft will help them learn how Jupiter has changed, too. The new discoveries can help us understand more about our solar

There are only minute traces (0.07%) of methane, water, ammonia and rock dust. Mantle: Pressurized hydrogen in the mantle may generate electric currents that generate Jupiter's powerful magnetic field. The outer mantle is liquid hydrogen; the inner mantle is liquid metallic hydrogen.

On the other hand, the geomagnetic storms have been intensified and enhanced in their frequency as magnetic fields of coronal mass ejections indulges with that of the earth that causes change of direction and leave more radiation and magnetic energy into the environment of the planet earth. Solar Hemispheric Observatory and Solar

They used radar/microwave radiometer aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which revealed a turbulent atmosphere that has many similarities with Jupiter than previously realized. The new observations reveal a calm and narrow equatorial belt surrounded by stormy bands just like on Jupiter. Although regions at higher latitudes did show a different character that is unique to Saturn. Recently generated global microwave maps of Saturn exposed detail of a mostly stable atmospheric environment. There were some unpredicted diversity, including arid, desert-like patches in Saturn's atmosphere.

NASA - NSSDC - Spacecraft - Details. 2015. NASA - NSSDC - Spacecraft - Details. [ONLINE] Available at:http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-020A. [Accessed 10 June 2015].

It was also equipped with a gamma ray spectrometer, a neutron spectrometer, an x-ray spectrometer, a magnetometer, a Mercury laser altimeter, a Mercury atmospheric and surface composition spectrometer, an energetic particle and plasma spectrometer, and a radio science system. The gadgets created specifically for Mercury exploration were a giant leap ahead of Mariner 10’s gadgets.

Our new understanding of the solar system and the technology we’ve developed through conducting missions has benefitted our society by helping us understand things about other planets, space, and most importantly help us understand more things about our home, planet Earth.

In July scientists discovered that Juno had made it to Jupiter. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on august 5, five years ago. In those five years, it has traveled 1.8 billion miles to Jupiter. Currently Juno is in orbit around the large planet. It will hopefully collect enough data to help us better understand the planet.

Jupiter’s four largest moons were found by Galileo Galilee. Those moons are known as the Galilean satellites. Jupiter has over 67 moons, most have been named but some still remain. (Chown, M.C 2011 Solar System, Touch Press 115-137). Jupiter also has rings. Like all the other gas giants Jupiter also has rings but unlike the other planets with rings, Jupiter’s are pretty much invisible, they are the very dark. It is impossible to see Jupiter’s rings with a pair of binoculars. In fact, no one knew that Jupiter has rings until they were first seen with a very powerful telescope in 1979. Jupiter’s magnetic field is about 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field and Jupiter’s magnetic field ranges farther than Saturn and Jupiter’s gravity is interferes with Saturn’s orbit around the sun. Jupiter’s magnetosphere revolves with Jupiter every 10 hours. The space inside the magnetosphere is filled with solar winds and its own subatomic particles. Some are placed in the magnetosphere by the volcanoes on Io (one of Jupiter’s moons) which create a doughnut-shaped ring of Sulphur and sodium around

New Horizons is equipped with seven different instruments that are all designed to collect different forms of data, as well as communicate with scientists back on Earth. The different instruments are Alice, which is used to study atmospheric composition and structure, Ralph, which can study surface geology and morphology, Radio Science Experiment (REX), which measures atmospheric temperature and pressure, Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) used for studying geology with high resolution photographs, Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP), which measure the solar wind interactions and atmospheric escape, Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI), used to study the nature of particles that exit Pluto’s atmosphere, and finally Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC), which is used to study dust particles in the outer solar system (“Payload”). All these instruments were crucial for making new discoveries in a place we knew very little

On April 18th, 2013, NASA’s Kepler satellite had detected an exoplanet in the Kepler-62 star system, Kepler-62e, one of the farthest exoplanets from its parent system within Kepler-62’s orbit. Using transit photometry, NASA could find a total of 5 exoplanets orbiting this star, including Kepler-62e. With a mass of around 36 earth masses and a radius 60 percent larger than Earth’s, Kepler-62e was a rather easy discovery using transit photometry. Transit photometry involves calculating the magnitude of a star over time; watching for deviations in the star’s magnitude to differentiate whether the deviation is normal or increased. For the record, any detected star system receives the designation “Kepler” in lieu of the Kepler satellite which detects them; planets are given the same name with the exception of a letter added onto the end.

Uncovering the mysteries of Jupiter is a crucial step for a greater understanding of our Solar System. Being the massive planet that it is, this mysterious planet may hold many answers to how our the Solar System formed and evolved. The understanding of the origins of the universe includes answers even to the formation of Earth itself. Many believe that the research of Jupiter will lead to discoveries on planet formation and the role of giant planets on the formation f stars and other smaller bodies. Mysteries of Jupiter include its composition, what is under its clouds, what is in its core and its magnetic field. Research on the amount of water in the planet will tell us about the

The knowledge of what the inner core is made up is still and will remain unknown until we can create a satellite that can make into the atmosphere of Jupiter and the other gas planets. Jupiter's atmosphere was also found to be quite turbulent. It is also know that Jupiter spins faster than any other planet. This indicates that Jupiter's winds are driven in large part by its internal heat rather than from solar input as on Earth. The vivid colors seen in Jupiter's clouds are probably the result of subtle chemical reactions of the trace elements in Jupiter's atmosphere, perhaps involving sulfur whose compounds take on a wide variety of colors, but the details are unknown. The colors correlate with the cloud's altitude: blue lowest, followed by browns and whites, with reds highest. Sometimes we see the lower layers through holes in the upper ones. Then we have the Great Red Spot that everyone can identify as Jupiter. This reddish color of the “Great Red Spot” is a puzzle to scientist, but several chemicals, including phosphorus, have been proposed as a reason. In fact, the color and mechanisms driving the appearance of the entire atmosphere are still not well understood. This spot has been seen by Earthly observers for more than 300 years. Robert Hooke discovered it in the 17th century. The GRS is an oval about 12,000 by 25,000 km, big enough to hold two Earths. Another interesting feature about Jupiter is that it