ASTR 1010 Fall 2019: Study Guide for Quiz #6
READING:
Chapters 8 - 13; Section 14.3.
Topics you should know and
understand for Quiz #6
(not necessarily a complete list)
1) DEFINITIONS:
Aphrodite Terra; Ishtar Terra;
Pancake domes; Corona; Scarp;
Valles Marineris;
Olympus Mons;
Belts; Zones; Great Red Spot;
Great Dark Spot; Liquid Metallic Hydrogen;
Loki;
Valhalla;
Triple point;
`Cantaloupe Terrain'; Shepherd Moons;
Kuiper Belt Object
(Trans-neptunian Object); Dwarf Planet; Cassini Division;
Oort Cloud; Trojan asteroids; Lagrangian points; Apollo
asteroids (Earth-Crossing Asteroids); Kirkwood Gaps.
2) OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
The types of surface features found on
the surfaces of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, and how
they were formed;
the evidence that there was liquid water on Mars in the past;
the relative ages of the surfaces of
the terrestrial planets; the compositions of the
atmospheres of the terrestrial
planets; the names of the spacecraft that visited the different planets;
what causes the belts and zones on the Jovian Planets;
why Neptune
and Uranus are blue; the interior structure of the Jovian Planets;
the surface features on the Galilean Moons,
their relative amount of geological activity, their
relative surface density of craters, and their relative
densities, and why these are correlated with
their distances from Jupiter;
The names and surface features of the nine largest moons
of Saturn; which moons are most likely to have water under
their surface;
why Hyperion is not tidally-locked
to Saturn;
the likely explanation why Phoebe and Triton orbit around their planets
in a direction opposite to that of the other moons in the solar system;
The properties
of Uranus'
intermediate and moderate-sized moons;
The state of our knowledge about Triton; Which spacecraft
visited Uranus and Neptune;
The state of our knowledge about Pluto and Charon, including their
surface features;
The nature of planetary rings;
Why some planetary rings are very narrow;
what the formal definition of a dwarf planet is, as opposed to
a planet;
The differences between asteroids and comets;
The difference between the dust tails and ion tails of comets;
Surface features on asteroids and comets.