Unit 6 Flashcards
Electric currents within the sphere of __________________ generate the magnetic field of __________ planets.
metallic hydrogen, gas-giant
_____________ described the five “balance points in the gravitational influences of two large bodies.
Joseph Lagrange
The gap between Saturn’s A and B rings is called __________.
Cassino Divison
Valhalla Basin resides on the _______ moon.
callisto
______________ is the astronomer that predicted the comet he noticed would return every 75 years.
Edmund Halley
The origin of Cavi is from ___________.
cryovolcanism
_________ moon is mostly covered by the Herschel Crater.
Mimas
_______________ predicated the size, distance, and shape of Neptune.
Urbain Le Verrier
When _________ divide gas particles from dust particles the result will be comet tails.
solar winds
Xanadu is on the ______ moon.
Titan
The ________ that make up part of a comet’s nucleus are the source of ________.
silicates, meteors
The white bands of cool gas that rise are _______.
zones
_____ moon is known for its volcanic activity.
lo
Red-brown bands of warming, sinking gas are ______.
belts
_______ is responsible for Uranus’ color.
Methane
The _________ moon is covered in an ice shell.
Europa
___________ planets have magnetic fields that are thought to create water-ammonia oceans.
Ice-giant
The _______ moon contains nitrogen geysers.
Triton
There are eight gaps in the of the man-belt objects, three of which were established by _______________.
Daniel Kirkwood
Under what extreme conditions is metllic hydrogen created?
Heath and pressure
The main asterioud belt is the space between what two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
Uranus was discovered by who?
William Herschel
What celestial body has sufficient mass and gravity to be round and orbits the sun?
Planet
Which moon is the largest in the solar system?
Ganymede
