ASTR/ATOC 3720 Lecture Notes

The following are images and movies shown in lecture on 29 Apr 2003.

  • Comparison images of large satellites and small planets in the solar system. (JPEG Image, 48 kB)
  • Saturn's satellite Titan from the far side after Voyager flyby. (GIF Image, 16 kB)
  • Ground-based images showing surface features and methane clouds on Titan. (PNG Image, 48 kB)
  • Triton, the largest satellite of Neptune, and its icy surface. (GIF Image, 196 kB)
  • Triton's southern hemisphere, which was facing the Sun at the time of the Voyager flyby. (GIF Image, 280 kB)
  • Closeup of Triton's southern pole, showing windblown streaks of darker material from geysers (ice volcanoes). (GIF Image, 304 kB)
  • If you look carefully you can see clouds on the limb of this image of Triton. (JPEG Image, 76 kB)
  • Best Triton image from HST with diagram showing its orientation relative to Earth (and the Sun). (JPEG Image, 12 kB)
  • Blurry movie showing active geysers (cryovolcanism) on Triton's south pole during the Voyager encounter. (Quicktime Movie, 212 kB)
  • HST image of Pluto and Charon. (GIF Image, 20 kB)
  • Pluto and Charon compared to the USA. (JPEG Image, 52 kB)
  • Rotation movie of best images of Pluto showing surface dark and light patches. (MPEG Movie, 616 kB)

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