Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

360 Encyclopedia of the Solar System TABLE 2 Meteorite Parent Bodies Asteroid Class Inferred Major Surface Minerals Meteorite An ...

Main-Belt Asteroids 361 60 different parent bodies indicating a wide variety of dif- ferentiated bodies in the Asteroid Belt. Ho ...

362 Encyclopedia of the Solar System shows a major transition in asteroid mineralogy to less free metal, more oxidized silicates ...

Main-Belt Asteroids 363 Our first guess is to assume that the asteroids, like the planets, formed in a solar nebula of gas and d ...

364 Encyclopedia of the Solar System an extremely rough surface, as shown in Fig. 7. After several months of mapping and analysi ...

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366 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 1 The relative sizes of the main planetary satellites Earth, Mass, and Pluto. More t ...

TABLE 1 Properties of the Main Planetary Satellites Distance Revolution from Period Orbital Visual Primary (days) Orbital Inclin ...

TABLE 1 Properties of the Main Planetary Satellites ( Continued ) Distance Revolution from Period Orbital Visual Primary (days) ...

Planetary Satellites 369 of motion, if it is highly eccentric, or if it has a high angle of inclination. Satellites with irregul ...

370 Encyclopedia of the Solar System unaltered matter. In the radiometric dating technique, the fraction of a radioactive isotop ...

Planetary Satellites 371 The satellites Phobos, Mimas, and Tethys all have impact craters caused by bodies that were nearly larg ...

372 Encyclopedia of the Solar System shadowing among surface particles. The magnitude of this surge, known as theopposition effe ...

Planetary Satellites 373 TABLE 2 Major Flyby Missions to Planetary Satellites Mission Objects Encounter Dates Mariner 9 Martian ...

374 Encyclopedia of the Solar System moral satireGullliver’s Travels(published in 1726), a fanci- ful but coincidentally accurat ...

Planetary Satellites 375 FIGURE 3 Four small satellites of Jupiter: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe, shown to their correct ...

376 Encyclopedia of the Solar System that may be features caused by the impact. No components other than water ice have been det ...

Planetary Satellites 377 FIGURE 6 A view of the south pole of Enceladus, obtained by theCassinicamera. The backlit geyser-like f ...

378 Encyclopedia of the Solar System aspects of Iapetus are unusual. It is the only large Saturnian satellite in a highly inclin ...

Planetary Satellites 379 FIGURE 11 Six small satellites of Saturn. They are, clockwise from the top, Atlas, Pandora, Janus, Caly ...