Source: NASANine spacecraft have visited Jupiter. Seven flew by and two have orbited the gas giant. Juno, the most recent, arrived at Jupiter in 2016.
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- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:06 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
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Jupiter: Exploring Jupiter
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:04 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
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Jupiter: Ringed World
Source: NASAIn 1979 the Voyager mission discovered Jupiter’s faint ring system. All four giant planets in our solar system have ring systems.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:03 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
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Jupiter: Worlds Galore
Source: NASAJupiter has more than 75 moons.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:02 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter: Massive World, Light Elements
Source: NASAJupiter's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen (H2) and helium (He).
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:01 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter: What's Inside
Source: NASAJupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:59 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter: Short Day/Long Year
Source: NASAJupiter rotates once about every 10 hours (a Jovian day), but takes about 12 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun (a Jovian year).
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:56 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter: Fifth Planet From Our Star
Source: NASAJupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) or 5.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from our Sun (Earth is one AU from the Sun).
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:52 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
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Jupiter: The Grandest Planet
Source: NASAEleven Earths could fit across Jupiter’s equator. If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be the size of a basketball.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:02 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: ISS
- Replies: 4
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Space Toilet
The Zvezda (Star) is a Russian-built space module with the most important thing on the ISS on it: the toilet! It separates feces from urine, so the liquid can later be filtered into what they drink.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:45 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: ISS
- Replies: 4
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ISS Cupola
The Cupola of the ISS was built by the Thales Group of France and Leonardo of Italy, a truly international collaboration.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter's Moons
Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Question? (Please Answer)
- Replies: 6
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Re: Question? (Please Answer)
Yes, bystander. Thank you. My teacher told me yesterday, that was what he meant.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Jupiter
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Jupiter's Moons
Jupiter has 79 (discovered) moons. Some of them haven't even been officially named yet.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: OSIRIS-REx: Asteroid 1999 RQ36 (Bennu)
- Replies: 78
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Bennu
You can explore a 3-D model of Bennu by NASA. https://trek.nasa.gov/bennu
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: ISS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4309
TAS-I
Fun Fact: The Thales Group in Italy made the cupola of the ISS.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: ISS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4309
ISS
You can view the ISS on Google Maps. http://www.google.com/maps/space/iss
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:11 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Mars
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5558
Mars Methane Release
No, Mars can not fart, but it can release methane. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090119.html
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:09 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Odin Satellite
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- Views: 2573
Odin Satellite
The Odin Satellite is an observatory in space used to take pictures since 2001. It's from the Swedish National Space Agency or SNSA. My friend Jeffery and I think it's very interesting! We're actually learning Swedish to maybe write a letter to them.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:12 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Ranks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4069
Ranks
I'm currently an Asternaut. Is the next rank an Ensign? How many posts do I need for that?
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:11 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Question? (Please Answer)
- Replies: 6
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Question? (Please Answer)
My science teacher told me about a new state of matter found in space, but he doesn't remember the name of it. Does anyone? Please tell me.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:09 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Birthday APOD
- Replies: 3
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Birthday APOD
I was born on 10 November, 2008, and I found the APOD from the day I was born. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081110.html
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:47 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Birthday APOD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4035
Birthday APOD
My birthday is on 10 November, 2008, and I found the APOD on the day I was born. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081110.html