Solar System Survey Lunar and Planetary Institute（太阳系调查月球和行星研究所）.pptVIP

Solar System Overview The Sun At the Center (and we do go around it …..) 99.85% mass of Solar System 92% H / 8% He Source of solar wind and space weather Genesis Mission – solar wind SOHO Inner Planets “Terrestrial Planets” Rocky Dense Metal cores (iron) Asteroids “Minor planets” or “planetoids” less than 1000 km across Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter Occasionally run into Earth and other planets (oops) Outer Planets Large! Gases and liquids No solid surface May have a small solid core Tumultuous atmospheres - rapid winds, large storms Rotate relatively quickly Kuiper Belt Disk