Homework #2, Due Monday, Sept. 23 at the beginning of class.
Be sure to show your work, do your own work, and put your name and
row letter
on it and write legibly. If I can't read it, I can't grade it.
Do on your own paper- do not turn in any images.
1) Would you expect to find more impact craters on Io or Callisto? Why?
2) About what are the densities of terrestrial planets, gas planets (Jovian
and Neptunian) and ice moons?
3) Textbook Chapter 11, Question 12: Which planet has the strongest magnetic field,
and hence the largest magnetosphere? What is its source?
4) Textbook Chapter 12, Question 1: What are the moons of the outer planets typically made of, and
how is their composition different from that of our Moon?
5) Textbook Chapter 12, Question 16: Would you expect to find more impact craters on
Io or Callisto? Why?
6) List two erosion processes occurring on Titan.
7)
What is the most likely difference between the white and red? (Assume the picture covers
the same size as Missouri.)
8) How old is the surface of the image for Question 7?
9)
What does the shape of this object tell us?
10) About how old is the object of Question 9?
11)
What is the likely density of this object?