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Galileo's Spyglass
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
09/30/03 |
| Summary: Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute examines the revolution that the astronomer Galileo brought to the world by discovering moons around another planet. This changed what otherwise had persisted as a worldview since Aristotle placed Earth in the center of it the universe. |
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The End of Galileo
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
09/22/03 |
| Summary: On Sunday afternoon, the Galileo spacecraft crashed into the planet Jupiter. The spacecraft has redefined our understanding of Jupiter, the moons orbiting that gas giant planet, and the possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system. |
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Galileo Joins Jupiter, Literally
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
09/21/03 |
| Summary: The spectacular journey of Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft, Galileo, ended by crashing into planet's atmosphere. Partly because of successful mapping of Europa's frozen ocean, Galileo couldn't be left unattended to, or it might risk contamination of solar system's prospects for habitability. |
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Jupiter: Moon Festival
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
03/06/03 |
| Summary: Jupiter's mini solar system of now 48 satellites offers compelling insights into how the planets and moon formed, as well as supplying a mystery: How does Jupiter capture and hold on to its festival of moons? |
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Salty Volcanoes on Jovian Moon
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
01/07/03 |
| Summary: Scientists trying to resolve a 30 year mystery of how one of Jupiter's moons generates a cloud of charged particles have found an answer. The stunningly colorful moon, called Io, has a pillar of salt that gets spewed from its volcanic surface. |
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Sunset on Io
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
12/12/02 |
| Summary: Jupiter's closest moon, Io, is revealed in new imagery at sunset, giving a stunning glimpse of a mountain nearly as tall as Mount Everest. Io's unique volcanism gives it heat far from the Sun. |
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Io Blasts Mile-High
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
11/15/02 |
| Summary: Jupiter's moon, Io, blasted a volcanic eruption miles high and visible to ground telescopes in Hawaii. The eruption site is larger in surface area than all of Los Angeles or London. |
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Galileo Flyby: Extreme Explorers Hall of Fame
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
10/25/02 |
| Summary: The Jupiter probe, Galileo, is this week's selection for the Extreme Explorers Hall of Fame. In the next ten days, the robotic spacecraft flies within 100 miles of the unusual moon, Amalthea, which gives off more heat than it receives. As Galileo has filled its mission objectives and is running low on maneuvering fuel, NASA plans to crash the spacecraft into Jupiter during 2003. |
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Amalthea Flyby: The Heat is On
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
09/12/02 |
| Summary: On November 5, the Galileo spacecraft with fly less than 100 miles over one of Jupiter's moons called Almathea. The moon is unique as one that gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun--perhaps from Jupiter's radiation bands or tidal heating. |
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Jupiter Uncloaks: Most Moons Ever Found at Once
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| Topic: Jupiter System |
08/07/02 |
| Summary: When Galileo's first telescope found 4 Jovian moons, could he have imagined? The most moons ever found at once--11. Discovered by Hawaii astronomers using a 7-foot lens at Mauna Kea, the moons must have been captured from solar-orbitting asteroids. |
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