Astro 10-Lecture 14: Comparative Planetology: The cycles that shape planets
Astro 10 – Giant Impacts
EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS: CRATERS
CRATERS (ctd)
EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS: CRATERS (2)
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS IN THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
Outer Solar System Orbits
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR IMPACTS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM (2)
RINGS
RECENT IMPACTS!
COMET S-L IMPACTS JUPITER
GIANT IMPACTS ON EARTH: “RECENT” and FUTURE
IMPACT BASICS
OTHER EARTH CRATERS
OTHER EARTH CRATERS (2)
Map of Earth Craters
“Debris” of the Solar System
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IMPACTS: How Often?
Encounters in Human History
Encounters in Human History (ctd)
Tunguska
IMPACTS: Consequences
IMPACTS: Consequences (ctd)
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IMPACTS: How Often? (ctd)
Mass extinction?
Mass extinction: Evidence?
Your Chances of Dying
CLOSE CALLS
WHAT can we DO?
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Why do some planets have more craters than others?
Cycles that shape the planets.
Convection
Applications of Convection: Plate Tectonics
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Applications of Convection Volcanism
Applications of Convection Plate Tectonics
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Applications of Convection: Winds
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ConcepTest
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Applications of Convection: Storms
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Applications of Convection: Ocean Currents
Convective processes shape the planets
Cycles that shape planets The water cycle
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Cycles that shape planets The carbonate-silicate cycle
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Negative Feedback
Positive Feedback
Another Type of Positive Feedback
Author: Eric Korpela
E-mail: korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu
Homepage: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/~korpela/
Further information: For the educational use of the Vista Astro 10 class only