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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/

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