Jupiter


 

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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Solar System Astronomy
Area of Study :  Solar System    
Equipment :   Video or web images, Voyager approach video.
Procedure :   Very good images and movies are available from the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft missions.  Choose those that best fit your presentation.
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   References

Enrique Macia and M. Victoria Hernandez, "Seeing the Planets from Jupiter", TPT, Vol. 35, # 3, Mar. 1997, p. 178.

 

Adam J. Burgasser, "Brown Dwarfs: Failed Stars, Super Jupiters", Physics Today, June 2008, p. 70.

Tristan Guillot, "Probing the Giant Planets", Physics Today, April 2004, p. 63.

 

Janice VanCleave,  "Planet Facts and Figures,"  A+ Projects in Astronomy, pp. 193.

Jupiter = Martyn J. Fogg,  "Stellifying Jupiter,"  Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact.



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