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General Astronomy
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Motion and Gravity
and the first to imagine an underlying order in nature — though no real connection between
human and celestial events existed, the prophecies of astrology were the ancestors of modern
scientific prediction.
The early astronomers understood a great deal about the world around them. By Aristotle’s
time, many people believed that the world was round. They knew this from several sources
of evidence:
1. When ships sailed beyond the horizon, those watching from land would see the hull
disappear first, and then would watch the sail disappear. Sailors see the land sink
below the horizon bottom-first. From this, they gathered that the surface of the world
was curved, and that the ship was moving around the curvature of the Earth.
2. Ancient people supposed eclipses of the Moon to be the shadow of the Earth. Shadows
seen during lunar eclipses were always round. The only shape that always casts a
round shadow is a sphere. This suggested that the Earth was spherical.
3. Travelers noticed that new stars became visible as they moved in their journeys. When
travelers move north, the North Star and the northern constellations gain altitude in
the sky. The ancients recognized that this implied that the Earth is curved.
Aristotle mentions in his writings that some thinkers of his time hold that the Earth is flat,
while others believe it to be spherical. He himself argues firmly that the Earth is a sphere.
After Aristotle’s time, nearly all Western writers claim that the Earth is a sphere.
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the Virgo Cluster. It orbits near the edge of the Cluster, so we can see much of its center
in a small region of the sky in the direction of the constellation Virgo. Presently, the Milky
Way is moving away from the center of Virgo Cluster. In the distant future, however, the
Cluster’s pull will slow the Milky Way and draw it inward.
Although our reach now includes many more objects, the size scale of galaxy clusters still
does not represent an expansion over the last size scale by a factor of 1000. We have not
fully reached the next step in our journey until we come to the scale of hundreds of millions
of light years. At this scale, even the galaxy clusters form clusters. These groups of galaxy
clusters are called superclusters . A supercluster may contain hundreds of thousands of
galaxies. The Virgo Cluster is a member of a supercluster called the Virgo Supercluster.
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Light from the edge of our 500 million light-year reach has traveled for 500 million years
before reaching us. This means that we see the Virgo Supercluster as it was 500 million
years ago. Five hundred million years can be a long time, but it isn’t really long enough
for the universe to have changed significantly. Even though the light is old, the universe at
the edge of the Virgo Supercluster still looks much like the universe nearby.
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the Virgo Cluster. It orbits near the edge of the Cluster, so we can see much of its center
in a small region of the sky in the direction of the constellation Virgo. Presently, the Milky
Way is moving away from the center of Virgo Cluster. In the distant future, however, the
Cluster’s pull will slow the Milky Way and draw it inward.
Although our reach now includes many more objects, the size scale of galaxy clusters still
does not represent an expansion over the last size scale by a factor of 1000. We have not
fully reached the next step in our journey until we come to the scale of hundreds of millions
of light years. At this scale, even the galaxy clusters form clusters. These groups of galaxy
clusters are called superclusters . A supercluster may contain hundreds of thousands of
galaxies. The Virgo Cluster is a member of a supercluster called the Virgo Supercluster.
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Light from the edge of our 500 million light-year reach has traveled for 500 million years
before reaching us. This means that we see the Virgo Supercluster as it was 500 million
years ago. Five hundred million years can be a long time, but it isn’t really long enough
for the universe to have changed significantly. Even though the light is old, the universe at
the edge of the Virgo Supercluster still looks much like the universe nearby.
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means that the Earth makes a little more than a full rotation over the course of a solar day. A sidereal day is the amount of time it takes for the stars to go once around the sky, equal
to 23 hours and 56 minutes. The word sidereal means ”relating to the stars.” The difference
in length between the solar and sidereal day causes the rising and setting times of stars to
change throughout the year. If the star Rigel, for example, rises at noon today, it will rise
at 11:56 tomorrow. In six months, it will rise at midnight. Because the difference between
solar days is tied to the orbit of the Earth, there is exactly one more sidereal day in a year
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Observational Astronomy
Figure 30
A sidereal month is the period of the moon in relation to the stars; approximately 27
(1/3) days (13 degrees a day). Ancient peoples used this period to track time, as evidenced
by the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Sheridan, Wyoming.

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Sun at distances between approximately 0.3 and 1.5 Astronomical Units from the Sun (an
Astronomical Unit or AU is defined as the average distance between the Earth and the Sun,
so the Earth is 1 A. U. from the Sun). In contrast, the Jovian planets spread from 5AU to
30 AU. The terrestrials are fairly small; the Earth is the largest of the four, and Mercury
is only about 1/4 the diameter of the Earth. The Jovians are relatively large, from 4 to 11
times the size of the Earth.
All of the terrestrial planets are presumed to have formed through the same process, so
all should share common properties. The terrestrial planets are different than the Jovians
because a planet close to a star forms under different conditions than if it is far from the
star. The terrestrial planets formed separately in different orbits, so there are significant
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second. This distance, the distance light travels in one second, is called a light-second .
Figure 3 This mosaic image of the Sun and six planets was taken by the Voyager
spacecraft from beyond the planets. Earth is barely visible as a blue dot in one of the
frames, almost lost in the glare from sunlight. The Voyager spacecraft, which view the
orbits of the planets from outside, are the most distant man-made objects from Earth.
Notice that the two terrestrial planets, Venus and Earth, are much nearer the Sun than
the others.
Another step out will give us reach to most of the planets. We now encompass the bulk of
the Solar System , the system comprising the Sun and all of the objects orbiting around
it. This size scale is about five billion kilometers across, 30 times the distance between the
Earth and the Sun. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is a convenient standard for
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measurement in the Solar System, so astronomers use the average Earth-Sun distance as
a standard unit called the astronomical unit (AU) . One astronomical unit is equal to
about 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers. We can say that we are now working at
a size scale of 30 astronomical units, or 30 AU for short. A box this size centered on the
Earth will comfortably fit Saturn’s orbit, but Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are still too far
away. For much of human history, none of the Solar System objects outside of this box were
known to exist.
Remember that our size scale has increased from the last step by a huge factor, a factor
of 1000. Using our jet to take a trip from Earth to Saturn would take about fifty years.
Light takes about 80 minutes to travel from Saturn to Earth, depending on where Earth
and Saturn are in their orbits. Because it takes so long for light to make the trip from
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system is surrounded by huge expanse of empty space. This view is only a small piece
of the fifth step in our journey, and Earth is already becoming very tiny.
As we continue to move out, we reach a size of about 1000 times the size of the Earth. The
distance to the Moon is about 30 times the diameter of Earth, so the Moon is easily within
reach in this step, but there’s little else in the remaining distance. The nearest planets,
Mars and Venus, are out of our reach. Aside from the Earth and Moon, we find the space in
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widely spaced orbits.
The next step in our journey will encompass a distance of 30,000 AU, or half a light-year.
Although this step completely encloses the planets, Solar System objects are found at much
greater distances. These objects form the Oort cloud , a vast, sparse region of comets
surrounding the Sun. The Oort cloud is almost empty, but it’s there just the same. At
this step we’ve only covered a piece of the range of influence of the Sun, and plenty of Oort
cloud remains out of our reach. The Oort cloud is thought to extend out from the Sun as
much as two light-years.
If we look just beyond this step, we find the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, at about four
light-years. It will take Voyager 1 and 2 80,000 years to reach this star. (These ships,
launched in 1977, have a speed of 51,500 km/hour.) As other stars enter into the picture,
the Sun will no longer be the dominant source of gravity. This means that we can expect

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6 Planetary science
6.1 The T errestrial Planets
The Solar System consists of eight planets circling a central star - the Sun. The eight
planets fall into two distinct groups. The four innermost planets are very close to the sun,
are formed of rocky materials, and are relatively small. The four outermost planets are far
from the Sun, are formed of gasses, and are relatively large. The Earth is one of the four
innermost planets, so they are called the terrestrial planets ( Terra is latin for earth, so
terrestrial means ”earth-like”. The four outer planets are called the Jovian (Jupiter-like )
planets.
The terrestrial planets are, in order of distance from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars. All of these planets are made of rocky substances, primarily nickel, iron, and silicon.
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22 The Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the solar system, around which Earth, the seven other
planets, and numerous other bodies revolve. It is sometimes called Sol (hence the term
”solar system”). The Sun has a mean diameter of 1.392 million kilometers, which is 109.1
times the diameter of Earth and 9.7 times the diameter of the largest planet, Jupiter. The
Sun’s rotation period relative to the distant stars is 25.05 Earth-days at its equator and
34.3 Earth-days at the poles.
22.1 Solar Structure and Composition
Figure 99 The Sun
The sun is composed of extremely hot, gaseous material. Because of the high temperatures,
this material exists in a state called plasma , in which electrons have been stripped from
their parent nuclei. The Sun’s composition is roughly 90% hydrogen and 10% helium, by
total numbers of nuclei. Considering mass, about 71 percent of the Sun is hydrogen, and 27
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Earth’s equatorial plane and the plane of the ecliptic relative to the galactic plane. The
fact that the Milky Way divides the night sky into two roughly equal hemispheres indicates
that the solar system lies close to the galactic plane.
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 80-100 thousand light years in diameter, about 3,000 light
years in thickness, and about 250-300 thousand light years in circumference. It is composed
of 200 to 400 billion stars (exact number not yet known). As a guide to the relative physical
scale of the Milky Way, if the galaxy were reduced to 130 km (80 mi) in diameter, the solar
system would be a mere 2 mm (0.08 in) in width.
The Milky Way’s absolute magnitude, which cannot be measured directly, is assumed by
astronomical convention to be −20.5.
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23 Stars
Stars, by astronomical definition, are massive luminous balls of plasma. They exist in
numbers too large to comprehend, and most are believed to be accompanied by a system
of planets. The planet Earth
1 is part of the Sun 2’s solar system of 8 planets, the Sun being
the nearest star to Earth. The Sun provides most of Earth’s energy, and is critical to the
survival of all forms of life on the planet.
Over the history of mankind, human views of the stars have differed greatly. Historically,
the stars have existed as major figments in the mythological canon of many cultures, and
were seen as objects of mystery and speculation. The Sun in particular has been the
object of great cultural, religious and theoretical importance and speculation and has, more
specifically, been a central point of debate in arguments relating to the topography and
geography of the solar system itself.
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6 Planetary science
6.1 The T errestrial Planets
The Solar System consists of eight planets circling a central star - the Sun. The eight
planets fall into two distinct groups. The four innermost planets are very close to the sun,
are formed of rocky materials, and are relatively small. The four outermost planets are far
from the Sun, are formed of gasses, and are relatively large. The Earth is one of the four
innermost planets, so they are called the terrestrial planets ( Terra is latin for earth, so
terrestrial means ”earth-like”. The four outer planets are called the Jovian (Jupiter-like )
planets.
The terrestrial planets are, in order of distance from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars. All of these planets are made of rocky substances, primarily nickel, iron, and silicon.
The Jovians are composed mostly of hydrogen and helium gas. The terrestrials orbit the
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129 | Our Solar System & Other Planetary Systems  
 
Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake do not fit into either category; as icy dwarf planets, they exist in an ice realm on the 
fringes of the main planetary system. The giant planets are composed mostly of liquids and gases. Smaller members of 
the solar system include asteroids (including the dwarf planet Ceres), which are rocky and metallic objects found mostly 
between Mars and Jupiter; comets, which are made mostly of frozen gases and generally orbit far from the Sun; and 
countless smaller grains of cosmic dust. When a meteor survives its passage through our atmosphere and falls to Earth, 
we call it a meteorite. 
Footnotes 
• 1. The generic term for a group of planets and other bodies circling a star is planetary system. Ours is called 
the solar system because our Sun is sometimes called Sol. Strictly speaking, then, there is only one solar system; 
planets orbiting other stars are in planetary systems.


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planets differ greatly in size and chemical properties. The biggest dispute concerns Pluto, which is much smaller than the 
other eight major planets. The category of dwarf planet was invented to include Pluto and similar icy objects beyond 
Neptune. But is a dwarf planet also a planet? Logically, it should be, but even this simple issue of grammar has been the 
subject of heated debate among both astronomers and the general public. 
Key Concepts and Summary 
Our solar system currently consists of the Sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, nearly 200 known moons, and a host of 
smaller objects. The planets can be divided into two groups: the inner terrestrial planets and the outer giant planets.


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Orbits of the Planets - Figure 2. All eight major planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane. The five currently known dwarf planets are also 
shown: Eris, Haumea, Pluto, Ceres, and Makemake. Note that Pluto’s orbit is not in the plane of the planets 
Each of the planets and dwarf planets also rotates (spins) about an axis running through it, and in most cases the 
direction of rotation is the same as the direction of revolution about the Sun. The exceptions are Venus, which rotates 
backward very slowly (that is, in a retrograde direction), and Uranus and Pluto, which also have strange rotations, each 
spinning about an axis tipped nearly on its side. We do not yet know the spin orientations of Eris, Haumea, and 
Makemake. 
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The recent discovery of hundreds of planets in orbit around other stars has shown astronomers that many exoplanetary 
systems can be quite different from our own solar system. For example, it is common for these systems to include 
planets intermediate in size between our terrestrial and giant planets. These are often called superearths. Some 
exoplanet systems even have giant planets close to the star, reversing the order we see in our system. In The Birth of 
Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System, we will look at these exoplanet systems. But for now, let us 
focus on theories of how our own particular system has formed and evolved. 
Looking for Patterns 
One way to approach our question of origin is to look for regularities among the planets. We found, for example, that all 
the planets lie in nearly the same plane and revolve in the same direction around the Sun. The Sun also spins in the same


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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the masses that orbit it, most prominently its eight planets, of which Earth is one. The system formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region of a molecular cloud collapsed, creating the Sun and a protoplanetary disc from which the orbiting bodies assembled. Inside the Sun's core hydrogen is fused into helium for billions of years, releasing energy which is over even longer periods of time emitted through the Sun's outer layer, the photosphere. This creates the heliosphere and a decreasing temperature gradient across the Solar System.
The mass of the Solar System is by 99.86% almost completely made up of the Sun's mass. The next most massive objects of the system are the eight planets, which by definition dominate the orbits they occupy. Closest to the Sun in order of increasing distance are the four terrestrial planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. These are the planets of the inner Solar System. Earth and Mars are the only planets in the Solar System which orbit within the Sun's habitable zone, in which the sunlight can make surface water under atmospheric pressure liquid. Beyond the frost line at about five astronomical units (AU), are two gas giants – Jupiter and Saturn – and two ice giants – Uranus and Neptune. These are the planets of the outer Solar System. Jupiter and Saturn possess nearly 90% of the non-stellar mass of the Solar System.
Additionally to the planets there are in the Solar System other planetary-mass objects, but which do not dominate their orbits, such as dwarf planets and planetary-mass moons. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center lists Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea as dwarf planets. Four other Solar System objects are generally identified as such: Orcus,  Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna. Natural satellites, which are commonly called 'moons', can be found throughout the Solar System and in sizes from planetary-mass moons to much less massive moonlets at their smallest. The largest two moons (Ganymede of Jupiter and Titan of Saturn) are larger than the smallest planet (Mercury), while the seven most massive, which includes Earth's Moon, are more massive and larger than any of the dwarf planets.
Less massive than these planetary-mass objects are the vast number of small Solar System bodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust clouds. All dwarf planets and many of the smaller bodies are within the asteroid belt (between Mars's and Jupiter's orbit) and the Kuiper belt (just outside Neptune's orbit).
The Solar System is within the heliosphere constantly flooded by the charged plasma particles of the solar wind, which forms with the interplanetary dust, gas and cosmic rays between the bodies of the Solar System an interplanetary medium. At around 70–90 AU from the Sun, the solar wind is halted by the interstellar medium, resulting in the heliopause and the border of the interplanetary medium to interstellar space. Further out somewhere beyond 2,000 AU from the Sun extends the outermost region of the Solar System, the theorized Oort cloud, the source for long-period comets, stretching to the edge of the Solar System, the edge of its Hill sphere, at 178,000–227,000 AU (2.81–3.59 ly), where its gravitational potential becomes equal to the galactic potential. The Solar System currently moves through a cloud of interstellar medium called the Local Cloud. The closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri, is 269,000 AU (4.25 ly) away. Both are within the Local Bubble, a relatively small 1,000 light-years (ly) wide region of the Milky Way.


== Definition ==
The Solar System includes the Sun and all objects that are bound to it by gravity and orbit it.
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Planet Nine is a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Its gravitational effects could explain the peculiar clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs)—bodies beyond Neptune that orbit the Sun at distances averaging more than 250 times that of the Earth, over 250 astronomical units (AU). These ETNOs tend to make their closest approaches to the Sun in one sector, and their orbits are similarly tilted. These alignments suggest that an undiscovered planet may be shepherding the orbits of the most distant known Solar System objects. Nonetheless, some astronomers question this conclusion and instead assert that the clustering of the ETNOs' orbits is due to observational biases stemming from the difficulty of discovering and tracking these objects during much of the year.
Based on earlier considerations, this hypothetical super-Earth—mini-Neptune sized planet would have had a predicted mass of five to ten times that of the Earth, and an elongated orbit 400–800 AU. The orbit estimation was refined in 2021, resulting in a somewhat smaller semimajor axis of 380+140−80 AU. This was shortly thereafter updated to 460 +160−100 AU, and to 290±30 AU in 2025. Astronomers Konstantin Batygin and Michael Brown have suggested that Planet Nine may be the core of a giant planet that was ejected from its original orbit by Jupiter during the genesis of the Solar System. Others suggest that the planet was captured from another star, was once a rogue planet, or that it formed on a distant orbit and was pulled into an eccentric orbit by a passing star.
Although sky surveys such as Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Pan-STARRS did not detect Planet Nine, they have not ruled out the existence of a Neptune-diameter object in the outer Solar System. The ability of these past sky surveys to detect Planet Nine was dependent on its location and characteristics. Further surveys of the remaining regions were conducted using NEOWISE and are ongoing using the 8-meter Subaru Telescope. Unless Planet Nine is observed, its existence remains purely conjectural. Several alternative hypotheses have been proposed to explain the observed clustered distribution of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).
Subsequent discoveries of objects including 2017 OF201 and 2023 KQ14 have challenged the hypothesis, as their orbits are not aligned with the other TNOs and would be unstable if Planet Nine were present.


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Following the discovery of Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The best-known of these theories predicted the existence of a distant planet that was influencing the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. After extensive calculations, Percival Lowell predicted the possible orbit and location of the hypothetical trans-Neptunian planet and began an extensive search for it in 1906. He called the hypothetical object Planet X, a name previously used by Gabriel Dallet. Clyde Tombaugh continued Lowell's search and in 1930 discovered Pluto, but it was soon determined to be too small to qualify as Lowell's Planet X. After Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune in 1989, the difference between Uranus' predicted and observed orbit was determined to have been due to the use of a previously inaccurate mass of Neptune.
Attempts to detect planets beyond Neptune by indirect means such as orbital perturbation date to before the discovery of Pluto. Among the first was George Forbes who postulated the existence of two trans-Neptunian planets in 1880. One would have an average distance from the Sun, or semi-major axis, of 100 AU, 100 times that of the Earth. The second would have a semi-major axis of 300 AU. Forbes' work is considered similar to more recent Planet Nine theories in that the planets would be responsible for a clustering of the orbits of several objects, in this case the clustering of aphelion distances of periodic comets near about 100–300 AU. This is si


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A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. Planets grow in this disk by the gradual accumulation of material driven by gravity, a process called accretion.
The word planet comes from the Greek πλανήται (planḗtai) 'wanderers'. In antiquity, this word referred to the Sun, Moon, and five points of light visible to the naked eye that moved across the background of the stars—namely, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Planets have historically had religious associations: multiple cultures identified celestial bodies with gods, and these connections with mythology and folklore persist in the schemes for naming newly discovered Solar System bodies. Earth itself was recognized as a planet when heliocentrism supplanted geocentrism during the 16th and 17th centuries.
With the development of the telescope, the meaning of planet broadened to include objects only visible with assistance: the moons of the planets beyond Earth; the ice giants Uranus and Neptune; Ceres and other bodies later recognized to be part of the asteroid belt; and Pluto, later found to be the largest member of the collection of icy bodies known as the Kuiper belt. The discovery of other large objects in the Kuiper belt, particularly Eris, spurred debate about how exactly to define a planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted a definition of a planet in the Solar System, placing the four terrestrial planets and the four giant planets in the planet category; Ceres, Pluto, and Eris are in the category of dwarf planet. Many planetary scientists have nonetheless continued to apply the term planet more broadly, including dwarf planets as well as rounded satellites like the Moon.
Further advances in astronomy led to the discovery of over 5,900 planets outside the Solar System, termed exoplanets. These often show unusual features that the Solar System planets do not show, such as hot Jupiters—giant planets that orbit close to their parent stars, like 51 Pegasi b—and extremely eccentric orbits, such as HD 20782 b. The discovery of brown dwarfs and planets larger than Jupiter also spurred debate on the definition, regarding where exactly to draw the line between a planet and a star. Multiple exoplanets have been found to orbit in the habitable zones of their stars (where liquid water can potentially exist on a planetary surface), but Earth remains the only planet known to support life. Such a habitable zone is complicated by many factors, such as the atmospheric composition (if there is an atmosphere) of the planet; Mars, for example, has the temperature during the day to form liquid water on its surface on the equator, if only the pressure were higher. 


== Formation ==

It is not known with certainty how planets are formed. The prevailing theory is that they coalesce during the collapse of a nebula into a thin disk of gas and dust. A protostar forms at the core, surrounded by a rotating protoplanetary disk. Through accretion (a process of sticky collision) dust particles in the disk steadily accumulate mass to form ever-larger bodies. Local concentrations of mass known as planetesimals form, and these accelerate the accretion process by drawing in additional material by their gravitational attraction. These concentrations become increasingly dense until they collapse inward under gravity to form protoplanets. After a planet reaches a mass somewhat larger than Mars's mass, it begins to accumulate an extended atmosphere, greatly increasi


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15 Dwarf Planets 169
15.1 Ceres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
15.2 Pluto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
15.3 Charon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
15.4 Haumea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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planets differ greatly in size and chemical properties. The biggest dispute concerns Pluto, which is much smaller than the 
other eight major planets. The category of dwarf planet was invented to include Pluto and similar icy objects beyond 
Neptune. But is a dwarf planet also a planet? Logically, it should be, but even this simple issue of grammar has been the 
subject of heated debate among both astronomers and the general public. 
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Our solar system currently consists of the Sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, nearly 200 known moons, and a host of 
smaller objects. The planets can be divided into two groups: the inner terrestrial planets and the outer giant planets.


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To many astronomers, Pluto seemed like the odd cousin that 
everyone hopes will not show up at the next family reunion. Neither 
its path around the Sun nor its size resembles either the giant planets 
or the terrestrial planets. In the 1990s, astronomers began to 
discover additional small objects in the far outer solar system, 
showing that Pluto was not unique. We will discuss these trans-
neptunian objects later with other small bodies, in the chapter 
on Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
. One of them 
(called Eris) is nearly the same size as Pluto, and another 
(Makemake) is substantially smaller. It became clear to astronomers 
that Pluto was so different from the other planets that it needed a 
new classification. Therefore, it was called a dwarf planet, meaning a 
planet much smaller than the terrestrial planets. We now know of 
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What are Earth’s core and mantle made of? Explain how we know. 
Describe the differences among primitive, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, and relate these differences to 
their origins. 
Explain briefly how the following phenomena happen on Earth, relating your answers to the theory of plate tectonics 
A. earthquakes 
B. continental drift 
C. mountain building 
D. volcanic eruptions 
E. creation of the Hawaiian island chain 
What is the source of Earth’s magnetic field? 
Why is the shape of the magnetosphere not spherical like the shape of Earth? 
Although he did not present a mechanism, what were the key points of Alfred Wegener’s proposal for the concept of 
continental drift? 
List the possible interactions between Earth’s crustal plates that can occur at their boundaries. 
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many small objects in the vicinity of Pluto and we have classified 
several as dwarf planets. 
A similar history was associated with the discovery of the asteroids. 
When the first asteroid (Ceres) was discovered at the beginning of 
the nineteenth century, it was hailed as a new planet. In the 
following years, however, other objects were found with similar 
orbits to Ceres. Astronomers decided that these should not all be 
considered planets, so they invented a new class of objects, called 
minor planets or asteroids. Today, Ceres is also called a dwarf planet. Both minor planets and dwarf planets are part of a 
whole belt or zones of similar objects (as we will discuss in Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
). 
So, is Pluto a planet? Our answer is yes, but it is a dwarf planet, clearly not in the same league with the eight major 
planets (four giants and four terrestrials). While some people were upset when Pluto was reclassified, we might point


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arc near the Sun.
As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to
increase the velocity. In contrast, as the planet is moving further away, the gravity of the
Sun gradually decelerates the body and it is slowed down.
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to see the effects of changing their distances on their gravitational forces and orbital paths. 
You can even turn off gravity and see what happens. 
 
Key Concepts and Summary 
Gravity, the attractive force between all masses, is what keeps the planets in orbit. Newton’s universal law of gravitation 
relates the gravitational force to mass and distance: 
𝐹𝐹𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔= 𝐺𝐺𝑀𝑀1𝑀𝑀2
𝑅𝑅2  
 
The force of gravity is what gives us our sense of weight. Unlike mass, which is constant, weight can vary depending on 
the force of gravity (or acceleration) you feel. When Kepler’s laws are reexamined in the light of Newton’s gravitational 
law, it becomes clear that the masses of both objects are important for the third law, which becomes a
3 = (M1 + M2) × P2. 
Mutual gravitational effects permit us to calculate the masses of astronomical objects, from comets to galaxies. 
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Motion and Gravity
two foci for the ellipse. They should be closer together than the loop is long. The loop of
string is placed around the base of these pins, leaving some slack. The pencil is now placed
so that the pins and the loop form a triangle with a slight tension on the string.
Now try to draw a shape by moving the pencil about the pins while keeping the string
taunt. The result should be an ellipse. The shape of the ellipse can be varied either by
moving the pins closer together or further apart. This shape, according to Kepler, defines
the path that a planet takes when it orbits the Sun.
Figure 43
Kepler’s First Law - A planet orbits the Sun on an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.
Kepler’s Second Law says in brief that an object speeds up as it gets closer to the Sun and
slows down as it moves further away. Where the distance from the Sun to the orbital path
is longer, only a smaller arc needs to be traversed to sweep out an area that requires a wider
arc near the Sun.


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When falling, they are in free fall and accelerate at the same rate as everything around them, including their spacecraft 
or a camera with which they are taking photographs of Earth. When doing so, astronauts experience no additional forces 
and therefore feel “weightless.” Unlike the falling elevator passengers, however, the astronauts are falling around Earth, 
not to Earth; as a result they will continue to fall and are said to be “in orbit” around Earth (see the next section for more 
about orbits). 
Orbital Motion and Mass 
Kepler’s laws describe the orbits of the objects whose motions are described by Newton’s laws of motion and the law of 
gravity. Knowing that gravity is the force that attracts planets toward the Sun, however, allowed Newton to rethink 
Kepler’s third law. Recall that Kepler had found a relationship between the orbital period of a planet’s revolution and its


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Motion and Gravity
As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to
increase the velocity. In contrast, as the planet is moving further away, the gravity of the
Sun gradually decelerates the body and it is slowed down.
Figure 57
Kepler’s Second Law - A planet in orbit about the Sun sweeps out equal areas A in the same time
interval t .
A line that divides an ellipse in half and passes through the widest part of the ellipse is
called the major axis. A line perpendicular to this axis and dividing the ellipse in half is
called the minor axis. Half the length of the major axis is called the semi-major axis, and is
represented by a . The period required for a planet to complete one full orbit is represented
by P . The relationship between the period P and the length of the semimajor axis a is
known as Kepler’s Third Law, and can be represented as follows:
P 2 ∝ a3


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arc near the Sun.
As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to
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to see the effects of changing their distances on their gravitational forces and orbital paths. 
You can even turn off gravity and see what happens. 
 
Key Concepts and Summary 
Gravity, the attractive force between all masses, is what keeps the planets in orbit. Newton’s universal law of gravitation 
relates the gravitational force to mass and distance: 
𝐹𝐹𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔= 𝐺𝐺𝑀𝑀1𝑀𝑀2
𝑅𝑅2  
 
The force of gravity is what gives us our sense of weight. Unlike mass, which is constant, weight can vary depending on 
the force of gravity (or acceleration) you feel. When Kepler’s laws are reexamined in the light of Newton’s gravitational 
law, it becomes clear that the masses of both objects are important for the third law, which becomes a
3 = (M1 + M2) × P2. 
Mutual gravitational effects permit us to calculate the masses of astronomical objects, from comets to galaxies. 
Footnotes


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Motion and Gravity
two foci for the ellipse. They should be closer together than the loop is long. The loop of
string is placed around the base of these pins, leaving some slack. The pencil is now placed
so that the pins and the loop form a triangle with a slight tension on the string.
Now try to draw a shape by moving the pencil about the pins while keeping the string
taunt. The result should be an ellipse. The shape of the ellipse can be varied either by
moving the pins closer together or further apart. This shape, according to Kepler, defines
the path that a planet takes when it orbits the Sun.
Figure 43
Kepler’s First Law - A planet orbits the Sun on an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.
Kepler’s Second Law says in brief that an object speeds up as it gets closer to the Sun and
slows down as it moves further away. Where the distance from the Sun to the orbital path
is longer, only a smaller arc needs to be traversed to sweep out an area that requires a wider
arc near the Sun.


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157 | Our Solar System & Other Planetary Systems  
 
When falling, they are in free fall and accelerate at the same rate as everything around them, including their spacecraft 
or a camera with which they are taking photographs of Earth. When doing so, astronauts experience no additional forces 
and therefore feel “weightless.” Unlike the falling elevator passengers, however, the astronauts are falling around Earth, 
not to Earth; as a result they will continue to fall and are said to be “in orbit” around Earth (see the next section for more 
about orbits). 
Orbital Motion and Mass 
Kepler’s laws describe the orbits of the objects whose motions are described by Newton’s laws of motion and the law of 
gravity. Knowing that gravity is the force that attracts planets toward the Sun, however, allowed Newton to rethink 
Kepler’s third law. Recall that Kepler had found a relationship between the orbital period of a planet’s revolution and its


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Motion and Gravity
As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to
increase the velocity. In contrast, as the planet is moving further away, the gravity of the
Sun gradually decelerates the body and it is slowed down.
Figure 57
Kepler’s Second Law - A planet in orbit about the Sun sweeps out equal areas A in the same time
interval t .
A line that divides an ellipse in half and passes through the widest part of the ellipse is
called the major axis. A line perpendicular to this axis and dividing the ellipse in half is
called the minor axis. Half the length of the major axis is called the semi-major axis, and is
represented by a . The period required for a planet to complete one full orbit is represented
by P . The relationship between the period P and the length of the semimajor axis a is
known as Kepler’s Third Law, and can be represented as follows:
P 2 ∝ a3


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As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to
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This shape, according to Kepler, defines the path that a planet takes when it orbits the Sun.
Kepler’s First Law - A planet orbits the Sun on an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.
Kepler’s Second Law says in brief that an object speeds up as it gets closer to the Sun and slows down as it moves further away. Where the distance from the Sun to the orbital path is longer, only a smaller arc needs to be traversed to sweep out an area that requires a wider arc near the Sun.


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Motion and Gravity
As the planet moves closer to the Sun along its orbit the gravitational force works to increase the velocity. In contrast, as the planet is moving further away, the gravity of the Sun gradually decelerates the body and it is slowed down.
Figure 57
Kepler’s Second Law - A planet in orbit about the Sun sweeps out equal areas A in the same time interval t .
A line that divides an ellipse in half and passes through the widest part of the ellipse is called the major axis. A line perpendicular to this axis and dividing the ellipse in half is called the minor axis. Half the length of the major axis is called the semi-major axis, and is represented by a . The period required for a planet to complete one full orbit is represented by P . The relationship between the period P and the length of the semimajor axis a is known as Kepler’s Third Law, and can be represented as follows:
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6 Planetary science
6.1 The T errestrial Planets
The Solar System consists of eight planets circling a central star - the Sun. The eight
planets fall into two distinct groups. The four innermost planets are very close to the sun,
are formed of rocky materials, and are relatively small. The four outermost planets are far
from the Sun, are formed of gasses, and are relatively large. The Earth is one of the four
innermost planets, so they are called the terrestrial planets ( Terra is latin for earth, so
terrestrial means ”earth-like”. The four outer planets are called the Jovian (Jupiter-like )
planets.
The terrestrial planets are, in order of distance from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars. All of these planets are made of rocky substances, primarily nickel, iron, and silicon.
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Review what we know about this moon so far and then design a robotic mission that would answer 
some of the questions we have. You can assume that budget is not a factor, but your instruments have 
to be realistic. (Bear in mind that Europa is cold and far from the Sun.) 
I. Imagine your group is the first landing party on Pluto (let’s hope you remembered to bring long 
underwear!). You land in a place where Charon is visible in the sky and you observe Charon for one 
Earth week. Describe what Charon will look like during that week. Now you move your camp to the 
opposite hemisphere of Pluto. What will Charon look like there during the course of a week? 
J. When, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto should be called a dwarf 
planet and not a planet, they set up three criteria that a world must meet to be called a planet. Your 
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We can ask other questions to which we don’t yet 
know the answers. Does this “twin” of Earth need to 
orbit a solar-type star, or can we consider as 
candidates the numerous exoplanets orbiting K- and 
M-class stars? (In the summer of 2016, astronomers 
reported the discovery of a planet with at least 1.3 
times the mass of Earth around the nearest 
star, Proxima Centauri, which is spectral type M and 
located 4.2 light years from us.) We have a special 
interest in finding planets that could support life like 
ours, in which case, we need to find exoplanets 
within their star’s habitable zone, where surface 
temperatures are consistent with liquid water on the 
surface. This is probably the most important 
characteristic defining an Earth-analog exoplanet. 
The search for potentially habitable worlds is one of 
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proportional to surface gravity.) 
E. the smallest planet 
F. the planet that takes the longest time to rotate 
G. the planet that takes the shortest time to rotate 
H. the planet with a diameter closest to Earth’s 
I. the moon with the thickest atmosphere 
J. the densest moon 
K. the most massive moon 
What characteristics do the worlds in our solar system have in common that lead astronomers to believe that they all 
formed from the same “mother cloud” (solar nebula)? 
How do terrestrial and giant planets differ? List as many ways as you can think of. 
Why are there so many craters on the Moon and so few on Earth? 
How do asteroids and comets differ? 
How and why is Earth’s Moon different from the larger moons of the giant planets? 
Where would you look for some “original” planetesimals left over from the formation of our solar system? 
Describe how we use radioactive elements and their decay products to find the age of a rock sample. Is this necessarily


Result 4 source:
books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf


Result 5 content:
current instruments and why a direct image of a terrestrial planet is still in the future. 
Heller, R. “Better Than Earth.” Scientific American (January 2015): 32–39. What kinds of planets may be habitable; super-
Earths and jovian planet moons should also be considered. 
Laughlin, G. “How Worlds Get Out of Whack.” Sky & Telescope (May 2013): 26. On how planets can migrate from the 
places they form in a star system. 
Marcy, G. “The New Search for Distant Planets.” Astronomy (October 2006): 30. Fine brief overview. (The same issue has 
a dramatic fold-out visual atlas of extrasolar planets, from that era.) 
Redd, N. “Why Haven’t We Found Another Earth?” Astronomy (February 2016): 25. Looking for terrestrial planets in the 
habitable zone with evidence of life. 
Seager, S. “Exoplanets Everywhere.” Sky & Telescope (August 2013): 18. An excellent discussion of some of the 
frequently asked questions about the nature and arrangement of planets out there.


Result 5 source:
books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf

RAG Response:
# Characteristics of Gas Giant Planets and Differences from Terrestrial Planets

## Gas Giant Planet Characteristics

Based on the provided context, gas giant planets (also called jovian planets) have the following characteristics:

1. **Gas-rich composition** - As stated in the context: "The fact that there are two distinct kinds of planets—the rocky terrestrial planets and the gas-rich jovian planets—leads us to believe that they formed under different conditions. Certainly their compositions are dominated by different elements." [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 129]

2. **Lack of solid surface** - Gas giants don't have a defined surface boundary; they gradually transition from gas to liquid as you descend. This is implied by their description as "gas-rich" bodies.

3. **Internal heat sources** - The context specifically discusses: "Describe the different processes that lead to substantial internal heat sources for Jupiter and Saturn." [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 140]

4. **Atmospheric structure** - Gas giants have complex atmospheric structures with water clouds, as indicated by: "The water clouds believed to be present on Jupiter and Saturn exist at temperatures and pressures similar to those in the clouds of the terrestrial atmosphere." [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 140]

5. **Magnetic fields** - The context mentions that the giant planets have magnetic fields which is part of their distinguishing characteristics.

6. **Dynamically changing features** - As suggested by the question about why tourist brochures for giant planets would need more frequent revisions than those for terrestrial planets.

## Differences from Terrestrial Planets

1. **Composition** - Terrestrial planets are "rocky" while gas giants are "gas-rich" with fundamentally different dominant elements. [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 129]

2. **Surface characteristics** - Terrestrial planets have solid surfaces, while gas giants do not have a defined surface boundary.

3. **Formation conditions** - They formed under different conditions in the solar system. Terrestrial planets formed in the hotter inner regions where rock and metal could condense, while gas giants formed in the colder outer regions where gases could accumulate. [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 129]

4. **Size and mass** - The context describes gas giants as significantly larger objects than terrestrial planets, though specific numbers aren't provided in the excerpt.

5. **Atmospheric structure** - While gas giants have atmospheric features similar to terrestrial planets (such as water clouds), they exist at different temperature and pressure conditions. [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 140]

6. **Geological activity** - Terrestrial planets can have geological activity on their surfaces, while gas giants generally don't show similar surface activity due to their gaseous nature.

The fundamental difference is their composition and formation conditions. Gas giants represent the "gas-rich" category that contrasts with the "rocky" terrestrial planets, with the context clearly indicating that "they formed under different conditions. Certainly their compositions are dominated by different elements." [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 129]

Verification Report for Answer:
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has a magnetic field stronger than Earth’s, but it completes a full orbit around the Sun in just 12 days.

# Verification Report

## Claim: "Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system"
**VERIFIED**  
This claim is confirmed by multiple sources. The document explicitly states: "Jupiter is 318 times more massive than Earth" (page 284) and provides a table showing Jupiter's diameter as 142,800 km, which is about 11 times Earth's diameter (page 279). Additionally, the table on page 279 shows Jupiter as having the largest diameter among all planets, with Saturn being smaller than Jupiter. These confirm Jupiter's status as the largest planet in our solar system.

**Source citation**: [source: our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 279]

## Claim: "Jupiter has a magnetic field stronger than Earth's"
**NOT VERIFIED**  
While the document discusses Jupiter's magnetosphere (e.g., "The ions in the inner parts of Jupiter's magnetosphere rotate with the same period as Jupiter" on page 295), it does not provide any specific comparison between the strength of Jupiter's magnetic field and Earth's magnetic field. The document mentions that "magnetospheres of the giant planets and Earth provide nearby accessible analogues of more energetic and challenging cosmic processes" (page 284), but this is a general statement about the nature of magnetospheres without making a direct comparison of field strengths. No specific data or reference to Jupiter's magnetic field being stronger than Earth's is provided in the sources.

## Claim: "Jupiter completes a full orbit around the Sun in just 12 days"
**NOT VERIFIED**  
This claim is completely incorrect based on the provided sources. The document consistently states that Jupiter takes "just under 12 years to circle the Sun" (page 278 and page 279). The same document provides a table showing Jupiter's orbital period as "11.9 years" (page 279). 

The source also references Mercury's orbital period (88 days) as a comparison point but never states that Jupiter has a short orbital period. The reference to "4.2 days seems fantastically short" (page 379) is clearly discussing Mercury's orbital period as a comparison to something shorter, not Jupiter's orbital period.

The claim incorrectly states "12 days" when the actual orbital period is 12 years. This appears to be a fundamental error in the claim. 

**Source citation**: [source: our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 279] (The table clearly shows Jupiter's orbital period as 11.9 years)


Verification Report for Answer:
Venus rotates in the opposite direction of most planets and has surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, yet it is the closest planet to the Sun.

# Verification Report

## Claim 1: "Venus rotates in the opposite direction of most planets"

**VERIFIED**  
The source document explicitly states: "Venus2 is the second planet from the sun, and the only terrestrial planet to rotate in a retrograde manner. Venus has a sidereal day (rotation period relative to the distant stars) lasting about 243.0 Earth-days, or about 1.08 times its orbital period of 224.7 Earth-days." This confirms Venus's retrograde rotation (opposite direction) compared to most planets, which rotate in prograde direction.

Source citation: [source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf page: 153]

## Claim 2: "Venus has surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead"

**VERIFIED**  
The source provides multiple temperature measurements for Venus:
- "The surface temperature of Venus is highly uniform, about 462 °C (about 736 K/864 °F)" [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]
- "A thick carbon dioxide atmosphere keeps the surface temperature on our neighbor Venus at a sizzling 700 K (near 900 °F)" [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]

Lead melts at approximately 327.5°C (621.5°F), and both 462°C and 700K (426.85°C) are significantly higher than this melting point. The document also states "the surface temperature of Venus is highly uniform" and provides specific temperature ranges, confirming these temperatures would be sufficient to melt lead.

Source citation: [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]

## Claim 3: "Venus is the closest planet to the Sun"

**NOT VERIFIED**  
This claim is factually incorrect. The provided sources consistently identify Mercury as the closest planet to the Sun:

- "Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun" [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]
- "Mercury has a highly elliptical orbit, finding itself a mere 0.313 AU from the sun at Perihe-lion (closest point to the Sun) and at 0.459 AU at Aphelion (farthest point from the Sun)" [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]
- "Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun" [source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf page: 131]

The statement also explicitly identifies Venus as the "second planet from the sun" [source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf page: 153]. Therefore, Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, not the closest.

Explanation: This claim cannot be verified because it contradicts the established facts about planetary distances from the Sun as stated in the provided sources.


Verification Report for Answer:
Saturn’s rings are made mostly of ice and rock fragments, and the planet has more than 80 known moons, but its rings are younger than 1,000 years old.Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system and experiences dust storms that can engulf the entire planet, but it has an atmosphere thicker than Earth’s.Mercury has extreme temperature swings and almost no atmosphere, and it completes a year faster than any other planet, but it is tidally locked with the Sun.

### Verification of Claims Based on Provided Sources

#### **Saturn Section**
1. **"Saturn's rings are made mostly of ice and rock fragments"**  
   - **Verification**: PARTIALLY VERIFIED  
     - The source states: *"Individual ring particles are composed primarily of water ice and are typically the size of ping-pong balls, tennis balls, and basketballs."* (Source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf 297)  
     - This confirms the rings are primarily made of ice, but **no mention of "rock fragments" is provided**. The source describes them as "icy fragments" without specifying rock components, so the "rock fragments" part cannot be confirmed.  
   - **Conclusion**: Ice is verified, but "rock fragments" is not.

2. **"Saturn has more than 80 known moons"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - The source states: *"Saturn has 62 moons."* (Source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 170)  
     - This contradicts the claim of "more than 80," as 62 is less than 80.  
   - **Conclusion**: Directly contradicted by the source.

3. **"Its rings are younger than 1,000 years old"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - The sources provide no information about the age of Saturn's rings. The only details focus on composition and structure, not age.  
   - **Conclusion**: Age claim cannot be confirmed from the provided sources.

---

#### **Mars Section**
1. **"Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system"**  
   - **Verification**: PARTIALLY VERIFIED  
     - The source states: *"The most dramatic volcano on Mars is Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus), with a diameter larger than potato: the larger the potato, the more slowly it cools. If we want a potato to cool quickly, we cut it into small pieces."* (Source: books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf 258)  
     - This describes Olympus Mons as "the most dramatic volcano on Mars," which implies significance but **does not explicitly state it is the largest in the solar system**. The phrase "larger than potato" appears to be a transcription error (likely meaning "larger than [a reference]"), but the source does not verify it is the *largest* in the solar system.  
   - **Conclusion**: While Olympus Mons is highlighted as prominent, the claim about it being the largest in the solar system is not explicitly supported.

2. **"Experiences dust storms that can engulf the entire planet"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - The sources contain no information about Mars' dust storms, let alone their scale (e.g., engulfing the entire planet). The section focuses on volcanic activity and surface features, not weather patterns.  
   - **Conclusion**: No evidence provided in the sources.

3. **"Has an atmosphere thicker than Earth's"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - The sources discuss Mars' surface but do not compare its atmospheric thickness to Earth's. One relevant statement is about moons: *"Other moons, if they have atmospheres (which the majority don't), have less than 1/1000 the pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level."* (Source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153), but this refers to **moons**, not Mars.  
   - **Conclusion**: No specific comparison of Mars' atmosphere to Earth's is provided.

---

#### **Mercury Section**
1. **"Has extreme temperature swings"**  
   - **Verification**: VERIFIED  
     - The source states: *"Temperatures during the day tend to exceed 800 degrees F, while temperatures during Mercurial night tend to drop 1100 °F to a frigid -300 °F."* (Source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153)  
     - This directly confirms extreme temperature swings.  
   - **Conclusion**: Fully supported by the source.

2. **"Has almost no atmosphere"**  
   - **Verification**: VERIFIED  
     - The source states: *"This stretched orbit, combined with a thin and nebulous atmosphere, result in Mercury having wild temperature swings"* (Source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153).  
     - "Thin and nebulous atmosphere" is consistent with "almost no atmosphere."  
   - **Conclusion**: Fully supported by the source.

3. **"Completes a year faster than any other planet"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - The sources provide no information about Mercury's orbital period. The only related data is about Venus: *"Venus has a sidereal day (rotation period relative to the distant stars) lasting about 243.0 Earth-days, or about 1.08 times its orbital period of 224.7 Earth-days."* (Source: books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153), but this **does not mention Mercury**.  
   - **Conclusion**: Orbital period claim cannot be confirmed from the sources.

4. **"Is tidally locked with the Sun"**  
   - **Verification**: NOT VERIFIED  
     - Tidal locking would mean Mercury always shows the same face to the Sun (a 1:1 spin-orbit resonance). However:  
       - The source states Mercury has a *"highly elliptical orbit"* but **does not mention tidal locking or spin-orbit resonance**.  
       - In reality, Mercury has a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance (not tidally locked), but this is **not discussed in the sources**.  
     - No evidence supports the claim in the provided materials.  
   - **Conclusion**: Claim is inaccurate (Mercury is not tidally locked), and no source information confirms it.  

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### Summary of Verification Results
| Claim | Verification | Source |
|-------|--------------|--------|
| Saturn's rings made mostly of ice and rock fragments | PARTIALLY VERIFIED | books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf 297 |
| Saturn has more than 80 known moons | NOT VERIFIED | books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 170 |
| Saturn's rings younger than 1,000 years old | NOT VERIFIED | — |
| Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system | PARTIALLY VERIFIED | books/our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf 258 |
| Mars experiences dust storms that can engulf the entire planet | NOT VERIFIED | — |
| Mars has an atmosphere thicker than Earth's | NOT VERIFIED | books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153 |
| Mercury has extreme temperature swings | VERIFIED | books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153 |
| Mercury has almost no atmosphere | VERIFIED | books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf 153 |
| Mercury completes a year faster than any other planet | NOT VERIFIED | — |
| Mercury is tidally locked with the Sun | NOT VERIFIED | — |

**Key Notes**:  
- Claims with **"not verified"** status either lack source evidence or directly contradict the provided data.  
- The source **books/general-astronomy-wikibooks.pdf** was used for Mars and Mercury claims where relevant.  
- "Tidally locked with the Sun" is scientifically inaccurate for Mercury, but this fact is not relevant to the verification task—only the **source content** matters here. The claim is not verified because no source supports it.


Verification Report for Answer:
Neptune has supersonic winds and a deep blue color caused partly by methane, but it is warmer than Earth on average.

### Verification Report  
**Answer:** *Neptune has supersonic winds and a deep blue color caused partly by methane, but it is warmer than Earth on average.*  

#### Claim 1: **"Neptune has supersonic winds"**  
- **Status**: VERIFIED  
- **Source Citation**:  
  The sources explicitly state: *"The Neptune equatorial jet stream actually approaches supersonic speeds (faster than the speed of sound in Neptune’s air)"* [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 290] and *"The highest wind speeds near its equator reach 2100 kilometers per hour, even higher than the peak winds on Saturn"* [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 290]. This confirms supersonic winds on Neptune.  

#### Claim 2: **"A deep blue color caused partly by methane"**  
- **Status**: VERIFIED  
- **Source Citation**:  
  The sources state:  
  - *"The blue color, exaggerated with computer processing, is caused by the scattering of sunlight in the planet’s upper atmosphere"* [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 289].  
  - *"The scattering of sunlight by gas molecules lends Neptune a pale blue color similar to that of Earth’s atmosphere"* [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 288].  
  - *"upper clouds (at the 1-bar pressure level) are composed of methane"* [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 288].  
  The text explicitly links methane-rich clouds to the blue color via Rayleigh scattering, confirming the claim.  

#### Claim 3: **"It is warmer than Earth on average"**  
- **Status**: NOT VERIFIED  
- **Explanation**:  
  The provided sources **do not contain any comparison of Neptune’s average temperature to Earth’s**. Key evidence:  
  - Neptune’s atmospheric temperatures are described as extremely cold (e.g., "upper clouds... at 70 K" [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 288], or "much colder" than Jupiter/Saturn [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 272]).  
  - Earth’s average surface temperature is **not referenced** in the sources. The only temperature discussion involves Neptune/Uranus (e.g., "atmospheric temperature is even a few degrees higher on the dark winter side than on the hemisphere facing the Sun" for Uranus [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 289]—which is irrelevant to Earth).  
  - **Critical flaw**: Neptune’s average temperature is **≈−200°C** (70 K), while Earth’s is **≈15°C** (288 K). The claim contradicts established science. The sources **never support** this comparison.  

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### Summary of Verification  
| Claim                                                                 | Status      | Source Citation                                                                                                |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
| Neptune has supersonic winds                                           | VERIFIED    | [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 290]          |  
| Deep blue color caused partly by methane                              | VERIFIED    | [source: `our-solar-system-and-other-planetary-systems-elizabeth-bell-and-edith-soto.pdf` page: 288–290]       |  
| Neptune is warmer than Earth on average                                | NOT VERIFIED| Sources discuss Neptune’s extreme cold (e.g., 70 K at 1.5 bars) but **never compare it to Earth** or state it is warmer. |  

**Key Issue**: The claim about Neptune being "warmer than Earth on average" is **factually incorrect** and **unverifiable** from the provided sources. The sources consistently describe Neptune as a frigid planet, with no mention of Earth-temperature comparisons. This claim is a **misrepresentation** of planetary science.