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Subject: For Websearcher-ga only, please
Category: Science > Astronomy
Asked by: hsthompson-ga
List Price: $60.00
Posted: 05 Aug 2003 21:42 PDT
Expires: 06 Aug 2003 08:12 PDT
Question ID: 240551
Websearcher-ga:

How are you?  You did an excellent job last time, and I would like to
use your services again. If you have questions, please ask.  Answers
should be in the form of a complete paragraph.  Let me know if the
price is acceptable to you.  I need this completed by Thursday - p.m.,
and would be happy to get the answers in small groups, as you complete
them.  Go get 'em, tiger!

Thank you,

HST


1.	Define and briefly discuss the various models that have been
proposed for the origin of the Moon. Which of these appears most
likely to be correct in view of the current understanding of the
nature of the Moon?

2.	Explain how the crater counts let us estimate the age of any
surface in the solar system.
 
3.	How does Mercury's daytime temperature compare to the Moon's? Why?

4.	Explain how a lens makes an image of a tree. Why does covering the
top half of the lens not remove the tree top from the image that is
viewed? Why are the red apples in the tree not in focus with the green
leaves?

5.	Why is Galileo Regio, the large circular feature on Ganymede, so
dark?

6.	Discuss where, if at all, Pluto fits into the two classes of
planets in the solar system, the terrestrial and the gas giant
planets.

7.	What is the primary source of erosion on the Moon? Why does change
there take so long?

8.	Describe the Tharsis region of Mars.

9.	Name three ways Venus is truly Earth's sister planet.

10.	Contrast Saturn's moon Titan with Earth's moon.

11.	What is exceptional about the rotation of Hyperion? Give a
possible explanation.

12.	Give three features of the Earth's crust explained by plate
tectonics.

13.	How is the varying thickness of the lunar crust related to the
presence or absence of maria?

14.	Why did Galileo's observations of Venus full phase cycle disprove
Ptolemy?

15.	Why is Saturn's atmosphere believed to be missing some of its
helium?

16.	Name two ways the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune defy the
Dynamo theory.

17.	What evidence shows that it is the Earth that indeed is moving?

18.	Contrast the composition of Venus' atmosphere with its clouds.

19.	The effects of orbital resonances are seen dramatically in the
structure of the rings of Saturn. Describe and explain these effects.

20.	What is believed to be the origin of the Caloris basin? What other
features on Mercury's surface are related to this origin? Explain.
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