Carleton University, October 10, 2019
Carleton University, October 10, 2019 Where did all the planets come - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carleton University, October 10, 2019 Where did all the planets come - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carleton University, October 10, 2019 Where did all the planets come from? ...From the process of gravitational accretion.... Asteroid Itokawa 535 meters Radiant of Shower We see more meteors after midnight than during the early evening.
Where did all the planets come from? ...From the process of gravitational accretion....
Asteroid Itokawa
535 meters
Radiant of Shower
Earth Dawn Dusk Sunlight
We see more meteors after midnight than during the early evening…. Why?
Buzzard Coulee Meteorite Saskatchewan November 20, 2008
50 - 100 tonnes/day
Hoba Meteorite, Namibia
Agnighto Meteorite, Greenland
Jon Larsen “In Search of Stardust”
Sean Connery Henry Fonda Natalie Wood Karl Malden Martin Landau 1979
Are we in danger from a major impact? Or even multiple impacts?
Typical path of comet
Comet Swift-Tuttle, photographed in 1992
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 : 1994
Eugene Shoemaker David Levy
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 The “String of Pearls”
30 meters in diameter
370 meters in diameter
Diameter (meters) Airburst Energy Airburst Altitude Average Frequency 30 m 530 kt 16 km (53,000 ft) 185 years 50 m 2.9 Mt 8.5 km (28,000 ft) 764 years 70 m 8.5 Mt 3.4 km (11,000 ft) 1,900 years 85 m 15.6 Mt 0.4 km (1,430ft) 3,300 years