Astronomy 121 Third Homework Assignment

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Recent Developments in Solar System Exploration - Outer Solar System

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1. Summarize some of the implications associated with the recent discovery of vast reserves of hydrocarbons on Titan.

2. What is Voyager1 up to these days? What recent discoveries has it made?

3. Compare and contrast the properties of the inner most Galilean satellites (Io and Europa), with the outermost (Ganymede and Callisto).

4. What is unusual about the surface of Triton, as discovered by Voyager II.

5. Enceladus and Europa are two icy moons that have scientists excited because of their potential for life. How are these moons capable of supporting life? Also, think about the criteria for searching for life on exoplanets. How does this change that criteria?