OSU Star Party Feb 13 2013

Society of Physics StudentsWelcome You!

To the Star Party

Have you seen this planet?

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons, the 4 biggest discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610!

Earth’s Moon

• Average distance: 238,857 miles•5th Largest moon in the Solar System• Tallest mountain 2x size of Mt. Everest• 100 Earth lbs = 16.6 Lunar lbs

Moon Landings

Orion Nebula Distance across: 9 trillion miles

The Pleiades Distance across: 47 trillion miles

Andromeda Our galactic neighbor 147 million trillion miles away

Andromeda set on a collision course with the Milky Way!

Hubble Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope