Hubble space telescope: 25 years photographing the galaxies far, far away This month Nasa/ESA's Hubble space telescope is celebrating 25 years exploring the sky above…

Slide 1 Uranus and Neptune Astronomy 311 Professor Lee Carkner Lecture 19 Slide 2 Uranus -- God of the Sky   He gives his name to Urania, the Greek muse of astronomy…

Slide 1 Where are we? http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/ Slide 2 We are here ~200 billion stars. One revolution every ~200 million years. Side view Top view The Milky Way…

Neptune Neptune By: Jason Smith Symbol Name In Roman mythology, Neptune was the god of the sea. Discovery Who: Johann Gottfried and Henrich Louis dâArrest When: 23 Sep 1946…

The Planet Neptune The Planet Neptune Julia Carnevale 1 Why the name Neptune? Astronomers continued naming the planets after deities/gods in Roman and Greek mythology. Neptune…

Neptune is named after the Greek god Poseidon. Poseidon is the god of the sea, Neptune was called Neptune because it was one important god who did not have a planet named…

Where are we? http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/ We are here ~200 billion stars. One revolution every ~200 million years. Side view Top view The Milky Way Comparison of…

Neptune Neptune By: Mallory Goodman How did Neptune get itâs name? When telescopes were invented many planets were discovered. When they discovered Neptune they saw it has…

Moons of Neptune by: Jonathon Carten Triton Triton is the largest of Neptune's moons. 7th largest moon in the solar system. Discovered by William Lassell on October…

Slide 1 The Planets Our Solar System Hailey DuBois 1 Mercury Mercuryâs atmosphere is made up of oxygen, sodium, helium, and potassium. Mercury is a rocky planet with a solid…