StarTech The Discovery of a New World You may pick from the list below to go to any specific page, or you may follow the buttons at the top and bottom of this and the following pages to go through the set. The story begins...
About the StarTech Activity
Discovery of a New Planet
Planetary Diameter
The Period of Revolution
The Period of Rotation
The Search for and Naming of the Moons
The Distance from the New Planet and its Moons
The Periods of Revolution of the Moons
Planetary Mass
The Surface Gravity and Your Weight on the New Planet
Planning a Manned Mission to the New Planet
Planetary Atmosphere
Planetary Surface Temperature
Planetary Density
The Discovery of Rings by Occultation
Table of Measured Planetary Properties
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The image above is by astronomer/artist William K Hartmann.
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