Access the interactive titled “What\'s Your Favorite Planet?” under the “Outer P
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Access the interactive titled “What's Your Favorite Planet?” under the “Outer Planets” terms section of the Science Corner. You can also view the interactive at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/favorite-planet.html. Identify your favorite planet, Next, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research articles regarding research and mission(s) that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has made on the planet that you have identified. Then, state the main reasons why the planet you have chosen is your favorite. Discuss the mission(s) and research that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has made to this planet, and explain the main benefits that the mission / research has had on our understanding of both the planet in question and the Earth.
Explanation / Answer
outer planet : planets which are after located after asteroid belt
my favourite outer planet is JUPITER
THE main reasons for the jupiter to be my favourite are
1. It protects us from dangerous meteors and other cosmic debris.
2. Jupiter will host a NASA space probe that has Lego people on it.
3. Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the most interesting moons in the solar system because it may support life underneath its scarred, icy surface.
4 Speaking of moons, Jupiter has the most moons of any planet at 67.
5 Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in the solar system combined. It’s actually 2.5x bigger than all the planets combined.
missions and research undertaken by NASA
Flyby missions - Pioneer program (1973 and 1974)Voyager program (1979) , Ulysses (1992) , Cassini (2000) ,New Horizons (2007)
Orbiter missions - Galileo (1995–2003) , Juno (2016) , Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (2022)
THE main benefits that the mission /research had on our understanding are
1) understanding the atmosphere of the planetary bodies
2) finding out whether life is possible or not there
3) understanding the formation of our planet and how our planet functions
4)knowing about them in a efficient way so that we can help in protecting our planet
5) how the planets are interdependent on each other in our solar system