Kuiper belt & oort cloud 2
Space weather and potential impact on earth’s climate dec 19 10 v2
CometISON Updated Oct
Uranus and Neptune – gas giant twins Uranus 19.2 AU from Sun Diameter 4 x Earth Mass 14.5 x Earth Density 1.3 gm/cm 3 Neptune 30 AU from Sun Diameter 3.9.
Solar System Debris. Asteroids Asteroids are relatively small. Most have eccentric orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Small stuff in the solar system and where to find it Alan Longstaff SPA Preston Montford Nov 2015.
Voyagers (1970s) 1800 lbs, dish >12 ft diameter data rates ~115,000 bits/sec (twice dial-up!) Radioisotope Power Generators.
Impacts with Space Objects
