AST-1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: False Color, Red Color, Great Dark Spot
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The planets - and other bodies - of the solar system. Brightly glowing lava from the volcano pele is seen in this image taken by nasa"s. A false color infrared composite of the same region is shown on the right. The dark red dot at the center of the ring (seen in the false color picture) is the glow of hot lava at the heart of the volcano. Temperatures up to 1,027 degrees celsius (1,880 degrees fahrenheit) have been previously measured for pele"s lava. The glow is bright enough to be imaged in daylight, allowing scientists to precisely pinpoint the eruptive center. My very educated mother just served us nine pickles. Sun ( in earth years ) length of day ( in earth days ) 1 moons rings no no no no yes yes yes yes no. The inner, or terrestrial, planets are: mercury, venus, earth, and mars.
