Design project for AST111x course on edX

1. Moon
Pageant:
Beau-es
of
the
Solar
System
For
AST111x
Sept.
2015

2. The
Moon
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Earth
Named
AJer:
No
one!
Size:
3,476
km
Mass:
7.349
x
10
^22
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
my
“beauty
marks”

3. Phobos
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Mars
Named
AJer:
Fear,
one
of
the
horses
that
drew
the
Greek
god
Ares’
war
chariot
Size:
28
km
Mass:
1.1
x
10
^
16
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
from
my
home
planet’s
perspec-ve,
I
rise
in
the
west,
not
the
east

4. Io
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Jupiter
Named
AJer:
a
paramour
of
the
Greek
god
Zeus
Size:
3,642
km
Mass:
8.932
x
10
^
22
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
my
very
ac-ve
volcanoes

5. Europa
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Jupiter
Named
AJer:
another
paramour
of
the
Greek
god
Zeus
Size:
3,120
km
Mass:
4.792
x
10
^
22
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
I
may
have
liquid
water
oceans
under
my
ice
(I
like
being
mysterious)

6. Titan
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Saturn
Named
AJer:
the
mythological
rulers
prior
to
the
Greek
gods
Size:
5,150
km
Mass:
1.34
x
10
^
23
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
my
liquid
hydrocarbon
lakes
–
all
the
methane,
ethane
and
propane
you
could
ask
for

7. Miranda
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Uranus
Named
AJer:
the
character
from
Shakespeare’s
“The
Tempest”
Size:
471
km
Mass:
6.59
x
10
^
19
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
the
crag
that
makes
me
look
like
someone
took
a
bite
out
of
me

8. Triton
Where
I’m
From
(Planetary
Affilia-on):
Neptune
Named
AJer:
a
Greek
god
and
son
of
Poseidon
Size:
2,706
km
Mass:
2.15
x
10
^
22
kg
My
Most
Unique
Feature:
my
ethane
geysers

9. References
• All
photos
are
from
NASA
Image
Gallery:
hcps://www.nasa.gov/mul-media/
imagegallery/index.html
• Informa-on
comes
from
class
lectures,
NASA
Image
Gallery
photo
cap-ons,
and
Universe,
8th
edi-on
(Freedman
&
Kaufmann,
W.H.
Freeman
Co.
of
NY,
2007)