Select the largest inner planet and the largest outer planet in your Mystery Solar System.(The Mystery Solar System is not the one which we are located, is a imaginary one, solve the question according to the data in table.) For each of these, use the location, size, and composition (based on density) to answer these questions. Be sure to list these values in your answers. You should also compare these values to the worlds in our solar system to help you answer these questions.

a. What is likely to be the most important heat source in the interiors of each of these planets? Explain your choice.

b. Is the interior likely to be hot enough to power convective motion in the mantle? Explain why or why not.

 

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Inner Solar System Outer Solar System Inner Solar Mass System (Earth Planets Masses) 1 2 3 4 5 0.130 0.630 1 2 3 0.398 0.497 1.092 Outer Solar Mass System (Earth Planets Masses) 517.49 27.95 276.75 Known Planets 5 3 Orbit Distance Period From Star (Earth (AU) years) Distance Orbit From Star Period Spin (AU) Spin (hours)) 0.16 0.06 525.0 0.55 0.46 0.30 9.7 0.87 0.87 0.77 43.1 0.76 1.23 1.29 11.4 0.84 1.87 2.41 23.8 128.9 1.03 (years) (hours) 6.79 16.7 6.5 21.59 94.7 8.7 47.91 312.9 12.4 Tilt Radius (degrees (Earth Reflectivit Radii) y 1 Earth mass = 6 x 10^24 kg 1 Earth Radius = 6.4 x 10^6 m 1 AU 1.5 x 10^8 km 154.0 80.7 106.9 99.6 Tilt Radius (degrees (Earth 0.6 36.0 11.89 5.09 1.8 10.72 Radii) y 0.72 0.43 0.39 0.51 0.34 No 0.52 0.50 0.49 Wavelength Light Reflectivit Emitted (nm) Wavele ngth Light Greenhouse Emitted Large Small Temp (K) (nm) Moons Moons 510 5669 358 7626 265 6814 211 7272 185 8191 0 0 0 0 1 Large Small Moons Moons 32421 3.000 233 57349 0.000 84801 5.000 7 30 0 1 0 0 0 An axis tilt > 90 degrees implies that the planet is spinning retrograde (opposite its orbit direction) Reflectivity is the fraction of starlight reflected by the planet back to space The no-greenhouse temperature depends on the albedo and the distance from the star. It may not match the actual surface temperature. The wavelength of light emitted is the peak wavelength of thermal emission from the planet. Use this to calculate temperature. Large Moons are defined as having a mass greater than 0.002 Earth masses or 10^22 kg Inner Solar System Outer Solar System Inner Solar Mass System (Earth Planets Masses) 1 2 3 4 5 0.130 0.630 1 2 3 0.398 0.497 1.092 Outer Solar Mass System (Earth Planets Masses) 517.49 27.95 276.75 Known Planets 5 3 Orbit Distance Period From Star (Earth (AU) years) Distance Orbit From Star Period Spin (AU) Spin (hours)) 0.16 0.06 525.0 0.55 0.46 0.30 9.7 0.87 0.87 0.77 43.1 0.76 1.23 1.29 11.4 0.84 1.87 2.41 23.8 128.9 1.03 (years) (hours) 6.79 16.7 6.5 21.59 94.7 8.7 47.91 312.9 12.4 Tilt Radius (degrees (Earth Reflectivit Radii) y 1 Earth mass = 6 x 10^24 kg 1 Earth Radius = 6.4 x 10^6 m 1 AU 1.5 x 10^8 km 154.0 80.7 106.9 99.6 Tilt Radius (degrees (Earth 0.6 36.0 11.89 5.09 1.8 10.72 Radii) y 0.72 0.43 0.39 0.51 0.34 No 0.52 0.50 0.49 Wavelength Light Reflectivit Emitted (nm) Wavele ngth Light Greenhouse Emitted Large Small Temp (K) (nm) Moons Moons 510 5669 358 7626 265 6814 211 7272 185 8191 0 0 0 0 1 Large Small Moons Moons 32421 3.000 233 57349 0.000 84801 5.000 7 30 0 1 0 0 0 An axis tilt > 90 degrees implies that the planet is spinning retrograde (opposite its orbit direction) Reflectivity is the fraction of starlight reflected by the planet back to space The no-greenhouse temperature depends on the albedo and the distance from the star. It may not match the actual surface temperature. The wavelength of light emitted is the peak wavelength of thermal emission from the planet. Use this to calculate temperature. Large Moons are defined as having a mass greater than 0.002 Earth masses or 10^22 kg