Skynet 10-12-19 “What is Solar Minimum?” & “Is There Life on Europa?” (Part 1) 9PM CT

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Saturday’s Topic: “What is Solar Minimum?” & “Is There Life on Europa?”

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Solar Minimum

Solar Sunspot Number
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2090123212001002-gr1.jpg

Coronal Holes
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/images/help/coronaal_gat/EN_coronaal_gat.jpg

Layers of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/07/15/thermosphere.jpg

Cosmic Ray Shower
https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/cosmic-ray-shower_nasa.jpg

SOHO Image in UV
https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/images/thumb/0/04/600px-SOHO_EIT_ultraviolet_corona_image.gif

400 Years of Sunspot Observations
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Sunspot_Numbers.png

Sunspot “Butterfly” Pattern
https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8405/sunspot_10891.jpg

Temperature and Solar Activity – 120 Years
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/imgheat/temsol2.gif
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“Is there Life on Europa?” (Part 1)
Part 2 next week: “If so, what might it be like?”

Photo #1: Europa Surface https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72397125_3695976627095160_5026007859771473920_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_oc=AQlGsjX5ljlimBA9RIlibkPmHat_n4KbB6NrVZd8P5cYM54v6bjlOrW4SUqriW8RrDU&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=3dacdc288ab76849cd2b81f3bbf68bb8&oe=5E63C46D

Photo #2: Geyser Graphic
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72562630_3695976670428489_7964127624698003456_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQmldMKgvfXWQr-4a2whfsmV437zYhkcm7MCTLJZYJXUu9zFvwsX2dy4glMW-oPkR14&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=97ab4ff24a6e2d1789e75e5793e42c86&oe=5E32299F

Photo #3: Europa Photo Montage
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72744289_3695976687095154_7377664752555655168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQn4aVaJHV1rnpmY1rhc7TXyVPq9sMinU0praZQtu0Bfnpl2F16oqbcQf7sJsyOSS78&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=93b1dadc9d32619e5ec378dfd3dca398&oe=5E345D06

Space Launches For This Week

Date: October 17, 2019
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 | Starlink 1
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the second batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 1.
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Window: TBD

Space Coast Launches

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Launch Schedule

Watch At: http://www.spacex.com

Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Astronomers Discover Twenty New Saturnian Moons
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/twenty-saturnian-moons-07672.html?fbclid=IwAR0oaTd6P_JaEkDnZy5DsX-mf3LXqZY2eB2iUAJvgLG0u3eNko7zsHRRz8U
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Oct 14
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58771.0253536279&type=V

Oct 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58773.0430474066&type=V

Oct 17
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58774.0175572754&type=V

Oct 19
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58776.0352239457&type=V

OTV 5 (USA 277)
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=42932&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Oct 21
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=42932&mjd=58777.4755085692&type=V