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051 - On The Solar System - Part 2 - Rovers and Rocky Planets

Feb 06, 201859 minEp. 56
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Episode description

We're adventuring off planet this week, Zengineers! We hope you brought your oxygen tanks and sunshades.


This is part two of our series on planets that started a few months ago when we talked all about our home planet, Earth, what we know about it in the context of it being a planet and how our on-planet exploration has informed and inspired our exploration off planet! (Check out Part One here: https://zengineeringpodcast.com/episode-031-on-planets-why-we-explore-and-what-we-know-ba78de7871fa)


This week we're going into space, but not straying too far. Our exploration starts with a definition of our planetary home, the solar system. What is it, where'd it come from, and how far does really go? From there we dive right into the center to talk about the mother of all the planets, the Sun. Our adventure continues outward as we travel into the --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zengineering-podcast/support

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