#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System

Katherine de Kleer is a professor of Planetary Science and
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for
the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:07)
- Pluto (12:14) - Kuiper belt (16:12) - How to study planets and
moons (19:54) - Volcanoes on Io - moon of Jupiter (32:25) - Is
there life in the oceans of Europa? (41:46) - How unlikely is life
on Earth? (52:15) - Life on Venus (54:30) - Mars (1:01:17) - What
is interesting about Earth as a planet? (1:11:55) - Weather
patterns (1:17:04) - Asteroids (1:26:06) - Will an asteroid hit
Earth soon? (1:34:50) - Oumuamua (1:50:00) - Book recommendations
(1:56:37) - Advice for young people