How ideas of the universe have changed over time
... A planet’s distance from the Sun The shorter this is, the faster the planet moves in its orbit Because of the Sun’s gravity being stronger when you’re closer to it Earth is moving faster than Mars, Mars is faster thanJupiter ...
... A planet’s distance from the Sun The shorter this is, the faster the planet moves in its orbit Because of the Sun’s gravity being stronger when you’re closer to it Earth is moving faster than Mars, Mars is faster thanJupiter ...
Boardworks Space Physics W8
... defined a planet as: “a celestial object that orbits the Sun, has enough mass to be spherical, and has cleared the area around its orbit of objects.” This photograph shows Pluto and its moon, Charon. Pluto’s orbit is surrounded by smaller objects that have not been cleared by its gravitational field ...
... defined a planet as: “a celestial object that orbits the Sun, has enough mass to be spherical, and has cleared the area around its orbit of objects.” This photograph shows Pluto and its moon, Charon. Pluto’s orbit is surrounded by smaller objects that have not been cleared by its gravitational field ...
Comets and the history of our Solar System
... same time, when a gas and dust cloud in this part of our galaxy started to collapse under its own gravitational attraction. Initially this gave rise to the young Sun, where thermonuclear fusion reactions just had begon to produce energy, surrounded by a gas and dust disk, similar to those that we ob ...
... same time, when a gas and dust cloud in this part of our galaxy started to collapse under its own gravitational attraction. Initially this gave rise to the young Sun, where thermonuclear fusion reactions just had begon to produce energy, surrounded by a gas and dust disk, similar to those that we ob ...
Solar System Scaled Down: Lesson on Proportions
... Space, Putting it into Perspective The purpose of this project is to educate and illustrate about our solar system. We need to put the distances into a scale model to give us a sense of the proportion of our universe. This project will be to show the relative distances in the solar system. *An astro ...
... Space, Putting it into Perspective The purpose of this project is to educate and illustrate about our solar system. We need to put the distances into a scale model to give us a sense of the proportion of our universe. This project will be to show the relative distances in the solar system. *An astro ...
Chapter 6 Our Solar System and Its Origin
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
Chapter 6 Our Solar System and Its Origin
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
Chapter 28 - Trimble County Schools
... • Material that remained after the formation of the planets and satellites • Some became icy objects known as comets • Others formed rocky planetesimals known as asteroids – Thousands of asteroids have been detected in the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter. ...
... • Material that remained after the formation of the planets and satellites • Some became icy objects known as comets • Others formed rocky planetesimals known as asteroids – Thousands of asteroids have been detected in the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter. ...
celestial si ghtseeing
... Also in 2004, one of the largest and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever conceived, NASA's Cassini, will arrive at Saturn after a seven-year flight. The school-bus-size robot will study the planet's rings and deploy a European-built probe called Huygens, which will penetrate the clouds cover ...
... Also in 2004, one of the largest and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever conceived, NASA's Cassini, will arrive at Saturn after a seven-year flight. The school-bus-size robot will study the planet's rings and deploy a European-built probe called Huygens, which will penetrate the clouds cover ...
Our Solar System
... ship in water — as it crashes into the interstellar gases. The area where the solar wind is abruptly slowed by pressure from gas between the stars is called the termination shock. A spacecraft that reached the termination shock would be able to measure the slowing effect, and that is exactly what ha ...
... ship in water — as it crashes into the interstellar gases. The area where the solar wind is abruptly slowed by pressure from gas between the stars is called the termination shock. A spacecraft that reached the termination shock would be able to measure the slowing effect, and that is exactly what ha ...
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... Since our book was published, some exciting discoveries have been made in the region that lies outside of the orbit of Neptune. The region is called the Kuiper Belt and is the home to many dwarf planets, including Pluto and Eris, which was only discovered in 2005. Eris is bigger than Pluto! In 2006, ...
... Since our book was published, some exciting discoveries have been made in the region that lies outside of the orbit of Neptune. The region is called the Kuiper Belt and is the home to many dwarf planets, including Pluto and Eris, which was only discovered in 2005. Eris is bigger than Pluto! In 2006, ...
The Voyagers opened a new frontier — the worlds of the outer solar
... structure, magnetic fields, rings, and moons. Voyager’s planetary odysseys began at Jupiter, an impressionistic study in cloudy turbulence, sporting a Great Red Spot and a collection of moons — among them volcanic Io. Next was Saturn, with its ten thousand glittering rings, cloud-shrouded Titan, and ...
... structure, magnetic fields, rings, and moons. Voyager’s planetary odysseys began at Jupiter, an impressionistic study in cloudy turbulence, sporting a Great Red Spot and a collection of moons — among them volcanic Io. Next was Saturn, with its ten thousand glittering rings, cloud-shrouded Titan, and ...
generalsciencenotes - Geoscience Research Institute
... Jupiter is similar to a “mini-solar system” with its 16 revolving satellites. It is different from the terrestrial planets in its major constituents; like the Sun, it is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter’s magnetosphere is the largest object in the solar system and, with the exception ...
... Jupiter is similar to a “mini-solar system” with its 16 revolving satellites. It is different from the terrestrial planets in its major constituents; like the Sun, it is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter’s magnetosphere is the largest object in the solar system and, with the exception ...
Geology of the Hawaiian Islands
... right side up (not overturned). Use the principles that you have learned in class to unravel geologic history: Youngest ...
... right side up (not overturned). Use the principles that you have learned in class to unravel geologic history: Youngest ...
The Solar System At least 7 billion miles across, home to 8 planets
... over after the birth of the sun. Amazingly, these 8 massive, celestial bodies grew out of tiny specs of dust orbiting the new star. Time and again the young planets collided with floating debris, eventually reaching their current size. The sun’s gravity then locked them into orbit. The solar system ...
... over after the birth of the sun. Amazingly, these 8 massive, celestial bodies grew out of tiny specs of dust orbiting the new star. Time and again the young planets collided with floating debris, eventually reaching their current size. The sun’s gravity then locked them into orbit. The solar system ...
Title: "Pluto - New Horizons Mission to the Edge of the Solar System"
... planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach Pluto/Charon in 2015. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "do ...
... planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach Pluto/Charon in 2015. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "do ...
Solar System Unit Objectives
... List planets in order from the sun, rank their relative sizes, and approx. distances from the sun in rounded AUs From a scale model, give the planets distances and sizes in AUs and km From data giving planet sizes and distances from the sun construct a scale model of the solar system Identify unique ...
... List planets in order from the sun, rank their relative sizes, and approx. distances from the sun in rounded AUs From a scale model, give the planets distances and sizes in AUs and km From data giving planet sizes and distances from the sun construct a scale model of the solar system Identify unique ...
Our Solar System
... — ahead of it in interstellar space as it crashes into the interstel lar gases. The area where the solar wind is suddenly slowed by pressure from gas between the stars is called the termination shock. A spacecraft that reached the termination shock would be able to measure the slowing effect, and th ...
... — ahead of it in interstellar space as it crashes into the interstel lar gases. The area where the solar wind is suddenly slowed by pressure from gas between the stars is called the termination shock. A spacecraft that reached the termination shock would be able to measure the slowing effect, and th ...
solarsystem_intermed..
... o the distances of the nine planets from the Sun in km (Col 2) o the distances relative to the Earth (e.g. Jupiter is 5.2x further than the Earth from the Sun) (Col 3) o Using a scale of 1cm = 3,000,000 km (3 million km), planetary distances have been calculated in “scaled cm” (and also in m) in the ...
... o the distances of the nine planets from the Sun in km (Col 2) o the distances relative to the Earth (e.g. Jupiter is 5.2x further than the Earth from the Sun) (Col 3) o Using a scale of 1cm = 3,000,000 km (3 million km), planetary distances have been calculated in “scaled cm” (and also in m) in the ...
The Rings of Saturn…final remarks
... gravitational force on the front and rear side of a moon near a planet. • If a moon gets closer to a planet than about 2.4 planetary radii, the tidal stresses pull the ...
... gravitational force on the front and rear side of a moon near a planet. • If a moon gets closer to a planet than about 2.4 planetary radii, the tidal stresses pull the ...
Name_______________ Period
... Layout the model solar system starting with the Sun located near the school office. On the ID card give directions to the next planet. Work the model around through the hallways, around each floor, across town, etc to reach the total length needed. Radius, km ...
... Layout the model solar system starting with the Sun located near the school office. On the ID card give directions to the next planet. Work the model around through the hallways, around each floor, across town, etc to reach the total length needed. Radius, km ...
powerpoint
... orbital resonance (in a few million years, Callisto will be locked as well, with an orbit 8 times that of Io) ...
... orbital resonance (in a few million years, Callisto will be locked as well, with an orbit 8 times that of Io) ...
The Change in the Mass of the Sun and the Expansion of the Solar
... mass/year, corresponding to an increase in the radius of Earth’s orbit of 1.5 cm/yr. But the Earth’s orbital velocity also decreases and since angular momentum remains conserved, the velocity is further reduced. There is also the possibility that G changes although neither a change in G or M have ac ...
... mass/year, corresponding to an increase in the radius of Earth’s orbit of 1.5 cm/yr. But the Earth’s orbital velocity also decreases and since angular momentum remains conserved, the velocity is further reduced. There is also the possibility that G changes although neither a change in G or M have ac ...
Interstellar probe
An interstellar probe is a space probe that has left—or is expected to leave—the Solar System and enter interstellar space, which is typically defined as the region beyond the heliopause. It also refers to probes capable of reaching other star systems (capable of interstellar travel within a galaxy).There are five interstellar probes: Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 and New Horizons. As of 2015, Voyager 1 is the only probe to have actually reached interstellar space. The other four are on interstellar trajectories.The termination shock is the point in the heliosphere where the solar wind slows down to subsonic speed. Even though the termination shock happens as close as 80–100 AU, the maximum extent of the region in which the Sun's gravitational field is dominant (the Hill sphere) is thought to be at around 230,000 astronomical units (3.6 light-years). This point is close to the nearest known star system, Alpha Centauri, located 4.36 light years away. Although the probes will be under the influence of the Sun for a long time, their velocities far exceed Sun's escape velocity, so they will eventually leave forever.Interstellar space is thought to lie beyond a magnetic region that begins at about 122 AU, as detected by Voyager 1. The probe entered interstellar space in 2013.Interstellar Probe is also the name of a proposed NASA space probe intended to travel out 200 AU in 15 years, studied in 1999.