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Name:_______________ Date:________________ Period: ______________ Cornell Notes Astronomy Introduction What is astronomy? The study of _Stars___ - We are in the ___Milky Way____ galaxy - Elliptical Galaxies are like an sphere_ or _football_ when seen from the side -_H-R Diagrams_ are used to graph the different types of stars. - Planets have _____elliptical______orbits - __Jupiter___ is the largest planet in the solar system ___Sun____ _Mercury_ __Venus___ - Our sun is an ___average___ star - Mercury’s temperature _-297F to 800F_ - Venus was named after_the goddess of love and beauty__ Mr. Bennett KECSD-2010 - The four parts of the Earth’s Structure are: o ___inner core___________________ __earth____ o ___outer core___________________ o ___mantle______________________ o ___crust_______________________ - We can only see __half______ of the moon from _earth’s moon_ __Mars_____ Earth. - The average temperature on Mars is _-81 F_ __Jupiter____ __Saturn____ Jupiter is mainly made out of _hydrogen_ and __helium__ - One year on Saturn is __29 earth years__ Uranus’ atmosphere is mostly composed of __Uranus___ __methane____ - One year on Neptune is __165 earth years__ _ Neptune__ One way to remember the order of the planets is: Mercury My Venus Very Earth Educated Mars Mother Jupiter Just Saturn Served Uranus Us Neptune Nachos Acronym – a word formed from the first letters of a series of words. (Webster’s Dictionary) Pluto – (Sorry, No longer a planet) Mr. Bennett KECSD-2010