Evidence for the Tidal Destruction of Hot Jupiters by Subgiant Stars
... Figure 2. Galactic U V W kinematics of subgiant stars that host exoplanets discovered with the radial-velocity technique. In each panel, we plot the U V W space motions of the subgiant sample as blue points and the density of points in a control sample selected from the Hipparcos catalog as the back ...
... Figure 2. Galactic U V W kinematics of subgiant stars that host exoplanets discovered with the radial-velocity technique. In each panel, we plot the U V W space motions of the subgiant sample as blue points and the density of points in a control sample selected from the Hipparcos catalog as the back ...
Chapter 26 - Diploma Plus Net / Welcome
... The Chandra X-ray Observatory makes remarkably clear images using X rays from objects in space, such as remnants of exploded ...
... The Chandra X-ray Observatory makes remarkably clear images using X rays from objects in space, such as remnants of exploded ...
Chapter 26
... The Chandra X-ray Observatory makes remarkably clear images using X rays from objects in space, such as remnants of exploded ...
... The Chandra X-ray Observatory makes remarkably clear images using X rays from objects in space, such as remnants of exploded ...
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... What physical processes and sources of material contribute to exoplanet compositions? Specifically, what roles do the protoplanetary disk composition and structure, and host star abundances play in the different stages of planet formation? In this thesis, beginning with a brief literature review in ...
... What physical processes and sources of material contribute to exoplanet compositions? Specifically, what roles do the protoplanetary disk composition and structure, and host star abundances play in the different stages of planet formation? In this thesis, beginning with a brief literature review in ...
The Main Point Comets are
... • Cometary activity is caused by sublimation of ices • The activity appears to be confined to isolated jets on the nucleus • Comet nuclei are very dark, typically reflecting < 4% of the incident sunlight (as dark as a charcoal briquet) • Comet nuclei have very low density (0.1 to 0.25 g/cm3), and th ...
... • Cometary activity is caused by sublimation of ices • The activity appears to be confined to isolated jets on the nucleus • Comet nuclei are very dark, typically reflecting < 4% of the incident sunlight (as dark as a charcoal briquet) • Comet nuclei have very low density (0.1 to 0.25 g/cm3), and th ...
Vocabulary Definitions
... nebula (plural nebulae) a cloud of gas and dust in space between stars (SRB, IG) new Moon the phase of the Moon that occurs when the Moon is in the direction of the Sun as seen from Earth (SRB, IG) North Star the reference star pointed to by Earth’s North Pole (SRB, IG) orbit the path and length of ...
... nebula (plural nebulae) a cloud of gas and dust in space between stars (SRB, IG) new Moon the phase of the Moon that occurs when the Moon is in the direction of the Sun as seen from Earth (SRB, IG) North Star the reference star pointed to by Earth’s North Pole (SRB, IG) orbit the path and length of ...
Artificial comets
... „When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. (Matthew 2:9)”. Despite what the Christmas lights might make us believe, the “Star of Bethlehem” probably was not a comet. Comets are ...
... „When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. (Matthew 2:9)”. Despite what the Christmas lights might make us believe, the “Star of Bethlehem” probably was not a comet. Comets are ...
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... and changes in their stratospheric ozone concentration. It is reasonable to assume that tidally locked planets would be equally affected. Studies of the ozone concentration of a tidally locked planet would need to account for both the effects of the tidal locking and the altered stellar irradiance s ...
... and changes in their stratospheric ozone concentration. It is reasonable to assume that tidally locked planets would be equally affected. Studies of the ozone concentration of a tidally locked planet would need to account for both the effects of the tidal locking and the altered stellar irradiance s ...
Eclipses Old Dead Guys Part I Astronomy 1 — Elementary Astronomy
... at right obeys Kepler’s Laws. Use this drawing to answer the next four questions. 1) According to Kepler’s Second Law, during which one of the portion of the planet’s orbit (B, C, or D), would the planet take the same amount of time as it took for the portion of the orbit identified with letter “A”? ...
... at right obeys Kepler’s Laws. Use this drawing to answer the next four questions. 1) According to Kepler’s Second Law, during which one of the portion of the planet’s orbit (B, C, or D), would the planet take the same amount of time as it took for the portion of the orbit identified with letter “A”? ...
Interpretation of the Helix Planetary Nebula using Hydro
... planets that dominate the interstellar medium. A gentle rain of JPP comets on the central stars of PNes permits the possibility that any WD may slowly grow its carbon core to the Chandrasekhar limit. As the carbon core mass grows, its density and angular momentum increase along with the strength of ...
... planets that dominate the interstellar medium. A gentle rain of JPP comets on the central stars of PNes permits the possibility that any WD may slowly grow its carbon core to the Chandrasekhar limit. As the carbon core mass grows, its density and angular momentum increase along with the strength of ...
Discovery of extremely lead-rich subdwarfs: does heavy metal signal
... causes hydrogen to diffuse upwards, a majority are extremely helium poor. Questions posed include: when does the atmosphere become chemically stratified and at what rate? The existence of several helium-rich subdwarfs suggests further questions: are there distinct subgroups of hot subdwarf, or do ho ...
... causes hydrogen to diffuse upwards, a majority are extremely helium poor. Questions posed include: when does the atmosphere become chemically stratified and at what rate? The existence of several helium-rich subdwarfs suggests further questions: are there distinct subgroups of hot subdwarf, or do ho ...
Section 2
... toward a vertical object in the distance, such as a tree. Sight over the protractor, with one eye lined up at the center of the base of the protractor. Move a sharp pencil down along the curved edge of the protractor until the pencil point appears to be lined up with the distant object. Hold the pen ...
... toward a vertical object in the distance, such as a tree. Sight over the protractor, with one eye lined up at the center of the base of the protractor. Move a sharp pencil down along the curved edge of the protractor until the pencil point appears to be lined up with the distant object. Hold the pen ...
a changing cosmos - Whittier Union High School District
... has been the name of the nebula ever since. The Crab Nebula, or M1 in Charles Messier’s catalog of “comet impostors,” is in the exact same spot as the recorded position of the “guest star” of 1054. But it wasn’t until 1928 that Edwin Hubble measured the rate of expansion of the Crab nebula which le ...
... has been the name of the nebula ever since. The Crab Nebula, or M1 in Charles Messier’s catalog of “comet impostors,” is in the exact same spot as the recorded position of the “guest star” of 1054. But it wasn’t until 1928 that Edwin Hubble measured the rate of expansion of the Crab nebula which le ...
I. ASYMMETRY OF ECLIPSES. CALENDAR CYCLES
... Fig. 1.4. Lunar eclipses: partial (1), total penumbral eclipse (2) and total eclipse (3; the “Blood Moon”). The Moon’s speed through the Earth’s shadow is about one kilometer per second, and total eclipse may last up to more than 100 minutes. However, the total time between the Moon’s first and last ...
... Fig. 1.4. Lunar eclipses: partial (1), total penumbral eclipse (2) and total eclipse (3; the “Blood Moon”). The Moon’s speed through the Earth’s shadow is about one kilometer per second, and total eclipse may last up to more than 100 minutes. However, the total time between the Moon’s first and last ...
When Stars Attack! In Search of Killer Supernovae
... In our Milky Way galaxy: Ø About 1 SN/century Ø Most far away: spectacular but ...
... In our Milky Way galaxy: Ø About 1 SN/century Ø Most far away: spectacular but ...
exemplars and commentary
... Barnard’s star. An ancient Red Dwarf. Barnard's Star is a very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Barnard's Star is the fourth-closest known individual star to the Sun, after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system. Despite its ...
... Barnard’s star. An ancient Red Dwarf. Barnard's Star is a very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Barnard's Star is the fourth-closest known individual star to the Sun, after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system. Despite its ...
Introduction to Astronomy
... provided email address. The news letter will provide course reminders, links to the lecture slides, astronomical observing opportunities, answers to questions we didn’t get to in class, etc. ...
... provided email address. The news letter will provide course reminders, links to the lecture slides, astronomical observing opportunities, answers to questions we didn’t get to in class, etc. ...
Tilting Into The Seasons
... each other in regard to average temperature and the duration of daylight. Thus, the seasons not only divide up the calendar year, they also identify the position of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Most people know that the Earth revolves around the Sun in one year (actually 365.24 days and we ...
... each other in regard to average temperature and the duration of daylight. Thus, the seasons not only divide up the calendar year, they also identify the position of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Most people know that the Earth revolves around the Sun in one year (actually 365.24 days and we ...
Nebula
... Some nebulae are formed as the result of supernova explosions, the death throes of massive, short-lived stars. The material thrown off from the supernova explosion is ionised by the supernova remnant. One of the best examples of this is the Crab Nebula, in Taurus. It is the result of a recorded sup ...
... Some nebulae are formed as the result of supernova explosions, the death throes of massive, short-lived stars. The material thrown off from the supernova explosion is ionised by the supernova remnant. One of the best examples of this is the Crab Nebula, in Taurus. It is the result of a recorded sup ...
Critique of the 2015 Carter/Sarfati Paper Titled: “Why the Universe
... Thence indeed the Copernican system is proved a priori. For if a common center of gravity is computed for any position of the planets, it either lies in the body of the Sun or will always be very near it… …in the end Newton realized, especially after consultation with Christiaan Huygens, that his l ...
... Thence indeed the Copernican system is proved a priori. For if a common center of gravity is computed for any position of the planets, it either lies in the body of the Sun or will always be very near it… …in the end Newton realized, especially after consultation with Christiaan Huygens, that his l ...
Predicting the Motions of the Stars, Sun, and Moon
... example is the theory of gravitation, which was devised by the English scientist Isaac Newton in the late 1600s to explain the orbits of the six planets known at that time. When astronomers of later centuries discovered the planets Uranus, Neptune, and objects like Pluto, they found that these objec ...
... example is the theory of gravitation, which was devised by the English scientist Isaac Newton in the late 1600s to explain the orbits of the six planets known at that time. When astronomers of later centuries discovered the planets Uranus, Neptune, and objects like Pluto, they found that these objec ...
Chapter 2
... depend on the time or place where observations are made, they can be used to arrange the stars in order in catalogues. Catalogues are used by astronomers to find a particular star to observe. The fact that right ascension and declination don’t vary with time or place is an advantage in this case. It ...
... depend on the time or place where observations are made, they can be used to arrange the stars in order in catalogues. Catalogues are used by astronomers to find a particular star to observe. The fact that right ascension and declination don’t vary with time or place is an advantage in this case. It ...
Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Chapter 24
... away—roughly 100 million times farther than the Moon. To appreciate how far this is, imagine that the Earth and Moon are dots on a sheet of paper one millimeter apart. On this scale, the Sun is 390 millimeters (about 15 inches) away, and Proxima Centauri is about 100,000 kilometers (62,000 miles) aw ...
... away—roughly 100 million times farther than the Moon. To appreciate how far this is, imagine that the Earth and Moon are dots on a sheet of paper one millimeter apart. On this scale, the Sun is 390 millimeters (about 15 inches) away, and Proxima Centauri is about 100,000 kilometers (62,000 miles) aw ...
Why there are apparently so few debris disks among post
... 1) No new disks or debris disks have been found up to an age of 30 Myr suggesting that the disk material, if present before, have been consumed quite rapidly, suggesting an eventual rapid planetary formation. 2) The important phase of the disk evolution characterized by the presence of a debris disk ...
... 1) No new disks or debris disks have been found up to an age of 30 Myr suggesting that the disk material, if present before, have been consumed quite rapidly, suggesting an eventual rapid planetary formation. 2) The important phase of the disk evolution characterized by the presence of a debris disk ...
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is life that does not originate from Earth. It is also called alien life, or, if it is a sentient and/or relatively complex individual, an ""extraterrestrial"" or ""alien"" (or, to avoid confusion with the legal sense of ""alien"", a ""space alien""). These as-yet-hypothetical life forms range from simple bacteria-like organisms to beings with civilizations far more advanced than humanity. Although many scientists expect extraterrestrial life to exist, so far no unambiguous evidence for its existence exists.The science of extraterrestrial life is known as exobiology. The science of astrobiology also considers life on Earth as well, and in the broader astronomical context. Meteorites that have fallen to Earth have sometimes been examined for signs of microscopic extraterrestrial life. Since the mid-20th century, there has been an ongoing search for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, from radios used to detect possible extraterrestrial signals, to telescopes used to search for potentially habitable extrasolar planets. It has also played a major role in works of science fiction. Over the years, science fiction works, especially Hollywood's involvement, has increased the public's interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Some encourage aggressive methods to try to get in contact with life in outer space, whereas others argue that it might be dangerous to actively call attention to Earth.