Superstars of Astronomy: Debra Fischer transcript
... when I was in college. It was sort of unsettling. I remember feeling how insignificant it seemed that the Earth was in the context of the entire, well, galaxy and then the entire universe beyond that. So the scope of things was almost dizzying and, as I said, unsettling to me. Then I remember the se ...
... when I was in college. It was sort of unsettling. I remember feeling how insignificant it seemed that the Earth was in the context of the entire, well, galaxy and then the entire universe beyond that. So the scope of things was almost dizzying and, as I said, unsettling to me. Then I remember the se ...
Eris en Dysnomia
... (M. Brown (Caltech), C. Trujillo (Gemini), D. Rabinowitz (Yale), NSF, NASA, apod050731) ...
... (M. Brown (Caltech), C. Trujillo (Gemini), D. Rabinowitz (Yale), NSF, NASA, apod050731) ...
lecture3
... Unfortunately, with notable exceptions like Aristarchus, the Greeks did not think the stars could be that far away, and therefore rejected the correct explanation (1)… Thus setting the stage for the long, historical showdown between Earth-centered and Sun-centered systems. © 2005 Pearson Education I ...
... Unfortunately, with notable exceptions like Aristarchus, the Greeks did not think the stars could be that far away, and therefore rejected the correct explanation (1)… Thus setting the stage for the long, historical showdown between Earth-centered and Sun-centered systems. © 2005 Pearson Education I ...
Eighth Grade Science
... State how wind and the rotation of the Earth influence surface currents; Discuss how ocean currents affect weather and climate; Describe the causes and effects of density currents; Explain how an upwelling occurs Describe how wind can form ocean waves; Explain the movement of particles in a wave; De ...
... State how wind and the rotation of the Earth influence surface currents; Discuss how ocean currents affect weather and climate; Describe the causes and effects of density currents; Explain how an upwelling occurs Describe how wind can form ocean waves; Explain the movement of particles in a wave; De ...
Issue #8 - 2014 July - National Space Society
... Society chapter of the National Space Society. It has also served the Moon Society and its predecessor, Artemis Society International, since October 1995. Most issues deal with the opening of the Lunar frontier, suggesting how pioneers can make best use of local resources and learn to make themselve ...
... Society chapter of the National Space Society. It has also served the Moon Society and its predecessor, Artemis Society International, since October 1995. Most issues deal with the opening of the Lunar frontier, suggesting how pioneers can make best use of local resources and learn to make themselve ...
November - Hawaiian Astronomical Society
... charts! Maybe something was orbiting these stars. From the details of the bolometer readings—which channels lit up and so on—you would guess that this stuff took the form of majestic fields or rings of icy and rocky particles. It would be a new kind of disk, a discovery worth writing home to Madrid ...
... charts! Maybe something was orbiting these stars. From the details of the bolometer readings—which channels lit up and so on—you would guess that this stuff took the form of majestic fields or rings of icy and rocky particles. It would be a new kind of disk, a discovery worth writing home to Madrid ...
Insights into Bode`s Law
... systems ought to eventually stabilise into a regular pattern of planetary distances as a consequence of both their initial formation spacing, and billions of years of gravitational perturbations, but Bode's Law is not a law which can be generalized to describe these other systems. This means that yo ...
... systems ought to eventually stabilise into a regular pattern of planetary distances as a consequence of both their initial formation spacing, and billions of years of gravitational perturbations, but Bode's Law is not a law which can be generalized to describe these other systems. This means that yo ...
Spring Break Extra Credit Assignment
... dollars was given away at the rate of a million dollars per second beginning when the Earth was first formed some 4.5 billion years ago, would any remain today? Surprisingly, about three fourths of the original mole of dollars would be left today; it would take about fourteen billion, five hundred m ...
... dollars was given away at the rate of a million dollars per second beginning when the Earth was first formed some 4.5 billion years ago, would any remain today? Surprisingly, about three fourths of the original mole of dollars would be left today; it would take about fourteen billion, five hundred m ...
Celestial Equator
... • Scientifically meaningless. • Mythologically interesting. • Patterns are made up of relatively nearby stars in our Galaxy (less than 1000 light-years away). • 88 constellations altogether. • Learn the major constellations for each season first; use them to find the others. • Learn the names of all ...
... • Scientifically meaningless. • Mythologically interesting. • Patterns are made up of relatively nearby stars in our Galaxy (less than 1000 light-years away). • 88 constellations altogether. • Learn the major constellations for each season first; use them to find the others. • Learn the names of all ...
the printable Hartness House Workshop Schedule in pdf
... Robo-AO is the first and only fully automated adaptive optics laser guide star adaptive optics (AO) instrument. It was developed as an instrument for 1-3m robotic telescopes, in order to take advantage of their availability to pursue large survey programs and target of opportunity observations that ...
... Robo-AO is the first and only fully automated adaptive optics laser guide star adaptive optics (AO) instrument. It was developed as an instrument for 1-3m robotic telescopes, in order to take advantage of their availability to pursue large survey programs and target of opportunity observations that ...
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... Sometimes, when astronomers or astronomy hobbyists tell someone about their interest in the heavens, they quickly get drawn into a debate about astrology. For many, it’s hard to know how to respond politely to someone who takes this ancient superstition seriously. Yet, many well-meaning people devel ...
... Sometimes, when astronomers or astronomy hobbyists tell someone about their interest in the heavens, they quickly get drawn into a debate about astrology. For many, it’s hard to know how to respond politely to someone who takes this ancient superstition seriously. Yet, many well-meaning people devel ...
Teachers Edition Sample Chapter (1.2MB PDF)
... found at the U.S. Naval Observatory website located at aa.usno.navy.mil. This activity works best if it is modeled for students before sending them off in groups. It may be helpful to have each group mark the floor with masking tape in the shape of a lower case letter “t.” The person holding the lig ...
... found at the U.S. Naval Observatory website located at aa.usno.navy.mil. This activity works best if it is modeled for students before sending them off in groups. It may be helpful to have each group mark the floor with masking tape in the shape of a lower case letter “t.” The person holding the lig ...
Measuring Distances
... Measuring Distances Hold your finger out in front of your face at arm’s length. Look at your finger through each eye separately. What do you notice? This change in perspective is known as parallax. Ancient Greek astronomers expected to see a similar change in the positions of nearby stars if Earth ...
... Measuring Distances Hold your finger out in front of your face at arm’s length. Look at your finger through each eye separately. What do you notice? This change in perspective is known as parallax. Ancient Greek astronomers expected to see a similar change in the positions of nearby stars if Earth ...
Unit 6: Astronomy
... How fast can you go? Actually, every second you travel 18.5 miles through space! That's right, 18.5 miles per second, or 1110 miles in one hour! And as a passenger on the planet Earth, each year you travel approximately 600 million miles along the Earth's orbit around the Sun, held in orbit by gravi ...
... How fast can you go? Actually, every second you travel 18.5 miles through space! That's right, 18.5 miles per second, or 1110 miles in one hour! And as a passenger on the planet Earth, each year you travel approximately 600 million miles along the Earth's orbit around the Sun, held in orbit by gravi ...
Mercury 30 million miles from Sun
... 1023 kilograms, or about 5.5% of Earth’s mass. • Knowing the mass of Mercury doesn’t tell us its exact composition, but since we know the planet’s volume as well, we can estimate what the interior is made of. We start by dividing the planet’s mass by its volume to find its average density. Each elem ...
... 1023 kilograms, or about 5.5% of Earth’s mass. • Knowing the mass of Mercury doesn’t tell us its exact composition, but since we know the planet’s volume as well, we can estimate what the interior is made of. We start by dividing the planet’s mass by its volume to find its average density. Each elem ...
stars and beyond - Math/Science Nucleus
... main stars of each hemisphere. It is divided into 88 regions called constellations. The purple band that runs around the globe is the Milky Way Galaxy. The dotted line within this band is the galactic equator. There is a second smaller purple area in the southern hemisphere between 5h and 6h, at -70 ...
... main stars of each hemisphere. It is divided into 88 regions called constellations. The purple band that runs around the globe is the Milky Way Galaxy. The dotted line within this band is the galactic equator. There is a second smaller purple area in the southern hemisphere between 5h and 6h, at -70 ...
Detection of the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect in
... Earth). As a consequence, the ratio of the apparent Venus radius, rV , to the Sun radius, r , is larger than the theoretical value at infinity. We calculated the angle subtended by Venus using the ephemeris of the transit event as seen from the centre of the Moon calculated via the JPL Horizons On ...
... Earth). As a consequence, the ratio of the apparent Venus radius, rV , to the Sun radius, r , is larger than the theoretical value at infinity. We calculated the angle subtended by Venus using the ephemeris of the transit event as seen from the centre of the Moon calculated via the JPL Horizons On ...
November, 2015 - The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society
... 847 and counting: that’s the number of planets confirmed as existing around 642 stars within several hundred light-years of our Sun. And more than 2,000 additional detections are awaiting confirmation by follow-up observations. By far, the most potential exoplanets have been found by the NASA spacec ...
... 847 and counting: that’s the number of planets confirmed as existing around 642 stars within several hundred light-years of our Sun. And more than 2,000 additional detections are awaiting confirmation by follow-up observations. By far, the most potential exoplanets have been found by the NASA spacec ...
The Galactic evolution of phosphorus
... Fig. 2. [P/Fe] as a function of the metallicity, [Fe/H]. The dimension of the symbols reflects the average line-to-line scatter of 0.045 dex. The error bars are the sum under quadrature of the uncertainties of P (the linear sum of line-to-line scatter and the systematic uncertainty) and of Fe, the l ...
... Fig. 2. [P/Fe] as a function of the metallicity, [Fe/H]. The dimension of the symbols reflects the average line-to-line scatter of 0.045 dex. The error bars are the sum under quadrature of the uncertainties of P (the linear sum of line-to-line scatter and the systematic uncertainty) and of Fe, the l ...
ISP 205: Visions of the Universe
... • How did we come to be? — The matter in our bodies came from the Big Bang, which produced hydrogen and helium. — All other elements were constructed from H and He in stars and then recycled into new star systems, including our solar system. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... • How did we come to be? — The matter in our bodies came from the Big Bang, which produced hydrogen and helium. — All other elements were constructed from H and He in stars and then recycled into new star systems, including our solar system. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Other Planetary Systems
... Now let’s add in the effects of Saturn, which exerts the second greatest gravitational tug on the Sun. Saturn takes 29.5 years to orbit the Sun, so by itself it would cause the Sun to orbit their mutual center of mass every 29.5 years. However, because Saturn’s influence is secondary to that of Jupi ...
... Now let’s add in the effects of Saturn, which exerts the second greatest gravitational tug on the Sun. Saturn takes 29.5 years to orbit the Sun, so by itself it would cause the Sun to orbit their mutual center of mass every 29.5 years. However, because Saturn’s influence is secondary to that of Jupi ...
Homework Assignment #7: The Moon
... 4. What phase is the moon in during a lunar eclipse? 5. Why does a solar eclipse not occur with every new-moon phase and a lunar eclipse with every full-moon phase? (See Figure 20.27 on p. 570) ...
... 4. What phase is the moon in during a lunar eclipse? 5. Why does a solar eclipse not occur with every new-moon phase and a lunar eclipse with every full-moon phase? (See Figure 20.27 on p. 570) ...
The HIRES science case
... planets, their interactions with the gaseous disc in which they are embedded and with other growing bodies. While the quest to find solar system analogues is still on going, the first spectra of exoplanets have been taken, signaling the shift from an era of discovery to one of physical and chemical ...
... planets, their interactions with the gaseous disc in which they are embedded and with other growing bodies. While the quest to find solar system analogues is still on going, the first spectra of exoplanets have been taken, signaling the shift from an era of discovery to one of physical and chemical ...
ASBA Yearlongplan Science 8
... List the inner planets in order from the Sun. Describe each inner planet. Compare and contrast Venus and Earth. Describe the characteristics of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Describe the largest moons of each of the outer planets. Describe how comets change when they approach the ...
... List the inner planets in order from the Sun. Describe each inner planet. Compare and contrast Venus and Earth. Describe the characteristics of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Describe the largest moons of each of the outer planets. Describe how comets change when they approach the ...
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.