5 E(z) Steps to Teaching Earth-Moon Scaling
... Display color posters, slides and commercial models of the Earth and its moon to get students thinking about the central topic of astronomical scale in the Earth-moon system (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1999). Science cartoons by Sidney Harris, Gary Larsen and others, as well as songs such ...
... Display color posters, slides and commercial models of the Earth and its moon to get students thinking about the central topic of astronomical scale in the Earth-moon system (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1999). Science cartoons by Sidney Harris, Gary Larsen and others, as well as songs such ...
Targets and their Environments - Pathways Towards Habitable Planets
... However: Earth-like planetary mass in solar system ≈ 2ME [Fe/H] ≥ -0.3 (Turnbull 08) requirement: stars in young disk population ...
... However: Earth-like planetary mass in solar system ≈ 2ME [Fe/H] ≥ -0.3 (Turnbull 08) requirement: stars in young disk population ...
The role of Jupiter in driving Earth`s orbital evolution: An update
... systems that more closely resemble our own – such as those hosting “Jupiter Analogues”, giant planets moving on near-circular orbits that take of order a decade to complete (e.g. [5][6][7]). At the same time, improvements in the our ability to monitor the minute variations in a star’s brightness th ...
... systems that more closely resemble our own – such as those hosting “Jupiter Analogues”, giant planets moving on near-circular orbits that take of order a decade to complete (e.g. [5][6][7]). At the same time, improvements in the our ability to monitor the minute variations in a star’s brightness th ...
1700Gravity
... Any mass is compressed into a size smaller than the “Schwarzschild Radius” Rs, it will become a black hole This can happen during a supernova explosion, or later by additional mass falling on a neutron star. Anything that comes closer than the Schwarzschild Radius, will fall in and never escape. ...
... Any mass is compressed into a size smaller than the “Schwarzschild Radius” Rs, it will become a black hole This can happen during a supernova explosion, or later by additional mass falling on a neutron star. Anything that comes closer than the Schwarzschild Radius, will fall in and never escape. ...
Juno Fact Sheet and Outline Script Jupiter, the third brightest object
... either 3 or 9 times that of the Sun, will help answer when or how in the solar system’s history Jupiter formed. Understanding the amount of water will also tell scientist the conditions in which the heavy elements collapsed to help form Jupiter and how the rest of its gaseous structure formed togeth ...
... either 3 or 9 times that of the Sun, will help answer when or how in the solar system’s history Jupiter formed. Understanding the amount of water will also tell scientist the conditions in which the heavy elements collapsed to help form Jupiter and how the rest of its gaseous structure formed togeth ...
but restricted to nearby large stars
... 4,300 kelvin (slightly above the photosphere) to around 50,000 kelvin (near the corona). ...
... 4,300 kelvin (slightly above the photosphere) to around 50,000 kelvin (near the corona). ...
Exam 1 from 2002 for your review
... Life did not evolve on Earth, rather it came from somewhere else Primordial soup plus energy can produce organic compounds Life must have originated in deep ocean vents Primordial atmosphere had the constituents as the current atmosphere Life can be produced in a test tube. ...
... Life did not evolve on Earth, rather it came from somewhere else Primordial soup plus energy can produce organic compounds Life must have originated in deep ocean vents Primordial atmosphere had the constituents as the current atmosphere Life can be produced in a test tube. ...
Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and Trans- Neptunian Objects
... of the population. KBOs represent leftovers from planet building process. Sizes affected by growth through collisions (and ...
... of the population. KBOs represent leftovers from planet building process. Sizes affected by growth through collisions (and ...
Ch 22-2
... • Lunar Motions o Synodic Month: (29.5 days) cycle of the moon through its phases • Only an apparent time period of the moon around the Earth o Sidereal Month: (27 1/3 days) true time period for the moon to revolve around the Earth o Moon’s rotation and revolution around Earth are the same • Same si ...
... • Lunar Motions o Synodic Month: (29.5 days) cycle of the moon through its phases • Only an apparent time period of the moon around the Earth o Sidereal Month: (27 1/3 days) true time period for the moon to revolve around the Earth o Moon’s rotation and revolution around Earth are the same • Same si ...
January 2005
... the University of Virginia, who co-authored the study with Yuri Izotov from the Kiev Observatory. “This is extraordinary because one would expect young galaxies to be forming only around the first billion years or so after the Big Bang, not some 13 billion years later. And young galaxies were expect ...
... the University of Virginia, who co-authored the study with Yuri Izotov from the Kiev Observatory. “This is extraordinary because one would expect young galaxies to be forming only around the first billion years or so after the Big Bang, not some 13 billion years later. And young galaxies were expect ...
Our Star, the Sun
... In the core of the Sun hydrogen is being converted to helium When the entire core is converted to helium, stellar death begins o Alfer, Beth, and Gamow – Gamow proposed the cycle, Alfer helped out, and Beth was just Gamow’s friend that did nothing, but was listed on there to make a joke o Known ...
... In the core of the Sun hydrogen is being converted to helium When the entire core is converted to helium, stellar death begins o Alfer, Beth, and Gamow – Gamow proposed the cycle, Alfer helped out, and Beth was just Gamow’s friend that did nothing, but was listed on there to make a joke o Known ...
ssp1_5 - Astronomy & Astrophysics Group
... Section 9: Ring Systems of the Jovian Planets All four Jovian planets have RING SYSTEMS. e.g. Saturn’s rings are easily visible from Earth with a small telescope, and appear solid. The rings consist of countless lumps of ice and rock, ranging from ~1cm to 5m in diameter, all independently orbiting ...
... Section 9: Ring Systems of the Jovian Planets All four Jovian planets have RING SYSTEMS. e.g. Saturn’s rings are easily visible from Earth with a small telescope, and appear solid. The rings consist of countless lumps of ice and rock, ranging from ~1cm to 5m in diameter, all independently orbiting ...
Teachers` Manual - Amundsen High School
... Some evidence that the 4 big outer planets may have grown directly from "lumps" in the solar nebula. Also evidence that orbital position of outer planets may have drifted Some planetesimals survive: Captured by planets - form moons. Others become asteroids and comets Smaller bodies bombard p ...
... Some evidence that the 4 big outer planets may have grown directly from "lumps" in the solar nebula. Also evidence that orbital position of outer planets may have drifted Some planetesimals survive: Captured by planets - form moons. Others become asteroids and comets Smaller bodies bombard p ...
Astronomy 100 Name(s):
... Once The Sky is open, go to Data → Location and confirm the location is Seattle, Washington (if not, you can choose this from the predefined list). Next go to Data → Time and set the time for 9 p.m. tonight. If you have time, you may wish to play with some of the following controls: on the second li ...
... Once The Sky is open, go to Data → Location and confirm the location is Seattle, Washington (if not, you can choose this from the predefined list). Next go to Data → Time and set the time for 9 p.m. tonight. If you have time, you may wish to play with some of the following controls: on the second li ...
3 mark - Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy
... 1. Astronomy has shown us that the fundamental laws of physics are A) the same everywhere in the universe B) the same in our solar system but different beyond the solar system C) completely random and unpredictable D) different on other planets in our solar system 2. Among the other planets, probabl ...
... 1. Astronomy has shown us that the fundamental laws of physics are A) the same everywhere in the universe B) the same in our solar system but different beyond the solar system C) completely random and unpredictable D) different on other planets in our solar system 2. Among the other planets, probabl ...
12.4 Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun
... flash. The star expands into a red giant as the core continues to collapse. The envelope blows off, leaving a white dwarf to gradually cool. • Nova results from material accreting onto a white dwarf from a companion star ...
... flash. The star expands into a red giant as the core continues to collapse. The envelope blows off, leaving a white dwarf to gradually cool. • Nova results from material accreting onto a white dwarf from a companion star ...
The Inside Story of Pluto`s Demotion
... path through the labyrinth any more successfully than this earlier committee. When we reconvened the next morning, several admitted they had spent a night of fitful sleep, wondering if we could frame a definition that we could all agree on and defend from boti scientific and cultural viewpoints. And ...
... path through the labyrinth any more successfully than this earlier committee. When we reconvened the next morning, several admitted they had spent a night of fitful sleep, wondering if we could frame a definition that we could all agree on and defend from boti scientific and cultural viewpoints. And ...
Section 1 - PISDEScience
... Sun, Earth, and Moon (1 week, continue as needed into first week of Bundle 2) 5.8 Earth and Space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to: 5.8d identify and compare the physical characteristics ...
... Sun, Earth, and Moon (1 week, continue as needed into first week of Bundle 2) 5.8 Earth and Space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to: 5.8d identify and compare the physical characteristics ...
Celestial Motions
... • Stars near the north celestial pole are circumpolar and never set. • We cannot see stars near the south celestial pole. • All other stars (and Sun, Moon, planets) rise in east and set in west. ...
... • Stars near the north celestial pole are circumpolar and never set. • We cannot see stars near the south celestial pole. • All other stars (and Sun, Moon, planets) rise in east and set in west. ...
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
The formation of the Solar System began 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing mass collected in the center, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened into a protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other small Solar System bodies formed.This widely accepted model, known as the nebular hypothesis, was first developed in the 18th century by Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, and Pierre-Simon Laplace. Its subsequent development has interwoven a variety of scientific disciplines including astronomy, physics, geology, and planetary science. Since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s and the discovery of extrasolar planets in the 1990s, the model has been both challenged and refined to account for new observations.The Solar System has evolved considerably since its initial formation. Many moons have formed from circling discs of gas and dust around their parent planets, while other moons are thought to have formed independently and later been captured by their planets. Still others, such as the Moon, may be the result of giant collisions. Collisions between bodies have occurred continually up to the present day and have been central to the evolution of the Solar System. The positions of the planets often shifted due to gravitational interactions. This planetary migration is now thought to have been responsible for much of the Solar System's early evolution.In roughly 5 billion years, the Sun will cool and expand outward many times its current diameter (becoming a red giant), before casting off its outer layers as a planetary nebula and leaving behind a stellar remnant known as a white dwarf. In the far distant future, the gravity of passing stars will gradually reduce the Sun's retinue of planets. Some planets will be destroyed, others ejected into interstellar space. Ultimately, over the course of tens of billions of years, it is likely that the Sun will be left with none of the original bodies in orbit around it.