Scientific Investigation - Kempsville Middle School
... 75. Non-renewable resources may not be used more than one time such as coal, oil, and natural gas. 76. Conductors are materials that allow electricity to flow through them, such as metal. 77. Insulators are materials that block electricity, such as rubber. 78. Voltage describes the "push" of electro ...
... 75. Non-renewable resources may not be used more than one time such as coal, oil, and natural gas. 76. Conductors are materials that allow electricity to flow through them, such as metal. 77. Insulators are materials that block electricity, such as rubber. 78. Voltage describes the "push" of electro ...
Stephen John Kortenkamp - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory | The
... Computer simulations of orbital evolution, with particular emphasis on resonant interactions between planets and small bodies, such as with Trojan asteroids, objects on Pluto-like orbits, and quasi-satellites of the terrestrial and giant planets. Origin and Evolution of Earth-Like Planets: Utilizati ...
... Computer simulations of orbital evolution, with particular emphasis on resonant interactions between planets and small bodies, such as with Trojan asteroids, objects on Pluto-like orbits, and quasi-satellites of the terrestrial and giant planets. Origin and Evolution of Earth-Like Planets: Utilizati ...
Power Point Version
... period = against the stars) ~ month – Similar to a woman’s cycle – Luna always a female association in all cultures ...
... period = against the stars) ~ month – Similar to a woman’s cycle – Luna always a female association in all cultures ...
Skywatch Astro Ed Dec13
... two, then Rigel would shine so bright that it would produce about a fifth the light of the full moon. Rigel is, then, in reality the brighter of the two stars. Sirius appears brighter because it is so much closer. Viewed through binoculars in a dark sky, Sirius is a breathtaking sight, sparkling wit ...
... two, then Rigel would shine so bright that it would produce about a fifth the light of the full moon. Rigel is, then, in reality the brighter of the two stars. Sirius appears brighter because it is so much closer. Viewed through binoculars in a dark sky, Sirius is a breathtaking sight, sparkling wit ...
The Sun and Other Stars - Tuslaw Local School District
... Life of a star • How long a star lives depends on its mass *small mass stars use up their fuel more slowly than large mass stars, so they have much longer lives • Medium mass stars like the sun live about 10 by • Small mass stars may live 200 by • A large mass star 15 x’s as massive as the sun may ...
... Life of a star • How long a star lives depends on its mass *small mass stars use up their fuel more slowly than large mass stars, so they have much longer lives • Medium mass stars like the sun live about 10 by • Small mass stars may live 200 by • A large mass star 15 x’s as massive as the sun may ...
Origin of the Earth and Moon - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... Slowly Depleting… and Then Destroying the Primordial Comet Disk Tsiganis et al. (2005); Morbidelli et al. (2005); Gomes et al. (2005) ...
... Slowly Depleting… and Then Destroying the Primordial Comet Disk Tsiganis et al. (2005); Morbidelli et al. (2005); Gomes et al. (2005) ...
Astronomy – Interpreting Main Sequence Star Data The
... Astronomy – Interpreting Main Sequence Star Data The classification of stars by surface temperature and spectral pattern is a painstaking process requiring the efforts of many scientists from hundreds of observatories around the world. To make it easier to refer to the different types of main sequen ...
... Astronomy – Interpreting Main Sequence Star Data The classification of stars by surface temperature and spectral pattern is a painstaking process requiring the efforts of many scientists from hundreds of observatories around the world. To make it easier to refer to the different types of main sequen ...
The Inner Planets
... Only spacecraft ever sent to Mercury was Mariner 10 in 1974-1975. It flew around the planet and sent back pictures of 45% of Mercury’s surface. Next Mission 2009 Mercury looks like our moon- many craters and cliffs. ...
... Only spacecraft ever sent to Mercury was Mariner 10 in 1974-1975. It flew around the planet and sent back pictures of 45% of Mercury’s surface. Next Mission 2009 Mercury looks like our moon- many craters and cliffs. ...
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors- Oh My!
... Asteroids • Not all asteroids are located in the asteroids belt and can pass near Earth • Jupiter’s gravity kept the asteroids from forming a planet • Some asteroids orbit just before and after Jupiter • Largest asteroid, Ceres, is 580 mi across but most are less than a few miles across ...
... Asteroids • Not all asteroids are located in the asteroids belt and can pass near Earth • Jupiter’s gravity kept the asteroids from forming a planet • Some asteroids orbit just before and after Jupiter • Largest asteroid, Ceres, is 580 mi across but most are less than a few miles across ...
ppt
... If they are inclined so that they orbit roughly in our line of sight, then one of the stars will be moving towards us, the other away from us. Therefore the spectral lines of one star will be shifted to longer wavelengths and the spectral lines of another star will be shifted to shorter wavelengths. ...
... If they are inclined so that they orbit roughly in our line of sight, then one of the stars will be moving towards us, the other away from us. Therefore the spectral lines of one star will be shifted to longer wavelengths and the spectral lines of another star will be shifted to shorter wavelengths. ...
Planets beyond the solar system
... 55 Cancri • Star 60% as bright as the Sun and only 5% less massive than the Sun. • Five planets • Outermost known planet has an orbit similar to that of Jupiter, but is 4 times the mass of Jupiter. • Inner 3 planets all lie within the orbit of Mercury – one is about the mass of Jupiter. • Other plan ...
... 55 Cancri • Star 60% as bright as the Sun and only 5% less massive than the Sun. • Five planets • Outermost known planet has an orbit similar to that of Jupiter, but is 4 times the mass of Jupiter. • Inner 3 planets all lie within the orbit of Mercury – one is about the mass of Jupiter. • Other plan ...
Structure of the Solar System - Beck-Shop
... used to explain the spacing of the planetary orbits. He firmly believed in the Copernican rather than the Ptolemaic system, but his views on planetary orbits had foundations in numerology and astrology (Field 1988) rather than scientific method. In the first edition of his book Mysterium Cosmographicum ...
... used to explain the spacing of the planetary orbits. He firmly believed in the Copernican rather than the Ptolemaic system, but his views on planetary orbits had foundations in numerology and astrology (Field 1988) rather than scientific method. In the first edition of his book Mysterium Cosmographicum ...
Glossary
... aeronautical—anything related to the science, design, or operation of aircraft. (p. 199) aft—the rear of a spacecraft or any other ship. (p. 309) air lock—an airtight chamber, usually located between two regions of unequal pressure, in which air pressure can be regulated. (p. 274) albedo—a celestial ...
... aeronautical—anything related to the science, design, or operation of aircraft. (p. 199) aft—the rear of a spacecraft or any other ship. (p. 309) air lock—an airtight chamber, usually located between two regions of unequal pressure, in which air pressure can be regulated. (p. 274) albedo—a celestial ...
ppt
... Spiral galaxies like our Milky Way have existed for over 3 billion years. "The new results show that spiral galaxies, such as the Milky Way, appears to have worked in the same way, easily formed, and have been the largest spiral galaxies in the universe for at least the last 3.4 billion years," sa ...
... Spiral galaxies like our Milky Way have existed for over 3 billion years. "The new results show that spiral galaxies, such as the Milky Way, appears to have worked in the same way, easily formed, and have been the largest spiral galaxies in the universe for at least the last 3.4 billion years," sa ...
RED “O Big Red
... of the Sun aldebaran has only a little more mass than the sun. so why is it so large? ...
... of the Sun aldebaran has only a little more mass than the sun. so why is it so large? ...
Unit Plan
... 14. Describe the difference between a sidereal day and the average solar day. 15. If Earth did not spin on its axis, what would we seen in the sky? 16. Give two reasons why winter days are colder than summer days. 17. How would the seasons be different if Earth were inclined 90⁰ instead of 23.5⁰? Wh ...
... 14. Describe the difference between a sidereal day and the average solar day. 15. If Earth did not spin on its axis, what would we seen in the sky? 16. Give two reasons why winter days are colder than summer days. 17. How would the seasons be different if Earth were inclined 90⁰ instead of 23.5⁰? Wh ...
ASTR 300 Stars and Stellar Systems Spring 2011
... Barnard’s star is now at 5.9 ly, we would have to move it to 5.9/3.981 = 1.48 ly. Barnard’s star is actually moving towards us at 107 km/s, and in about 10,000 years it will pass within 3.8 ly of us; after that its distance will increase again. When it is 3.8 ly away it will be the nearest star. Wil ...
... Barnard’s star is now at 5.9 ly, we would have to move it to 5.9/3.981 = 1.48 ly. Barnard’s star is actually moving towards us at 107 km/s, and in about 10,000 years it will pass within 3.8 ly of us; after that its distance will increase again. When it is 3.8 ly away it will be the nearest star. Wil ...
The Cycles of the Moon
... Apparent Motion of the Inner Planets Mercury appears at most ~28º from the sun. It can occasionally be seen shortly after sunset in the west or before sunrise in the east. Venus appears at most ~ 46º from the sun. It can occasionally be seen for at most a few hours after sunset in the west or befor ...
... Apparent Motion of the Inner Planets Mercury appears at most ~28º from the sun. It can occasionally be seen shortly after sunset in the west or before sunrise in the east. Venus appears at most ~ 46º from the sun. It can occasionally be seen for at most a few hours after sunset in the west or befor ...
The Earth in Context: Universe and Solar System
... smallest white dwarfs = most massive, results from large gravitation field, resulting in collaps of star and nuclear compression into very small body i) i.e. the more mass the more gravity the more compression ...
... smallest white dwarfs = most massive, results from large gravitation field, resulting in collaps of star and nuclear compression into very small body i) i.e. the more mass the more gravity the more compression ...
Unit Two Worksheet – Astronomy
... It is thought that before the Big Bang, all the matter and energy in the universe was in the form of one ___. (A) extremely small volume (C) solar system (B) expanding cloud (D) galaxy ...
... It is thought that before the Big Bang, all the matter and energy in the universe was in the form of one ___. (A) extremely small volume (C) solar system (B) expanding cloud (D) galaxy ...
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.