Planets Power Point
... 3,660,000,000 miles from Sun; no other planet is as far from Sun Pluto found in 1930 because it was pulling Neptune out of orbit can only guess what it's like must be ice cold with solid, dense center, may have one moon think it's 2,000 miles in diameter, smallest planet & is why we now call it a dw ...
... 3,660,000,000 miles from Sun; no other planet is as far from Sun Pluto found in 1930 because it was pulling Neptune out of orbit can only guess what it's like must be ice cold with solid, dense center, may have one moon think it's 2,000 miles in diameter, smallest planet & is why we now call it a dw ...
Neptune Facts Mr J Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was the first planet to get its existence predicted by mathematical calculations before it was actually seen through a telescope on Sept. 23, 1846. Irregularities in the orbit of Uranus led French astronomer Alexis Bouvard to suggest that the gravitation ...
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was the first planet to get its existence predicted by mathematical calculations before it was actually seen through a telescope on Sept. 23, 1846. Irregularities in the orbit of Uranus led French astronomer Alexis Bouvard to suggest that the gravitation ...
46. Elliptical Orbits
... Place one pin in f0 and place a string loop around the pin. Place a pencil inside the string loop and pull the loop tight with one hand, while securing the pin with the other hand. Tilt the pencil slightly and move the pencil around 360o, keeping the string tight. This will draw a circle. Label the ...
... Place one pin in f0 and place a string loop around the pin. Place a pencil inside the string loop and pull the loop tight with one hand, while securing the pin with the other hand. Tilt the pencil slightly and move the pencil around 360o, keeping the string tight. This will draw a circle. Label the ...
STARS - AN INTRODUCTION
... Stars are balls of burning gas. Different types of gases make the star burn. They give off light and heat. The Sun is a medium sized star. It is bigger than all eight planets combined! However, there are stars a lot bigger than the Sun! The largest stars are called ...
... Stars are balls of burning gas. Different types of gases make the star burn. They give off light and heat. The Sun is a medium sized star. It is bigger than all eight planets combined! However, there are stars a lot bigger than the Sun! The largest stars are called ...
Galaxies • Test 3 (New date) – Thurs, 9 April
... GM = 4π2 R3 / T2 M = R3 / T2 for R in AU, T in years, and M in solar masses. ...
... GM = 4π2 R3 / T2 M = R3 / T2 for R in AU, T in years, and M in solar masses. ...
The Science of Life in the Universe (Chap 2
... the statement given makes sense, since we need heavier stars to make the chemical elements upon which our lives are based. In fact, only the most massive stars, greater than about 10 solar masses, will ever form the chemical elements of iron and those more massive than iron, up to and including uran ...
... the statement given makes sense, since we need heavier stars to make the chemical elements upon which our lives are based. In fact, only the most massive stars, greater than about 10 solar masses, will ever form the chemical elements of iron and those more massive than iron, up to and including uran ...
The Science of Life in the Universe (Chap 2
... the statement given makes sense, since we need heavier stars to make the chemical elements upon which our lives are based. In fact, only the most massive stars, greater than about 10 solar masses, will ever form the chemical elements of iron and those more massive than iron, up to and including uran ...
... the statement given makes sense, since we need heavier stars to make the chemical elements upon which our lives are based. In fact, only the most massive stars, greater than about 10 solar masses, will ever form the chemical elements of iron and those more massive than iron, up to and including uran ...
Tides, Moons, Rings, and Pluto
... Rings are temporary features: over time rings will dissipate due to collisions, and particles will drift away from the rings ...
... Rings are temporary features: over time rings will dissipate due to collisions, and particles will drift away from the rings ...
Linking Asteroids and Meteorites through Reflectance
... What did we learn last time? • Constellations are patterns of stars • Sun and Planets are in the ecliptic and travel through the zodiac • The sky we see is a function of where we are on the Earth ...
... What did we learn last time? • Constellations are patterns of stars • Sun and Planets are in the ecliptic and travel through the zodiac • The sky we see is a function of where we are on the Earth ...
January 2006
... – get the luminosity. This is your y-coordinate. – Then take the spectral type as your x-coordinate. This may look strange, e.g. K5III for Aldebaran. Ignore the roman numbers ( III means a giant star, V means dwarf star, etc). First letter is the spectral type: K (one of OBAFGKM), the arab number (5 ...
... – get the luminosity. This is your y-coordinate. – Then take the spectral type as your x-coordinate. This may look strange, e.g. K5III for Aldebaran. Ignore the roman numbers ( III means a giant star, V means dwarf star, etc). First letter is the spectral type: K (one of OBAFGKM), the arab number (5 ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... What is source of heat? Similar to Io: resonant orbits with Ganymede and Io make Europa's orbit elliptical => varying tidal stresses from Jupiter => heat. ...
... What is source of heat? Similar to Io: resonant orbits with Ganymede and Io make Europa's orbit elliptical => varying tidal stresses from Jupiter => heat. ...
PHYSICS 015
... it’s big, yes, but hardly dominant. (Moreover, there are globular star clusters of comparable mass, located here and there in the galaxy.) So our SMBH doesn’t ‘control’ the Milky Way the way the Sun ‘controls’ the planets! There are galaxies in which we find evidence for billionsolar-mass black hole ...
... it’s big, yes, but hardly dominant. (Moreover, there are globular star clusters of comparable mass, located here and there in the galaxy.) So our SMBH doesn’t ‘control’ the Milky Way the way the Sun ‘controls’ the planets! There are galaxies in which we find evidence for billionsolar-mass black hole ...
Homework #4 Solutions ASTR100: Introduction to Astronomy
... method called radiometric dating which relies on the careful measurement of the proportions of various atoms and isotopes in the rock. To measure the age of our solar system, we need to do a careful analysis of radioactive isotopes of meteorites because meteorites are rocks that have not melted or v ...
... method called radiometric dating which relies on the careful measurement of the proportions of various atoms and isotopes in the rock. To measure the age of our solar system, we need to do a careful analysis of radioactive isotopes of meteorites because meteorites are rocks that have not melted or v ...
Solar System
... 5. The orbits of all the planets lie in a flat plane except for the orbit of Pluto (dwarf planet, which is tilted compared to the other orbits. 6. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets that do not have at least one moon. 7. Mars looks like a red star in the sky. 8. Jupiter has a striped appeara ...
... 5. The orbits of all the planets lie in a flat plane except for the orbit of Pluto (dwarf planet, which is tilted compared to the other orbits. 6. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets that do not have at least one moon. 7. Mars looks like a red star in the sky. 8. Jupiter has a striped appeara ...
SkyMatters Jan-2017 - CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory
... Farther to the right is the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, another open cluster of young stars. The gas from which they were formed can still be seen in photographs. Taurus, the Bull, is seen attacking Orion ,the Hunter, who has a defensive shield of stars held up to protect him. To the left of Taurus ...
... Farther to the right is the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, another open cluster of young stars. The gas from which they were formed can still be seen in photographs. Taurus, the Bull, is seen attacking Orion ,the Hunter, who has a defensive shield of stars held up to protect him. To the left of Taurus ...
Moon Hunt
... Sinope, Jupiter, 758 days (retrograde) 7. Which of the moons is the largest in diameter? (Name the moon, its planet and its measurement(s).) ...
... Sinope, Jupiter, 758 days (retrograde) 7. Which of the moons is the largest in diameter? (Name the moon, its planet and its measurement(s).) ...
Nobel Prize in Physics for Accelerating Universe
... water similar to the water we find on Earth. • “Similar” means that the fraction of heavy water is same as in our oceans. • Heavy water is D2O instead of H2O, where D is deuterium which has a nucleus with one proton and one neutron. • The comet comes from the Kupier belt (30-50 AU) while most comets ...
... water similar to the water we find on Earth. • “Similar” means that the fraction of heavy water is same as in our oceans. • Heavy water is D2O instead of H2O, where D is deuterium which has a nucleus with one proton and one neutron. • The comet comes from the Kupier belt (30-50 AU) while most comets ...
PHYS 2410 General Astronomy Homework 5
... Which star in the table above would appear the faintest in the night sky? ...
... Which star in the table above would appear the faintest in the night sky? ...
EarthScience1stNineWeeks
... 1. Be able to list the steps in order for the scientific method, using these phrases: 1)propose an outcome 2) state the problem 3)make a conclusion 4)gather data. (Notes, pg 8) 2. If the independent variable is the variable being tested in an experiment, all other controllable variables must be kept ...
... 1. Be able to list the steps in order for the scientific method, using these phrases: 1)propose an outcome 2) state the problem 3)make a conclusion 4)gather data. (Notes, pg 8) 2. If the independent variable is the variable being tested in an experiment, all other controllable variables must be kept ...
MS Word version
... orbit? (1 AU) Note that this satisfies Kepler’s 3rd Law --- that P2 = a3. Why aren’t any of the planets moving? (They are moving, just very slowly at this animation rate.) Kepler’s 3rd Law tells us that planets ...
... orbit? (1 AU) Note that this satisfies Kepler’s 3rd Law --- that P2 = a3. Why aren’t any of the planets moving? (They are moving, just very slowly at this animation rate.) Kepler’s 3rd Law tells us that planets ...
PowerPoint file - Northwest Creation Network
... observational indication of conformation. Thus the ‘generally accepted’ theory of stellar formation may be one of a hundred unsupported dogmas which constitute a large part of present-day astrophysics.” ...
... observational indication of conformation. Thus the ‘generally accepted’ theory of stellar formation may be one of a hundred unsupported dogmas which constitute a large part of present-day astrophysics.” ...
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.