mike-ken_transit
... The Sun is 93 million miles away from Earth. If you could drive a car to the Sun, it ...
... The Sun is 93 million miles away from Earth. If you could drive a car to the Sun, it ...
3-The solar system
... Complete each sentence with the correct term from the box. Phases-revolves-axis-moon 1-When Earth moves around the sun, it 2-The different shapes of the moon are called moon 3-The ...
... Complete each sentence with the correct term from the box. Phases-revolves-axis-moon 1-When Earth moves around the sun, it 2-The different shapes of the moon are called moon 3-The ...
Exoplanets - Mid-Pacific Institute
... the light from their host stars as planets are visible because they are illuminated by the ...
... the light from their host stars as planets are visible because they are illuminated by the ...
Space ppt
... What is a Galaxy? • Galaxy: A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars bound together by gravity. • Spiral Galaxy: A galaxy whose arms curve outward in a pinwheel pattern. Contains solar systems and nebulae (gas, new stars, and dust). • Irregular Galaxy: A galaxy that does not ha ...
... What is a Galaxy? • Galaxy: A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars bound together by gravity. • Spiral Galaxy: A galaxy whose arms curve outward in a pinwheel pattern. Contains solar systems and nebulae (gas, new stars, and dust). • Irregular Galaxy: A galaxy that does not ha ...
Atmosphere
... Revolution= 248.6 years Gravity- 1/8 that of Earth Orbit- Pluto has a more elliptical and titled orbit, one of the reasons its lost identification as a planet. This tilted orbit sometimes allows it to be closer to the sun than Neptune, making Neptune the further most planet. Eccentricity: .25 ...
... Revolution= 248.6 years Gravity- 1/8 that of Earth Orbit- Pluto has a more elliptical and titled orbit, one of the reasons its lost identification as a planet. This tilted orbit sometimes allows it to be closer to the sun than Neptune, making Neptune the further most planet. Eccentricity: .25 ...
NS2-M3C16_-_Asteroids,_Comets,_and_Meteorites_Exam
... NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam) Answer Key: NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam) ...
... NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam) Answer Key: NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam) ...
Motions of the Night Sky
... North Celestial Pole, earth’s axis of rotation projected out into space. Here’s a surprising observation: for a given star to travel from a set spot in the sky (let’s say on the meridian) to the exact same spot the next night doesn’t take 24 hours, but only 23 hours and 56 minutes. What happened t ...
... North Celestial Pole, earth’s axis of rotation projected out into space. Here’s a surprising observation: for a given star to travel from a set spot in the sky (let’s say on the meridian) to the exact same spot the next night doesn’t take 24 hours, but only 23 hours and 56 minutes. What happened t ...
Exoplanets and Tides
... The oceans are not uniformly spread over the globe. There are continents sticking up, deep and shallow parts, etc. This complicates things, but tides can be reliably predicted. The Sun also raises tides. But it is at a much greater distance (400x as far away), so its tides are less important than th ...
... The oceans are not uniformly spread over the globe. There are continents sticking up, deep and shallow parts, etc. This complicates things, but tides can be reliably predicted. The Sun also raises tides. But it is at a much greater distance (400x as far away), so its tides are less important than th ...
Star/Sun/Spectral Analysis - ppt
... (____________________ Hydrogen and ____________________) Helium which produces energy through ________ process, and Nuclear ___________ Fusion then emits such energy in the form of radiation ...
... (____________________ Hydrogen and ____________________) Helium which produces energy through ________ process, and Nuclear ___________ Fusion then emits such energy in the form of radiation ...
Mercury
... Why is Pluto no longer classified as a planet? How are comets and asteroids similar and different? Textbook references: Foundations of Astronomy Chapter 19-25 Key Terms Terrestrial planet, Jovian planet, planetesimal, accretion, nebula, gravitational collapse, half-life, comet, asteroid, meteori ...
... Why is Pluto no longer classified as a planet? How are comets and asteroids similar and different? Textbook references: Foundations of Astronomy Chapter 19-25 Key Terms Terrestrial planet, Jovian planet, planetesimal, accretion, nebula, gravitational collapse, half-life, comet, asteroid, meteori ...
planets of our solar system
... know about Saturn came from the flybys of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 satellites in the 1980’s. Saturn is 893,000,000 miles from the sun. It orbits the sun once in 29 1/2 years. It is second in size only to Jupiter. And...it could hold 769 Earths! Most of Saturn’s moons are covered with impact crate ...
... know about Saturn came from the flybys of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 satellites in the 1980’s. Saturn is 893,000,000 miles from the sun. It orbits the sun once in 29 1/2 years. It is second in size only to Jupiter. And...it could hold 769 Earths! Most of Saturn’s moons are covered with impact crate ...
Lecture 2: The Sun and the Heliophysics
... radiation as photons Matter in a radiation zone is so dense that photons can travel only a short distance before they are absorbed or scattered by another particle T drops from 15 million K to 1.5 million K it takes an average of 171,000 years for gamma rays from the core of the Sun to leave the rad ...
... radiation as photons Matter in a radiation zone is so dense that photons can travel only a short distance before they are absorbed or scattered by another particle T drops from 15 million K to 1.5 million K it takes an average of 171,000 years for gamma rays from the core of the Sun to leave the rad ...
Week two: The Sun (pdf, 3.9 MB)
... radiation as photons Matter in a radiation zone is so dense that photons can travel only a short distance before they are absorbed or scattered by another particle T drops from 15 million K to 1.5 million K it takes an average of 171,000 years for gamma rays from the core of the Sun to leave the rad ...
... radiation as photons Matter in a radiation zone is so dense that photons can travel only a short distance before they are absorbed or scattered by another particle T drops from 15 million K to 1.5 million K it takes an average of 171,000 years for gamma rays from the core of the Sun to leave the rad ...
Chapter #10 Question #27: (c) Four individual protons. During
... Thus, a main sequence A star will have more mass than a main sequence G star which will have more mass than a main sequence M star. ...
... Thus, a main sequence A star will have more mass than a main sequence G star which will have more mass than a main sequence M star. ...
answers2004_05_BC - Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics
... Sanduleak −69 202. What will the Sun eventually evolve into? Sun is not massive enough to fuse elements heavier than helium (core never gets that hot), therefore it will not form an iron core (it is also not a close binary, so it will not produce a Type Ia supernova). A white dwarf (surrounded i ...
... Sanduleak −69 202. What will the Sun eventually evolve into? Sun is not massive enough to fuse elements heavier than helium (core never gets that hot), therefore it will not form an iron core (it is also not a close binary, so it will not produce a Type Ia supernova). A white dwarf (surrounded i ...
Motions of the Night Sky
... motion of a superior planet results from the earth “lapping” or passing the planet. The line of sight from the earth to the planet angles backward against the very distant stars, causing the planet to appear to be moving ...
... motion of a superior planet results from the earth “lapping” or passing the planet. The line of sight from the earth to the planet angles backward against the very distant stars, causing the planet to appear to be moving ...
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (50 pts
... A. different colored atoms passed through the prism and were knocked out. B. components of white light (colors) were refracted by different amounts by the prism. C. the energy was diverted and converted into visible light. D. the prism converted ultraviolet photons to visible photons. E. the prism c ...
... A. different colored atoms passed through the prism and were knocked out. B. components of white light (colors) were refracted by different amounts by the prism. C. the energy was diverted and converted into visible light. D. the prism converted ultraviolet photons to visible photons. E. the prism c ...
Astronomy Introduction
... • Tycho Brahe-made observations about the positions of the planets • Johannes Kepler-figured out that the orbits of planets around the sun are not circular, but ellipses • Ellipse-an elongated circle or oval shape ...
... • Tycho Brahe-made observations about the positions of the planets • Johannes Kepler-figured out that the orbits of planets around the sun are not circular, but ellipses • Ellipse-an elongated circle or oval shape ...
Solar System Teacher Notes
... Could life start on another planet in our Solar System? We don’t know. Several environments look promising. The surface of Titan (Saturn’s largest Moon) has an atmosphere that we think resembles what Earth’s atmosphere was like before life started. Examination of an asteroid from Mars suggested that ...
... Could life start on another planet in our Solar System? We don’t know. Several environments look promising. The surface of Titan (Saturn’s largest Moon) has an atmosphere that we think resembles what Earth’s atmosphere was like before life started. Examination of an asteroid from Mars suggested that ...
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.