Lecture 5 - Orbits, Sizes, Precession
... the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth, so it can never have gibbous phases – no “full Venus”. ...
... the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth, so it can never have gibbous phases – no “full Venus”. ...
25drake6s
... formula to predict the number of intelligent species in our galaxy that we could communicate with right ...
... formula to predict the number of intelligent species in our galaxy that we could communicate with right ...
Objects In Space -- research questions
... You’ll work closely with “Outer Planets” and the “Sun” to create a close to scale version of our solar system. Pay close attention to the sizes of your planets compared to each other, the outer planets and the sun. Answer the following questions: 1. What are the names of the 4 inner planets, in orde ...
... You’ll work closely with “Outer Planets” and the “Sun” to create a close to scale version of our solar system. Pay close attention to the sizes of your planets compared to each other, the outer planets and the sun. Answer the following questions: 1. What are the names of the 4 inner planets, in orde ...
Lab 1
... All of the following objects are part of the solar system. Make sure you can distinguish them for exam purposes: Star: An object so massive that nuclear fusion is triggered in its interior, and thus it shines. Planet: Too small trigger nuclear fusion, these relatively large objects orbit a star. Moo ...
... All of the following objects are part of the solar system. Make sure you can distinguish them for exam purposes: Star: An object so massive that nuclear fusion is triggered in its interior, and thus it shines. Planet: Too small trigger nuclear fusion, these relatively large objects orbit a star. Moo ...
Solar System
... Neptune has faint rings Neptune has high winds and many storms that sometimes show up as dark spots ...
... Neptune has faint rings Neptune has high winds and many storms that sometimes show up as dark spots ...
14 The Planets
... Blue color due to methane gas (like Uranus) Fastest winds in solar system (1,500 mi/hour, windier than ...
... Blue color due to methane gas (like Uranus) Fastest winds in solar system (1,500 mi/hour, windier than ...
Astronomy - AG Web Services
... Merit Requirements: Blue-Bordered Merit ASTRONOMY 1. Define astronomy and name two important astronomers. 2. Explain the major differences between the following: planets, moons, stars, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, solar systems, and galaxies. 3. Find one interesting fact about each planet in our s ...
... Merit Requirements: Blue-Bordered Merit ASTRONOMY 1. Define astronomy and name two important astronomers. 2. Explain the major differences between the following: planets, moons, stars, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, solar systems, and galaxies. 3. Find one interesting fact about each planet in our s ...
January 23
... Sizes of planets • Largest to Smallest: • Jovian planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • Terrestrial planets: Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury ...
... Sizes of planets • Largest to Smallest: • Jovian planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • Terrestrial planets: Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury ...
Introduction to the Solar System
... When you set the problem up this way, the kilometers cancel out, and the answer comes out in millimeters. Now blow up your balloon until the diameter matches that in the scale model, and tie it off. Now go through and calculate the diameters of the Moon and the planets as they will be in our scale m ...
... When you set the problem up this way, the kilometers cancel out, and the answer comes out in millimeters. Now blow up your balloon until the diameter matches that in the scale model, and tie it off. Now go through and calculate the diameters of the Moon and the planets as they will be in our scale m ...
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... Computer with access to Mindmeister Print out of Mindmeister mind maps Children’s Space Atlas 1. What is the order of the planets in our solar system? Ask students to arrange in order. Correct order is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. 2. Name key character ...
... Computer with access to Mindmeister Print out of Mindmeister mind maps Children’s Space Atlas 1. What is the order of the planets in our solar system? Ask students to arrange in order. Correct order is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. 2. Name key character ...
Lab 1
... When you set the problem up this way, the kilometers cancel out, and the answer comes out in millimeters. Now blow up your balloon until the diameter matches that in the scale model, and tie it off. Now go through and calculate the diameters of the Moon and the planets as they will be in our scale m ...
... When you set the problem up this way, the kilometers cancel out, and the answer comes out in millimeters. Now blow up your balloon until the diameter matches that in the scale model, and tie it off. Now go through and calculate the diameters of the Moon and the planets as they will be in our scale m ...
Slide 1
... Kepler’s 2nd Law： As a planet approaches the Sun, it moves faster. A planet moves fastest when it reaches its closest point: perihelion. As a planet moves away from the Sun, it slows down. It moves most slowly when it ...
... Kepler’s 2nd Law： As a planet approaches the Sun, it moves faster. A planet moves fastest when it reaches its closest point: perihelion. As a planet moves away from the Sun, it slows down. It moves most slowly when it ...
Page 577 - ClassZone
... of the stars. They noted that the stars appeared to move across the sky, but they did not move in relation to each other. To explain the apparent motions of the stars, early astronomers envisioned the stars as holes in a solid celestial sphere that surrounded Earth. Beyond the sphere, they imagined, ...
... of the stars. They noted that the stars appeared to move across the sky, but they did not move in relation to each other. To explain the apparent motions of the stars, early astronomers envisioned the stars as holes in a solid celestial sphere that surrounded Earth. Beyond the sphere, they imagined, ...
Question 1 (7-5 thru 7-7 PPT Questions)
... ions in the inner solar system sweeping them around with it, causing the ions to speed up. ...
... ions in the inner solar system sweeping them around with it, causing the ions to speed up. ...
Revision on Universe 1-The nearest planet to the sun is
... 4-The day hours are nearly equal to the night hours in ………………..and………………. seasons 5-………………………is the nearest space body to the Earth 6-The Earth's axis is ………………………….. 7-Earth is the…………………planet away from the sun 8-The biggest planet in the solar system is …………………………… 9-In the …………………season,hours of ...
... 4-The day hours are nearly equal to the night hours in ………………..and………………. seasons 5-………………………is the nearest space body to the Earth 6-The Earth's axis is ………………………….. 7-Earth is the…………………planet away from the sun 8-The biggest planet in the solar system is …………………………… 9-In the …………………season,hours of ...
Solutions
... achieve on Titan, given that the acceleration due to gravity there is 0.14g, where g its value on Earth? (The Games take place in a sealed Stadium Dome with an Earth-like atmosphere.) ...
... achieve on Titan, given that the acceleration due to gravity there is 0.14g, where g its value on Earth? (The Games take place in a sealed Stadium Dome with an Earth-like atmosphere.) ...
(1) Why is the Pleiades star cluster visible all night around
... desktop activity, students can “act out” each problem’s situation in the classroom, by having one student represent the Sun, another the Earth, and others the five other planets. Be sure to have all students take a turn at representing the Earth. That student will do more than just stand in place, b ...
... desktop activity, students can “act out” each problem’s situation in the classroom, by having one student represent the Sun, another the Earth, and others the five other planets. Be sure to have all students take a turn at representing the Earth. That student will do more than just stand in place, b ...
knowledge quiz - Discovery Education
... C. It has a higher mass than planets, moons, and asteroids. D. all of the above 2. Constellations are groups of stars in particular regions of the sky. Which of the following is not a constellation? A. Cassiopeia B. sun C. Orion D. Pleiades, also known as The Seven Sisters 3. Nuclear reactions that ...
... C. It has a higher mass than planets, moons, and asteroids. D. all of the above 2. Constellations are groups of stars in particular regions of the sky. Which of the following is not a constellation? A. Cassiopeia B. sun C. Orion D. Pleiades, also known as The Seven Sisters 3. Nuclear reactions that ...
Homework 4 1 Chapter 3 October 4, 2011
... helium only condense at colder temperatures. So, close to the sun where it is warmer only the rock and metal could condense and eventually form planets made of those materials. But, farther away the hydrogen and helium condensed as well, so planets in that region are composed of these elements as we ...
... helium only condense at colder temperatures. So, close to the sun where it is warmer only the rock and metal could condense and eventually form planets made of those materials. But, farther away the hydrogen and helium condensed as well, so planets in that region are composed of these elements as we ...
Earth and the Universe -The Meaning of Life
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. It is the largest planet in the Solar System. It has over 18 moons, two of which are huge. Only 18 moons are named Its largest moon is called Ganymede. Jupiter has a small ring system. One day on Jupiter lasts nearly 10 Earth hours. It takes 11.9 years (4332 ...
... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. It is the largest planet in the Solar System. It has over 18 moons, two of which are huge. Only 18 moons are named Its largest moon is called Ganymede. Jupiter has a small ring system. One day on Jupiter lasts nearly 10 Earth hours. It takes 11.9 years (4332 ...
1. Which of the following statements does not describe Jupiter? A. It
... C. near the planet's second orbit focus. D. at the place where the planet's and Sun's gravity cancel out exactly. E. None of the above. 14. The first planet to be discovered by a mathematical prediction was A. Jupiter. B. Saturn. C. Uranus. D. Neptune. E. Pluto. 15. A distinctive feature that sets ...
... C. near the planet's second orbit focus. D. at the place where the planet's and Sun's gravity cancel out exactly. E. None of the above. 14. The first planet to be discovered by a mathematical prediction was A. Jupiter. B. Saturn. C. Uranus. D. Neptune. E. Pluto. 15. A distinctive feature that sets ...
Where is our solar system located?
... that the sun was the center of the system • Galileo (100 years later) agreed with Copernicus’ idea – Discovered Venus went through phases like our moon – Discovered Jupiter’s moons revolved around it & not the Earth ...
... that the sun was the center of the system • Galileo (100 years later) agreed with Copernicus’ idea – Discovered Venus went through phases like our moon – Discovered Jupiter’s moons revolved around it & not the Earth ...
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.