OurSolarSystem_part1
... Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. It has over 60 moons and 2 rings. Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
... Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter is so big that over 1,000 planets the size of Earth could fit into it. It has over 60 moons and 2 rings. Can life exist on Jupiter's moon, Europa? ...
unit 8 vocabulary
... objects towards each other. A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object The amount of matter in an object or substance The luminous(bright) celestial body around which Earth and other planets revolve and receive heat and light. Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve ...
... objects towards each other. A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object The amount of matter in an object or substance The luminous(bright) celestial body around which Earth and other planets revolve and receive heat and light. Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve ...
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... 7. Arial photos show erosion and patterns of riverbeds show water flowed once on Mars surface. ...
... 7. Arial photos show erosion and patterns of riverbeds show water flowed once on Mars surface. ...
day 2 - The Solar System Presentation
... smaller than planets, range in size, have no definite shape lots located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (this asteroid belt also separates the inner and outer planets) ...
... smaller than planets, range in size, have no definite shape lots located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (this asteroid belt also separates the inner and outer planets) ...
The Sun
... The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. ...
... The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. ...
Astro 101-001 Summer 2013 Assigmnent #2 Due: Monday 6/24
... Astro 101-001 Summer 2013 Assigmnent #2 ...
... Astro 101-001 Summer 2013 Assigmnent #2 ...
3/3 What Are Planets?
... • Largest object in solar system (makes up 99.8% of mass of solar system!) • About 5 billion years old (half way there!) • Average surface temperature of 6,000°C • “Only” 93 million miles away! “Goldilocks Zone” • Can hold about a million Earth’s inside! • More than 400 Earth’s could fit across the ...
... • Largest object in solar system (makes up 99.8% of mass of solar system!) • About 5 billion years old (half way there!) • Average surface temperature of 6,000°C • “Only” 93 million miles away! “Goldilocks Zone” • Can hold about a million Earth’s inside! • More than 400 Earth’s could fit across the ...
Ch. 16 - The Solar System Study Guide GPS: S6E1
... 5. ______________________________ used the newly invented telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model. 6. ______________________________ found that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse. 7. The ____________________ _______________________ consists of the Sun, the planets and ...
... 5. ______________________________ used the newly invented telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model. 6. ______________________________ found that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse. 7. The ____________________ _______________________ consists of the Sun, the planets and ...
Public Lecture - Our Solar System
... about -350oF over most of the planet • Planet is tilted 60o and appears to rotate on its side • 5 known moons ...
... about -350oF over most of the planet • Planet is tilted 60o and appears to rotate on its side • 5 known moons ...
C:\FrontPage Webs\Content\phy150fall03\Lectures\Lecture 10 Solar
... one estimates the age of the Earth and the solar system to be 4.6 ± 1 billion years old. This can be compared to the estimated time for the gravitational accretion process to form the solar system of 100,000 years. 2) The temperature within the gaseous nebula surrounding the forming sun determined w ...
... one estimates the age of the Earth and the solar system to be 4.6 ± 1 billion years old. This can be compared to the estimated time for the gravitational accretion process to form the solar system of 100,000 years. 2) The temperature within the gaseous nebula surrounding the forming sun determined w ...
2.13 Understanding our Universe
... • Astronomers have also discovered hundreds of stony objects called asteroids, which also orbit the Sun • The Earth’s moon is clearly visible and its appearance changes through the month as it orbits the Earth • With a good telescope you can see that other planets have moons. Jupiter has 63 moons, o ...
... • Astronomers have also discovered hundreds of stony objects called asteroids, which also orbit the Sun • The Earth’s moon is clearly visible and its appearance changes through the month as it orbits the Earth • With a good telescope you can see that other planets have moons. Jupiter has 63 moons, o ...
B. Distance from Sun
... ____ named and unnamed satellites. Titan: __________ moon in solar system. Only moon with an ______________. Lakes of _____________. ...
... ____ named and unnamed satellites. Titan: __________ moon in solar system. Only moon with an ______________. Lakes of _____________. ...
Planet Crossword - Mentor Public Schools
... 10. On Mars is found the 3000-mile long Mariner ___ 11. Its rotational axis points toward the Sun. 12. Occurs when a planet crosses between the Sun and Earth 14. Moon of Jupiter with active volcanoes. 15. Most common element making up Jupiter and Saturn. 19. Found Between Mars and Jupiter. 21. Appar ...
... 10. On Mars is found the 3000-mile long Mariner ___ 11. Its rotational axis points toward the Sun. 12. Occurs when a planet crosses between the Sun and Earth 14. Moon of Jupiter with active volcanoes. 15. Most common element making up Jupiter and Saturn. 19. Found Between Mars and Jupiter. 21. Appar ...
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... planetesimals in its vicinity. The asteroid belt objects have their orbits “pumped up” into more and more eccentric orbits. Some were absorbed by Jupiter, and some got ejected from the Solar System. This process reduced the “feeding zone” of Mars. Perturbations also lead to higher velocity collision ...
... planetesimals in its vicinity. The asteroid belt objects have their orbits “pumped up” into more and more eccentric orbits. Some were absorbed by Jupiter, and some got ejected from the Solar System. This process reduced the “feeding zone” of Mars. Perturbations also lead to higher velocity collision ...
Unit 8: Astronomy
... density and mass Cannot see the surface of Venus due to thick cloud cover Atmosphere made of 96% carbon dioxide results in very hot temperatures ...
... density and mass Cannot see the surface of Venus due to thick cloud cover Atmosphere made of 96% carbon dioxide results in very hot temperatures ...
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.