The Solar System
... Sun estimated age is based on all the circumstantial evidence ~ 4.5 - 5 billion years. It has about a 10 billion-year life. ...
... Sun estimated age is based on all the circumstantial evidence ~ 4.5 - 5 billion years. It has about a 10 billion-year life. ...
It`s a bird, it`s a plane…
... • Asteroids are large chunks of metal and rock that are difficult to see with the eye • They do not form tails • They have elliptical orbits • Most orbit the sun in an area known as the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) in the same direction as the planets ...
... • Asteroids are large chunks of metal and rock that are difficult to see with the eye • They do not form tails • They have elliptical orbits • Most orbit the sun in an area known as the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) in the same direction as the planets ...
The Solar System - MHS-Integrated
... What are Nebulae? Nebula are cosmic clouds of gas and dust floating in space. Nebulae are the basic building blocks of the universe. They contain the elements from which stars and solar systems are ...
... What are Nebulae? Nebula are cosmic clouds of gas and dust floating in space. Nebulae are the basic building blocks of the universe. They contain the elements from which stars and solar systems are ...
Week 3 - Emerson Valley School
... planets across our solar system. These spherical bodies march across the sky in a predictable way: the length of their days and years remaining reliably constant. Although scientists have learned a great deal about the solar system, there are still further questions to answer and many mysteries to e ...
... planets across our solar system. These spherical bodies march across the sky in a predictable way: the length of their days and years remaining reliably constant. Although scientists have learned a great deal about the solar system, there are still further questions to answer and many mysteries to e ...
ch. 5 study guide
... o What is a meteorite? a meteor that hits the earth o Know all of the following about the outer planets. (You will be asked to identify one which is not true about them.) They are the farthest from the Sun. They are all bigger than the inner planets. They all have rings. o The Sun is a medium-sized ...
... o What is a meteorite? a meteor that hits the earth o Know all of the following about the outer planets. (You will be asked to identify one which is not true about them.) They are the farthest from the Sun. They are all bigger than the inner planets. They all have rings. o The Sun is a medium-sized ...
Astronomy Powerpoint
... becomes a red giant • Depending on size, becomes a white dwarf or a supernova ...
... becomes a red giant • Depending on size, becomes a white dwarf or a supernova ...
Solar_System_Vocab_1
... Inner planet – any of the four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars). o The distinction between “inner” and “outer” is due to the very large gap between Mars’ orbit and Jupiter’s orbit. o There is a large asteroid belt between the inner planets and the outer planets. ...
... Inner planet – any of the four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars). o The distinction between “inner” and “outer” is due to the very large gap between Mars’ orbit and Jupiter’s orbit. o There is a large asteroid belt between the inner planets and the outer planets. ...
Section 17.1 - CPO Science
... 17.1 What is the solar system? • Today, we define the solar system as the sun and all objects that are gravitationally bound to the sun. • The solar system is roughly divided into the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) • The ...
... 17.1 What is the solar system? • Today, we define the solar system as the sun and all objects that are gravitationally bound to the sun. • The solar system is roughly divided into the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) • The ...
The solar system
... 7.2 Overview of the planets • The planets are commonly classified in two groups. • The terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. • The gas planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. • Pluto is not a terrestrial or gas planet, but now placed in a class of its own. ...
... 7.2 Overview of the planets • The planets are commonly classified in two groups. • The terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. • The gas planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. • Pluto is not a terrestrial or gas planet, but now placed in a class of its own. ...
Chapter 7 Solar System study guide
... Solar flares – explosion/ribbon of fire Solar prominences – ribbon of fire/gases – last days or months Fusion of H and He makes energy Sun has the most gravity Lesson two Inner Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Outer Planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Pluto – dwarf planet Planets r ...
... Solar flares – explosion/ribbon of fire Solar prominences – ribbon of fire/gases – last days or months Fusion of H and He makes energy Sun has the most gravity Lesson two Inner Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Outer Planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Pluto – dwarf planet Planets r ...
El sistema solar en una cancha de futbol
... field. With the popular Boca Juniors' stadium “La Bombonera”, Sergio will share some comparisons which will leave everyone speechless. The Sun, the central star in our Solar System, will be reduced to the size of a 1-meter diameter ball. If this is so, what will be the size of the planets? During an ...
... field. With the popular Boca Juniors' stadium “La Bombonera”, Sergio will share some comparisons which will leave everyone speechless. The Sun, the central star in our Solar System, will be reduced to the size of a 1-meter diameter ball. If this is so, what will be the size of the planets? During an ...
Solar System - Doral Academy Preparatory
... Scientists classify small objects in the Solar System by size, shape, composition and orbits. ...
... Scientists classify small objects in the Solar System by size, shape, composition and orbits. ...
The Solar System
... People used to think that the Earth was at the centre of the universe, with everything going around it. We now know that this is not correct. The idea that fits scientific observations and allows us to predict the movement of the planets is called the heliocentric model. This just means that the Sun ...
... People used to think that the Earth was at the centre of the universe, with everything going around it. We now know that this is not correct. The idea that fits scientific observations and allows us to predict the movement of the planets is called the heliocentric model. This just means that the Sun ...
File Space Test (March 11th) - Bonus Points
... Greenhouse Effect – The carbon dioxide traps the heat from escaping causing ...
... Greenhouse Effect – The carbon dioxide traps the heat from escaping causing ...
Brobo_solarsystem_faceoff
... Basic Understanding of the Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Other Bodies 57. Why is Venus’ temperature paterns the way they are? 58. What types of climate patterns are found on Mercury because of it’s thin atmosphere? 59. What is the most abundant element in the gas giants? 60. The Great Dark Spot belong ...
... Basic Understanding of the Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Other Bodies 57. Why is Venus’ temperature paterns the way they are? 58. What types of climate patterns are found on Mercury because of it’s thin atmosphere? 59. What is the most abundant element in the gas giants? 60. The Great Dark Spot belong ...
Solar System - Spring Branch ISD
... The Gas Giants The four large planets beyond the asteroid ___________ belt are Jupiter called gas giants. These planets are _______, Neptune These planets ________, Saturn _________, Uranus and ________. are gaseous in nature, composed of mostly hydrogen and helium ____________________. ...
... The Gas Giants The four large planets beyond the asteroid ___________ belt are Jupiter called gas giants. These planets are _______, Neptune These planets ________, Saturn _________, Uranus and ________. are gaseous in nature, composed of mostly hydrogen and helium ____________________. ...
asteroid -- a large rock in outer space that orbits the sun (Many
... asteroid -- a large rock in outer space that orbits the sun (Many asteroids are found in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.) astronomer -- a scientist who studies and observes space atmosphere -- the gases that surround a planet comet -- a frozen chunk of ice, dust, and gases that orbits the ...
... asteroid -- a large rock in outer space that orbits the sun (Many asteroids are found in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.) astronomer -- a scientist who studies and observes space atmosphere -- the gases that surround a planet comet -- a frozen chunk of ice, dust, and gases that orbits the ...
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.