PowerPoint Presentation - AST121 Introduction to Astronomy
... Leonid meteor storms happen when Earth plows through clouds of dusty debris shed by comet 55/P Tempel-Tuttle. Right now Earth is heading for two such clouds. "We'll collide with both of them on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19th," says Cooke. "The first cloud will cause a flurry of meteors over Europe at ab ...
... Leonid meteor storms happen when Earth plows through clouds of dusty debris shed by comet 55/P Tempel-Tuttle. Right now Earth is heading for two such clouds. "We'll collide with both of them on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19th," says Cooke. "The first cloud will cause a flurry of meteors over Europe at ab ...
The Solar System
... Be able to demonstrate the orbits and relative positions of each planet around the sun. Be familiar with the orbit of the Moon around Earth. ...
... Be able to demonstrate the orbits and relative positions of each planet around the sun. Be familiar with the orbit of the Moon around Earth. ...
The Planet with Three Suns
... Imagine a world where each season lasts over 100 years and you have three shadows at once. Now meet HD 131399ab, a newly discovered exo-planet with these exact quirks! (An exo-planet is a planet orbiting a distant star.) The strange new world was discovered orbiting a star in a triple star system. T ...
... Imagine a world where each season lasts over 100 years and you have three shadows at once. Now meet HD 131399ab, a newly discovered exo-planet with these exact quirks! (An exo-planet is a planet orbiting a distant star.) The strange new world was discovered orbiting a star in a triple star system. T ...
Something Big Out There - binaryresearchinstitute.com
... One recent discovery of interest is 2012VP113, nicknamed Biden, a dwarf planet about 450 km in diameter found to be orbiting our sun in a pattern quite similar to Sedna, one of the largest dwarfs, discovered in 2002. Mike Brown, an astrophysicist at Caltech, famed for killing Pluto by his discovery ...
... One recent discovery of interest is 2012VP113, nicknamed Biden, a dwarf planet about 450 km in diameter found to be orbiting our sun in a pattern quite similar to Sedna, one of the largest dwarfs, discovered in 2002. Mike Brown, an astrophysicist at Caltech, famed for killing Pluto by his discovery ...
Our Solar System - After School Astronomy Clubs
... might have looked when the Cassini-Huygen’s probe dropped into its atmosphere in Dec., 2004. ...
... might have looked when the Cassini-Huygen’s probe dropped into its atmosphere in Dec., 2004. ...
Name: __ Date:______ Period:_____ Weight and Age on Other
... Our ___________________________________ consists of the sun, eight ____________________________ and a dwarf planet (and their moons), an ____________________________ belt, and many comets and meteors. The Sun is the ____________________________ of our Solar System. The planets, their moons, the aste ...
... Our ___________________________________ consists of the sun, eight ____________________________ and a dwarf planet (and their moons), an ____________________________ belt, and many comets and meteors. The Sun is the ____________________________ of our Solar System. The planets, their moons, the aste ...
Use with the big book “A Tour of the Planets” Photocopy questions
... students place a Post It Note as the teacher reads on the appropriate page when they hear the answer to their question. Continue and discuss what the students observed. Students will notice that one particular group will place many of their color Post It Note in the book. (The Think and Search Quest ...
... students place a Post It Note as the teacher reads on the appropriate page when they hear the answer to their question. Continue and discuss what the students observed. Students will notice that one particular group will place many of their color Post It Note in the book. (The Think and Search Quest ...
Document
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The outer planets are the planets after the asteroid belt. ...
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The outer planets are the planets after the asteroid belt. ...
Planet Flash Cards
... smaller than Jupiter and Saturn ► Many moons (13) ► Gas Giant – No Solid Surface ► Has a few rings ► 1 day = 19 hours ► 1 year = 168.8 years – longest year ...
... smaller than Jupiter and Saturn ► Many moons (13) ► Gas Giant – No Solid Surface ► Has a few rings ► 1 day = 19 hours ► 1 year = 168.8 years – longest year ...
Life after Earth – Kepler Mission Name_______________ Answer
... 10. One idea is suggested that animals on this planet could have ________________________ to overcome the higher gravity. ...
... 10. One idea is suggested that animals on this planet could have ________________________ to overcome the higher gravity. ...
Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
... • Large Rocks in space (smaller than Planets) that orbit the Sun • Most are located between Mars and Jupiter “Asteroid Belt” Probably a Planet that never formed Because of Jupiter’s gravity ...
... • Large Rocks in space (smaller than Planets) that orbit the Sun • Most are located between Mars and Jupiter “Asteroid Belt” Probably a Planet that never formed Because of Jupiter’s gravity ...
Extrasolar planets
... First detection of any carbon-bearing molecule on a planet outside the Solar System! Swain et al., Nature, March 2008 Also confirmed previous discovery of water on this planet ...
... First detection of any carbon-bearing molecule on a planet outside the Solar System! Swain et al., Nature, March 2008 Also confirmed previous discovery of water on this planet ...
dwarf planets
... • A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a dominant planet nor originally classified as a comet. • Minor planets can be dwarf planets, asteroids, trojans, centaurs, Kuiper belt objects, and other trans-Neptunian objects.[1] • The first minor planet di ...
... • A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a dominant planet nor originally classified as a comet. • Minor planets can be dwarf planets, asteroids, trojans, centaurs, Kuiper belt objects, and other trans-Neptunian objects.[1] • The first minor planet di ...
Astronomy Review Sheet
... - Astronomy- study of out space (planets, stars, moons) - Solar System- the Sun, the planets, and their moons - Spherical- round shaped like a ball - Atmosphere- layer of gas found around some planets (including Earth) - Inertia- a moving object will keep moving in a straight line until another forc ...
... - Astronomy- study of out space (planets, stars, moons) - Solar System- the Sun, the planets, and their moons - Spherical- round shaped like a ball - Atmosphere- layer of gas found around some planets (including Earth) - Inertia- a moving object will keep moving in a straight line until another forc ...
slooh celebrates dwarf planet night with ceres dancing with asteroid
... unhappy with the decision to demote it from the ranks of major planets. One reason is its shared name with Walt Disney’s only nonspeaking character. It’s not wellknown, but that lovable dog was originally named Rover in an earlier cartoon. In 1931, the Disney folks decided to exploit the global ...
... unhappy with the decision to demote it from the ranks of major planets. One reason is its shared name with Walt Disney’s only nonspeaking character. It’s not wellknown, but that lovable dog was originally named Rover in an earlier cartoon. In 1931, the Disney folks decided to exploit the global ...
Solar System and Astronomy puzzle 001
... a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass 10. natural satellite 12. a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust 13. growth of a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter ...
... a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass 10. natural satellite 12. a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust 13. growth of a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter ...
astronomical: (meaning 1)
... Mars Rover Lesson 1 Vocabulary List Teacher Definitions Key Vocabulary apply: use what you have learned in a different way, place or time astronomical: (meaning 1) of or pertaining to the study of stars planets and extraterrestrial matter (meaning 2) a very large number or amount scale: the ratio or ...
... Mars Rover Lesson 1 Vocabulary List Teacher Definitions Key Vocabulary apply: use what you have learned in a different way, place or time astronomical: (meaning 1) of or pertaining to the study of stars planets and extraterrestrial matter (meaning 2) a very large number or amount scale: the ratio or ...
The Solar System
... moons, and very large in comparison to terrestrial planets. Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus ...
... moons, and very large in comparison to terrestrial planets. Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus ...
5-SolarSystem
... 1. Planets and their satellites all lie in the same plane - the excliptic – to within a few degrees 2. Sun’s rotational equator aligned with ecliptic 3. Planetary orbits are nearly circular ellipses 4. Planets all revolve in same W -> E direction 5. Sun and planets all rotate on axes in same W –E di ...
... 1. Planets and their satellites all lie in the same plane - the excliptic – to within a few degrees 2. Sun’s rotational equator aligned with ecliptic 3. Planetary orbits are nearly circular ellipses 4. Planets all revolve in same W -> E direction 5. Sun and planets all rotate on axes in same W –E di ...
Lecture17 - UCSB Physics
... originally described "wanderers" that were known only as moving lights in the sky. Recent discoveries lead us to create a new definition, which we can make using currently available scientific information. ...
... originally described "wanderers" that were known only as moving lights in the sky. Recent discoveries lead us to create a new definition, which we can make using currently available scientific information. ...
Astronomy 1 – Winter 2011
... originally described "wanderers" that were known only as moving lights in the sky. Recent discoveries lead us to create a new definition, which we can make using currently available scientific information. ...
... originally described "wanderers" that were known only as moving lights in the sky. Recent discoveries lead us to create a new definition, which we can make using currently available scientific information. ...
Module 7 Developmental task - Number
... The solar system Eight planets rotate the Sun in our solar system – our Earth being the third planet from the Sun. The planets vary in size – the smallest, Mercury, has a radius of only 2 439 km, whereas the largest planet, Jupiter, has a radius more than 70 000 km at its equator. ...
... The solar system Eight planets rotate the Sun in our solar system – our Earth being the third planet from the Sun. The planets vary in size – the smallest, Mercury, has a radius of only 2 439 km, whereas the largest planet, Jupiter, has a radius more than 70 000 km at its equator. ...
IAU definition of planet
The definition of planet set in Prague in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) states that, in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and has ""cleared the neighborhood"" around its orbit.A non-satellite body fulfilling only the first two of these criteria is classified as a ""dwarf planet"". According to the IAU, ""planets and dwarf planets are two distinct classes of objects"". A non-satellite body fulfilling only the first criterion is termed a ""small Solar System body"" (SSSB). Initial drafts planned to include dwarf planets as a subcategory of planets, but because this could potentially have led to the addition of several dozens of planets into the Solar System, this draft was eventually dropped. The definition was a controversial one and has drawn both support and criticism from different astronomers, but has remained in use.According to this definition, there are eight planets in the Solar System. The definition distinguishes planets from smaller bodies and is not useful outside the Solar System, where smaller bodies cannot be found yet. Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are covered separately under a complementary 2003 draft guideline for the definition of planets, which distinguishes them from dwarf stars, which are larger.