Slide 1
... • There are many programs, usually paid, for summer undergraduate research positions in planetary science • Most of the deadlines are within the next month! • There is a list of some of these programs on the class website http://es.ucsc.edu/~fnimmo/eart160 ...
... • There are many programs, usually paid, for summer undergraduate research positions in planetary science • Most of the deadlines are within the next month! • There is a list of some of these programs on the class website http://es.ucsc.edu/~fnimmo/eart160 ...
Neptunus
... A new planet, Neptune, had been found merely by using errors in the calculated positions of another planet. Was it possible that other planets might be found in this way? And if so, where? Both ends of the Solar System were studied in the following search for a Planet X, whose existence might or mig ...
... A new planet, Neptune, had been found merely by using errors in the calculated positions of another planet. Was it possible that other planets might be found in this way? And if so, where? Both ends of the Solar System were studied in the following search for a Planet X, whose existence might or mig ...
THE THOUSAND-YARD MODEL or, The Earth as a Peppercorn
... you first arrayed them on the table. This, as we have seen is unrealistic: the intervals are very unequal. There are these features to point out: 1. In general, the intervals get strikingly larger as we go outward. 2. But they increase very irregularly. No need to dwell on this unless someone asks, ...
... you first arrayed them on the table. This, as we have seen is unrealistic: the intervals are very unequal. There are these features to point out: 1. In general, the intervals get strikingly larger as we go outward. 2. But they increase very irregularly. No need to dwell on this unless someone asks, ...
lecture5
... solving the law of Universal Gravitation and the law of Motion Ellipses are one possible solution, but there are others (parabolas and ...
... solving the law of Universal Gravitation and the law of Motion Ellipses are one possible solution, but there are others (parabolas and ...
FREE Sample Here
... A. East to west motion of the Sun over many successive nights. B. East to west motion of the Moon relative to the stars over many successive nights. C. Occasional east to west motion of the planets relative to the stars over many successive nights. D. Occasional west to east motion of the planets re ...
... A. East to west motion of the Sun over many successive nights. B. East to west motion of the Moon relative to the stars over many successive nights. C. Occasional east to west motion of the planets relative to the stars over many successive nights. D. Occasional west to east motion of the planets re ...
FREE Sample Here
... A. East to west motion of the Sun over many successive nights. B. East to west motion of the Moon relative to the stars over many successive nights. C. Occasional east to west motion of the planets relative to the stars over many successive nights. D. Occasional west to east motion of the planets re ...
... A. East to west motion of the Sun over many successive nights. B. East to west motion of the Moon relative to the stars over many successive nights. C. Occasional east to west motion of the planets relative to the stars over many successive nights. D. Occasional west to east motion of the planets re ...
Our Solar System LEVELED BOOK • S www.readinga-z.com
... In some ways, Jupiter is like a mini-solar system because it is so big and has four large moons and dozens of smaller moons orbiting around it. It also has several thin rings at its equator. Scientists believe that if Jupiter had become larger during its development, it could have become a star ins ...
... In some ways, Jupiter is like a mini-solar system because it is so big and has four large moons and dozens of smaller moons orbiting around it. It also has several thin rings at its equator. Scientists believe that if Jupiter had become larger during its development, it could have become a star ins ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... Aristotle: Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars rotate around fixed Earth. Aristarchus: Used geometry of eclipses to show Sun bigger than Earth (and Moon smaller), so guessed that Earth orbits the Sun. Also guessed Earth spins on its axis once a day => apparent motion of stars. Aristotle: But there's no win ...
... Aristotle: Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars rotate around fixed Earth. Aristarchus: Used geometry of eclipses to show Sun bigger than Earth (and Moon smaller), so guessed that Earth orbits the Sun. Also guessed Earth spins on its axis once a day => apparent motion of stars. Aristotle: But there's no win ...
red giant - Teacher Pages
... collapse inward c. Supergiant stars form supernovas d. Most of the stars in the Milky Way, which are relatively small, will end their lives as white dwarfs ...
... collapse inward c. Supergiant stars form supernovas d. Most of the stars in the Milky Way, which are relatively small, will end their lives as white dwarfs ...
Class 8 - ruf.rice.edu
... “Mars is a star who defies observation” - Kepler in dedication of Astronomia Nova, 1609 ...
... “Mars is a star who defies observation” - Kepler in dedication of Astronomia Nova, 1609 ...
Astronomy 10B Study Guide – by Chapter
... Prominences – loops of magnetic fields sticking up from the Sun We can see them because the stick off to the sides We can see them because the hot plasma moves The Solar Cycle There is an 11-year cycle for magnetic activity on the Sun All magnetic phenomena follow this cycle We have observed this fo ...
... Prominences – loops of magnetic fields sticking up from the Sun We can see them because the stick off to the sides We can see them because the hot plasma moves The Solar Cycle There is an 11-year cycle for magnetic activity on the Sun All magnetic phenomena follow this cycle We have observed this fo ...
Trainer`s Notes
... http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Adventist_Youth_Honors_Answer_Book/Nature/Stars_%28General_Conference%29 ...
... http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Adventist_Youth_Honors_Answer_Book/Nature/Stars_%28General_Conference%29 ...
Science Project
... Solar System • The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects bound to it by gravity , all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago . Of the many objects that orbit the Sun , most of the mass is contained within eight relati ...
... Solar System • The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects bound to it by gravity , all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago . Of the many objects that orbit the Sun , most of the mass is contained within eight relati ...
Mountain Skies - Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
... Now the Messier objects are famous as nebulae, galaxies and star clusters. The planets: The brilliant planet Venus continues to serve us as our “Evening Star” high in the west as the sky darkens. On the 12th it will reach its greatest elongation when ...
... Now the Messier objects are famous as nebulae, galaxies and star clusters. The planets: The brilliant planet Venus continues to serve us as our “Evening Star” high in the west as the sky darkens. On the 12th it will reach its greatest elongation when ...
Return Visit Optimization for Planet Finding
... Conclusions and Future Work We can draw several important conclusions from the last simulation: • There is no single optimal return strategy: a combination of these (and other) strategies must be employed, along with all available information about the candidate stars, to produce an optimal revisit ...
... Conclusions and Future Work We can draw several important conclusions from the last simulation: • There is no single optimal return strategy: a combination of these (and other) strategies must be employed, along with all available information about the candidate stars, to produce an optimal revisit ...
Two new transiting extra-solar planets discovered with SuperWASP
... SOPHIE spectrograph at Haute-Provence, France. These two new planets, of the "hot Jupiter" type, join the very "exclusive club" of extrasolar planets showing transits. More than 200 planets are known today to orbit stars other than the Sun. Among these exoplanets, the search for and study of planets ...
... SOPHIE spectrograph at Haute-Provence, France. These two new planets, of the "hot Jupiter" type, join the very "exclusive club" of extrasolar planets showing transits. More than 200 planets are known today to orbit stars other than the Sun. Among these exoplanets, the search for and study of planets ...
Cosmology questions (Introduction)
... similar size as the Milky Way. The answers vary, but suggest about 40 million civilizations at any one time is possible. Assuming the planets upon which each civilization lives are evenly spread throughout the galactic disc, work out the time it would take to send a radio signal from one civilizatio ...
... similar size as the Milky Way. The answers vary, but suggest about 40 million civilizations at any one time is possible. Assuming the planets upon which each civilization lives are evenly spread throughout the galactic disc, work out the time it would take to send a radio signal from one civilizatio ...
Our Solar System
... Goddard Space Flight Center; page 6: courtesy of SOHO (ESA & NASA)/EIT Consortium; page 8: courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington. Image reproduced courtesy of Science/AAAS; pages 9, 13: courtesy of NASA/JPL/ U ...
... Goddard Space Flight Center; page 6: courtesy of SOHO (ESA & NASA)/EIT Consortium; page 8: courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington. Image reproduced courtesy of Science/AAAS; pages 9, 13: courtesy of NASA/JPL/ U ...
Our Solar System - Mrs. Carter
... In some ways, Jupiter is like a mini-solar system because it is so big and has four large moons and dozens of smaller moons orbiting around it. It also has several thin rings at its equator. Scientists believe that if Jupiter had become larger during its development, it could have become a star ins ...
... In some ways, Jupiter is like a mini-solar system because it is so big and has four large moons and dozens of smaller moons orbiting around it. It also has several thin rings at its equator. Scientists believe that if Jupiter had become larger during its development, it could have become a star ins ...
Episode 14: Planetary paths-2
... dedicated observation from an observatory Tycho built in 1571. An important discovery made by Tycho was that of a ‘nova’ or a ‘new star’ in the constellation of Cassiopeia in November 1572. This was a faint star that had suddenly brightened up and appeared brighter than the planet Venus and was visi ...
... dedicated observation from an observatory Tycho built in 1571. An important discovery made by Tycho was that of a ‘nova’ or a ‘new star’ in the constellation of Cassiopeia in November 1572. This was a faint star that had suddenly brightened up and appeared brighter than the planet Venus and was visi ...
Duncan Wright
... concept for a space telescope that would indirectly detect exoplanets through the stars the flux from the star is much lower than for higher mass stars and hence the habitable astrometric perturbation of their host stars. The requisite astrometric precision for detecting zone (crudely defined radii ...
... concept for a space telescope that would indirectly detect exoplanets through the stars the flux from the star is much lower than for higher mass stars and hence the habitable astrometric perturbation of their host stars. The requisite astrometric precision for detecting zone (crudely defined radii ...
Lab 5: Searching for Extra-Solar Planets
... planetary systems were suspected to exist, none had been found. Now, thirteen years later, the search for planets around other stars, known as extra-solar planets or exoplanets, is one of the hot research areas in astronomy. As of June 2011, 560 extra-solar planets have been found in at least 369 pl ...
... planetary systems were suspected to exist, none had been found. Now, thirteen years later, the search for planets around other stars, known as extra-solar planets or exoplanets, is one of the hot research areas in astronomy. As of June 2011, 560 extra-solar planets have been found in at least 369 pl ...
or view
... to less than 50K at the outer regions. The heat in the inner Solar System only allowed materials with high condensation temperatures to remain solid. These particles eventually gathered to form the four terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. A similar process formed the outer planets o ...
... to less than 50K at the outer regions. The heat in the inner Solar System only allowed materials with high condensation temperatures to remain solid. These particles eventually gathered to form the four terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. A similar process formed the outer planets o ...
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.