pompton lakes high school - Pompton Lakes School District
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
pompton lakes high school - Pompton Lakes School District
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
Ch6-2014-P
... According to early accounts, Newton was inspired to make the connection between falling bodies and astronomical motions when he saw an apple fall from a tree and realized that if the gravitational force could extend above the ground to a tree, it might also reach the Sun. The inspiration of Newton’s ...
... According to early accounts, Newton was inspired to make the connection between falling bodies and astronomical motions when he saw an apple fall from a tree and realized that if the gravitational force could extend above the ground to a tree, it might also reach the Sun. The inspiration of Newton’s ...
observing cards - NC Science Festival
... a cooler red star, our eyes may have developed differently because cool stars emit more infrared light than our Sun does. Maybe we could see infrared light instead of the colors of the rainbow. ...
... a cooler red star, our eyes may have developed differently because cool stars emit more infrared light than our Sun does. Maybe we could see infrared light instead of the colors of the rainbow. ...
Chapter19
... greater speed and hear a click as the two cars bang into one another (before being pushed apart). I finish by asking what would happen if the magnets were stronger, simulating nuclei of greater charge. This sounds pretty simple-minded, but I find it helps students who have no feeling for electric ch ...
... greater speed and hear a click as the two cars bang into one another (before being pushed apart). I finish by asking what would happen if the magnets were stronger, simulating nuclei of greater charge. This sounds pretty simple-minded, but I find it helps students who have no feeling for electric ch ...
Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy
... Unfortunately, he was not aware that most of the galaxy, particularly the center, is blocked from view by vast clouds of gas and dust. ...
... Unfortunately, he was not aware that most of the galaxy, particularly the center, is blocked from view by vast clouds of gas and dust. ...
Solar System: ground-based
... of different age, luminosity, evolution stage, … • ALMA and JWST-MIRI will have the sensitivity to detect and image dust in disks down to lunar masses at subarcsec resolution (down to 1 AU) out to distances of 300 pc • VLTI-MIDI will be able to image the hot dust within few AU in brightest systems • ...
... of different age, luminosity, evolution stage, … • ALMA and JWST-MIRI will have the sensitivity to detect and image dust in disks down to lunar masses at subarcsec resolution (down to 1 AU) out to distances of 300 pc • VLTI-MIDI will be able to image the hot dust within few AU in brightest systems • ...
ppt
... Most transiting planets tend to be inflated. Approximately 68% of all transiting planets have radii larger than 1.1 RJup. ...
... Most transiting planets tend to be inflated. Approximately 68% of all transiting planets have radii larger than 1.1 RJup. ...
Unit E Note Pkg
... Eg. Haley’s Comet is caught in a large elliptical orbit around the sun and is visible from Earth every 76 yrs. The last time it was seen was 1986, so look for it in the year … E. Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites Meteoroids are small pieces of _______ (can be as small as a grain of sand or as larg ...
... Eg. Haley’s Comet is caught in a large elliptical orbit around the sun and is visible from Earth every 76 yrs. The last time it was seen was 1986, so look for it in the year … E. Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites Meteoroids are small pieces of _______ (can be as small as a grain of sand or as larg ...
How far away are the Stars?
... • If distance to an object is known, we can measure its size. Diameter 2 Dis tan ce ...
... • If distance to an object is known, we can measure its size. Diameter 2 Dis tan ce ...
The Milky Way
... • How does the sky appear to move as Earth rotates? • What causes the seasons? • How can astronomical cycles affect Earth’s climate? As you study the sky and its motions, you will be learning to think of Earth as a planet rotating on its axis. The next chapter will introduce you to some of the most ...
... • How does the sky appear to move as Earth rotates? • What causes the seasons? • How can astronomical cycles affect Earth’s climate? As you study the sky and its motions, you will be learning to think of Earth as a planet rotating on its axis. The next chapter will introduce you to some of the most ...
THE METER STICK MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... Distances between planets are very large but they are insignificant compared with distances between stars. Because units that are commonly used to measure distances on Earth such as miles or kilometers are too small for use in astronomy, other units of distance are needed. Within the solar system, t ...
... Distances between planets are very large but they are insignificant compared with distances between stars. Because units that are commonly used to measure distances on Earth such as miles or kilometers are too small for use in astronomy, other units of distance are needed. Within the solar system, t ...
Super Giant
... The two factors that determine the force of gravity are mass and distance. What relationship exists between the speed of the galaxies moving apart and their initial distance from one another? Name and DESCRIBE this law. The further away the galaxy is, the faster it is moving- Hubble’s Law Explain ho ...
... The two factors that determine the force of gravity are mass and distance. What relationship exists between the speed of the galaxies moving apart and their initial distance from one another? Name and DESCRIBE this law. The further away the galaxy is, the faster it is moving- Hubble’s Law Explain ho ...
Jumping on Another Planet!
... (the distance between its surface and its centre). Radius is a key factor for two reasons. First, an object’s gravity acts as if its entire mass were concentrated in its centre. Second, the “force” of an object’s gravity decreases with the square of the distance from the object’s centre. If this dis ...
... (the distance between its surface and its centre). Radius is a key factor for two reasons. First, an object’s gravity acts as if its entire mass were concentrated in its centre. Second, the “force” of an object’s gravity decreases with the square of the distance from the object’s centre. If this dis ...
SR Stellar Properties
... 8. If Rigel and Betelgeuse were the same size, explain why Rigel would appear brighter. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. If star Large and star Smal ...
... 8. If Rigel and Betelgeuse were the same size, explain why Rigel would appear brighter. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. If star Large and star Smal ...
Newfoundland Sky in Summer
... We see the stars only in the night-time, but they are always in the sky. During the day the brighter light of the sun hides the lesser light of the stars, just as a candle would be less noticeable in a brightly lit room than in a dark one. The sun itself i s a star. Other stars are bigger and bright ...
... We see the stars only in the night-time, but they are always in the sky. During the day the brighter light of the sun hides the lesser light of the stars, just as a candle would be less noticeable in a brightly lit room than in a dark one. The sun itself i s a star. Other stars are bigger and bright ...
Rare Earth hypothesis
In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth Hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity such as sexually reproducing, multicellular organisms on Earth (and, subsequently, human intelligence) required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The hypothesis argues that complex extraterrestrial life is a very improbable phenomenon and likely to be extremely rare. The term ""Rare Earth"" originates from Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe (2000), a book by Peter Ward, a geologist and paleontologist, and Donald E. Brownlee, an astronomer and astrobiologist, both faculty members at the University of Washington.An alternative view point was argued by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, among others. It holds that Earth is a typical rocky planet in a typical planetary system, located in a non-exceptional region of a common barred-spiral galaxy. Given the principle of mediocrity (also called the Copernican principle), it is probable that the universe teems with complex life. Ward and Brownlee argue to the contrary: that planets, planetary systems, and galactic regions that are as friendly to complex life as are the Earth, the Solar System, and our region of the Milky Way are very rare.