Clever Catch - American Educational Products
... A telescope is an instrument used to magnify objects far away, and a microscope is an instrument used to magnify microscopic ...
... A telescope is an instrument used to magnify objects far away, and a microscope is an instrument used to magnify microscopic ...
sky science study notes
... Also use your class notes and tests. I CAN observe, describe and interpret the movement of objects in the sky; and explain pattern and order in these movements. Stars are like non-stop nuclear explosions. They emit (send out) their own light. Almost everything else we see in space REFLECTS light. ...
... Also use your class notes and tests. I CAN observe, describe and interpret the movement of objects in the sky; and explain pattern and order in these movements. Stars are like non-stop nuclear explosions. They emit (send out) their own light. Almost everything else we see in space REFLECTS light. ...
The Origin of the Solar System Chapter 8:
... Four inner planets of the solar system Relatively small in size and mass (Earth is the largest and most massive) ...
... Four inner planets of the solar system Relatively small in size and mass (Earth is the largest and most massive) ...
The Solar System
... Shows growth of terrestrial planets. If Jupiter's gravity not included, fifth terrestrial planet forms in Asteroid Belt. If Jupiter's gravity included, orbits of planetesimals there are disrupted. Almost all ejected from Solar System. ...
... Shows growth of terrestrial planets. If Jupiter's gravity not included, fifth terrestrial planet forms in Asteroid Belt. If Jupiter's gravity included, orbits of planetesimals there are disrupted. Almost all ejected from Solar System. ...
4550-15Lecture35
... Mars at first appears depleted in volatile elements. It has a much smaller atmosphere than the Earth (surface pressures are 0.006 atm). The Martian atmosphere is dominated by CO2, with N2 as the second most abundant component. However, significant amounts of liquid water existed on the Martian surfa ...
... Mars at first appears depleted in volatile elements. It has a much smaller atmosphere than the Earth (surface pressures are 0.006 atm). The Martian atmosphere is dominated by CO2, with N2 as the second most abundant component. However, significant amounts of liquid water existed on the Martian surfa ...
Describing the Solar System File
... that of mars and Jupiter are thousands of asteroids. Asteroids could be the remains of a smashed up planet or moon. Asteroids are lumps of rock ranging from a tennis ball in size up to 700km across. It is thought that Jupiter’s gravity keeps the asteroids smeared out around this belt and stops ...
... that of mars and Jupiter are thousands of asteroids. Asteroids could be the remains of a smashed up planet or moon. Asteroids are lumps of rock ranging from a tennis ball in size up to 700km across. It is thought that Jupiter’s gravity keeps the asteroids smeared out around this belt and stops ...
day 1 hand out - the sun
... It provides the energy needed by plants and animals, and its gravitational pull keeps the Earth in a steady orbit. By studying the Sun, we also learn about other stars. Since the sun is so close to Earth, it is the brightest object in the sky. It is so bright, that you cannot see any other stars whi ...
... It provides the energy needed by plants and animals, and its gravitational pull keeps the Earth in a steady orbit. By studying the Sun, we also learn about other stars. Since the sun is so close to Earth, it is the brightest object in the sky. It is so bright, that you cannot see any other stars whi ...
The Solar System
... • The core reaches 30,000º C (5 times the surface of the sun). • Some scientist hypothesize that if Jupiter had grown larger during formation, it would have become a star. • Jupiter gives off more heat than it receives from the sun. ...
... • The core reaches 30,000º C (5 times the surface of the sun). • Some scientist hypothesize that if Jupiter had grown larger during formation, it would have become a star. • Jupiter gives off more heat than it receives from the sun. ...
Nearby Constellations
... Half-hour time exposure facing north & west. The stars are tracing counter-clockwise circles, centered on a point near the prominent North Star (Polaris). Notice the Big Dipper at the lower-left. ...
... Half-hour time exposure facing north & west. The stars are tracing counter-clockwise circles, centered on a point near the prominent North Star (Polaris). Notice the Big Dipper at the lower-left. ...
The Sun`s Energy Study Guide Module 16 • The sun is the to the
... actually impact ___________________. Earth has a protective magnetic field that ...
... actually impact ___________________. Earth has a protective magnetic field that ...
Jeopardy 2015
... We are not in the center of our solar system, which is not in the center of the Milky Way and we are just one of a billion galaxies in the universe. Earth is made of common elements found throughout the universe. ...
... We are not in the center of our solar system, which is not in the center of the Milky Way and we are just one of a billion galaxies in the universe. Earth is made of common elements found throughout the universe. ...
Planets Beyond the Solar System
... Van de Kamp’s planet finding was overturned, but, after years of searching, NASA astronomers at Palomar Observatory identified an exoplanet using astrometry in 2009. It is a gas giant (about 6x Jupiter’s mass) called VB 10b and is about 20 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. It is orbit ...
... Van de Kamp’s planet finding was overturned, but, after years of searching, NASA astronomers at Palomar Observatory identified an exoplanet using astrometry in 2009. It is a gas giant (about 6x Jupiter’s mass) called VB 10b and is about 20 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. It is orbit ...
6.4 What can you see?
... of other planets going around other stars • In observing the Universe, scientists have discovered other galaxies so more models have been constructed to explain ...
... of other planets going around other stars • In observing the Universe, scientists have discovered other galaxies so more models have been constructed to explain ...
Astronomy 101 Exam 2 Form A Name: SUID: Lab section number:
... 29. Jupiter is the most massive of the planets, but the Sun is a thousand times more massive than Jupiter. Which of the following is a correct statement about Jupiter’s gravity acting on the Sun? (A) The force of gravity that Jupiter exerts on the Sun is equal to the force of gravity thatthe Sun exe ...
... 29. Jupiter is the most massive of the planets, but the Sun is a thousand times more massive than Jupiter. Which of the following is a correct statement about Jupiter’s gravity acting on the Sun? (A) The force of gravity that Jupiter exerts on the Sun is equal to the force of gravity thatthe Sun exe ...
2007-8 Astronomy Outline
... 2016-2017 Astronomy Outline **Night Sky Journal Entry 1 Example** Date: Time: (try to go out around the same time each night) Light Conditions: (here is where you state how dark it is; cloud cover; how much light is coming in from other houses aka light pollution) Location: where you are and the dir ...
... 2016-2017 Astronomy Outline **Night Sky Journal Entry 1 Example** Date: Time: (try to go out around the same time each night) Light Conditions: (here is where you state how dark it is; cloud cover; how much light is coming in from other houses aka light pollution) Location: where you are and the dir ...
Chapter 2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself
... parallax could mean one of two things: 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small to notice with the naked eye 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe With rare exceptions such as Aristarchus, the Greeks rejected the correct explanation (1) because they did not ...
... parallax could mean one of two things: 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small to notice with the naked eye 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe With rare exceptions such as Aristarchus, the Greeks rejected the correct explanation (1) because they did not ...
Mon Jul 29, 2013 SUN IN LEO? NO, CANCER!
... appear to all lie along an invisible line stretching down diagonally from the moon toward the northeastern horizon. These three stars are actually planets, and the reason why they follow this line, called the ecliptic, is because they orbit the sun in roughly the same geometric plane as the moon and ...
... appear to all lie along an invisible line stretching down diagonally from the moon toward the northeastern horizon. These three stars are actually planets, and the reason why they follow this line, called the ecliptic, is because they orbit the sun in roughly the same geometric plane as the moon and ...
A NEW FAMILY OF PLANETS? “OCEAN
... parameters. Most of these systems do not resemble our own Solar System. There is presently no consensus as to why these planetary systems are so diverse, but it seems that migration due to interactions between planets and the protoplanetary disk is an important ingredient (Lin et al., 1995; Ward, 19 ...
... parameters. Most of these systems do not resemble our own Solar System. There is presently no consensus as to why these planetary systems are so diverse, but it seems that migration due to interactions between planets and the protoplanetary disk is an important ingredient (Lin et al., 1995; Ward, 19 ...
Exam #1 Review
... planets. For example: be able to discuss the differences in mass, density, size, etc.; be able to determine how many times larger the planet Jupiter is when compared to the Earth; number of moons; etc.. 14. If given a measurement scale (e.g. 1cm = 1000miles) and the distances and/or radii for ...
... planets. For example: be able to discuss the differences in mass, density, size, etc.; be able to determine how many times larger the planet Jupiter is when compared to the Earth; number of moons; etc.. 14. If given a measurement scale (e.g. 1cm = 1000miles) and the distances and/or radii for ...
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.