MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (50 pts
... 20. The mass of Jupiter was first calculated A. from analysis of the motions of its moons. B. using its distance from the Sun and its rotational period. C. using its angular size and distance from Earth. D. using data from spacecraft flybys. E. by measuring the time that it takes for the Red Spot t ...
... 20. The mass of Jupiter was first calculated A. from analysis of the motions of its moons. B. using its distance from the Sun and its rotational period. C. using its angular size and distance from Earth. D. using data from spacecraft flybys. E. by measuring the time that it takes for the Red Spot t ...
Pluto_Friends
... (1) A “planet” is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (2) A “dwarf planet” is a cele ...
... (1) A “planet” is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (2) A “dwarf planet” is a cele ...
search for extrasolar planets
... Gravitational lensing • General relativity: a distant mass can concentrate light • Star-star microlensing is seen if we watch enough stars (millions) • Planets at the right place have a distinct signature, now seen • Existing data precise enough to have shown terrestrial-mass planets ...
... Gravitational lensing • General relativity: a distant mass can concentrate light • Star-star microlensing is seen if we watch enough stars (millions) • Planets at the right place have a distinct signature, now seen • Existing data precise enough to have shown terrestrial-mass planets ...
Outer Planets Review Sheet with answers: 1.) Give the order of the
... Uranus and Neptune. (After this come the dwarf planets: Pluto and Eris.) 2.) How big is the moon, compared to Earth? (1 Mark) About 1/4 of the size. 3.) What is the 5th largest planet? (1 mark) Earth 4.) What is the approximate mass of Jupiter, compared to all of the other planets? (2 Marks) It is a ...
... Uranus and Neptune. (After this come the dwarf planets: Pluto and Eris.) 2.) How big is the moon, compared to Earth? (1 Mark) About 1/4 of the size. 3.) What is the 5th largest planet? (1 mark) Earth 4.) What is the approximate mass of Jupiter, compared to all of the other planets? (2 Marks) It is a ...
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... have a better chance." The 47 UMa system intrigues experts because the star has roughly the same mass, age and spectrum as the Sun. Moreover, it hosts two giant gas planets, analogous to Jupiter and Saturn. It is thought that such large planets help to shelter Earth from bombardment by comets and as ...
... have a better chance." The 47 UMa system intrigues experts because the star has roughly the same mass, age and spectrum as the Sun. Moreover, it hosts two giant gas planets, analogous to Jupiter and Saturn. It is thought that such large planets help to shelter Earth from bombardment by comets and as ...
May - Fort Worth Astronomical Society
... Cloudy skies have kept the young observers at Rosemont 6th from viewing the alignment of the five visible planets. However, Yolanda Navarette did manage to "sneak a peak" between clouds of Venus and Saturn and the moon by Jupiter and do an observation report. Yolanda has been diligent all year in he ...
... Cloudy skies have kept the young observers at Rosemont 6th from viewing the alignment of the five visible planets. However, Yolanda Navarette did manage to "sneak a peak" between clouds of Venus and Saturn and the moon by Jupiter and do an observation report. Yolanda has been diligent all year in he ...
Sample Answer Sheet for The 10 Tourist Wonders of the
... Justification: Massive stars end their lives in huge explosions that astronomers call supernovae. As much as 90% of the star’s material can be thrown off during the explosion and, in the process, new (heavier) elements are made, and then distributed at high speed into the Galaxy. In many ways, life ...
... Justification: Massive stars end their lives in huge explosions that astronomers call supernovae. As much as 90% of the star’s material can be thrown off during the explosion and, in the process, new (heavier) elements are made, and then distributed at high speed into the Galaxy. In many ways, life ...
Mercury is the first planet from the sun. Named by
... Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It was discovered on March 13, 1781. Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system by diameter. Uranus is named after the Greek god Ouranos, god of the sky. It takes Uranus approximately 30,707 days to complete its orbit around the sun. Uranus has ...
... Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It was discovered on March 13, 1781. Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system by diameter. Uranus is named after the Greek god Ouranos, god of the sky. It takes Uranus approximately 30,707 days to complete its orbit around the sun. Uranus has ...
Astronomy and Space articles
... The Brightest Star in the Night Sky Since writing recently about the first star to become visible in the evenings, which at this time of the year is Sirius, I have had a few questions about that star, and why it is so bright. Sirius is a brilliant star, visible high in our northern evening sky. It i ...
... The Brightest Star in the Night Sky Since writing recently about the first star to become visible in the evenings, which at this time of the year is Sirius, I have had a few questions about that star, and why it is so bright. Sirius is a brilliant star, visible high in our northern evening sky. It i ...
DTU 8e Chap 5 Formation of the Solar System
... Jupiter and Saturn were initially worlds of rock and metal that pulled onto themselves large amounts of hydrogen and helium, along with some water. Uranus and Neptune were also initially worlds of rock and metal, but they attracted more water and less hydrogen and helium than the other giant planets ...
... Jupiter and Saturn were initially worlds of rock and metal that pulled onto themselves large amounts of hydrogen and helium, along with some water. Uranus and Neptune were also initially worlds of rock and metal, but they attracted more water and less hydrogen and helium than the other giant planets ...
Two new transiting extra-solar planets discovered with SuperWASP
... The two faint stars around which the new exoplanets were found are relatively similar to our Sun. Star WASP-1 is slightly hotter and larger and its located 1000 light-years away in Andromeda. Star WASP-2 is slightly colder and smaller and is located 500 light-years away in the Dolphin. Although invi ...
... The two faint stars around which the new exoplanets were found are relatively similar to our Sun. Star WASP-1 is slightly hotter and larger and its located 1000 light-years away in Andromeda. Star WASP-2 is slightly colder and smaller and is located 500 light-years away in the Dolphin. Although invi ...
What is the Zodiac? The Zodiac is defined by 12 constellations
... Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria (90 – 168 AD) was a Greek astronomer who borrowed his information from the ancient Babylonian texts and he listed the 48 constellations that are recognized as the Zodiac. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) established in 1919 has identified 88 constellations. T ...
... Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria (90 – 168 AD) was a Greek astronomer who borrowed his information from the ancient Babylonian texts and he listed the 48 constellations that are recognized as the Zodiac. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) established in 1919 has identified 88 constellations. T ...
Sermon Notes
... Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria (90 – 168 AD) was a Greek astronomer who borrowed his information from the ancient Babylonian texts and he listed the 48 constellations that are recognized as the Zodiac. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) established in 1919 has identified 88 constellations. T ...
... Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria (90 – 168 AD) was a Greek astronomer who borrowed his information from the ancient Babylonian texts and he listed the 48 constellations that are recognized as the Zodiac. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) established in 1919 has identified 88 constellations. T ...
Society News - Bristol Astronomical Society
... In the eastern sky you will find the constellation of Boötes, at the base of this kite shaped constellation lies the bright red super-giant Arcturus, which at magnitude –0.04 is the fourth brightest star in the sky and the brightest in the northern half of the sky. Lower down near the eastern horizo ...
... In the eastern sky you will find the constellation of Boötes, at the base of this kite shaped constellation lies the bright red super-giant Arcturus, which at magnitude –0.04 is the fourth brightest star in the sky and the brightest in the northern half of the sky. Lower down near the eastern horizo ...
The winter sky over Bosham
... constellation contains two of the brightest stars in the sky, with Betelgeuse marking the top left ‘shoulder’ and Rigel the lower right ‘foot’— the name itself is derived from the Arabic word ‘rijl’. Both are about ten million years old and near the end of their lives, but can you see a difference i ...
... constellation contains two of the brightest stars in the sky, with Betelgeuse marking the top left ‘shoulder’ and Rigel the lower right ‘foot’— the name itself is derived from the Arabic word ‘rijl’. Both are about ten million years old and near the end of their lives, but can you see a difference i ...
AST 301—Review for Exam 3 Consult “Guide to Reading and Study
... that there are several techniques that could be used to detect extrasolar planets, but that basically only one has been so far successful (with a few recent detections using another technique). Can you explain why that is? (We also went over this in class.) Of the numerous extrasolar planets that ha ...
... that there are several techniques that could be used to detect extrasolar planets, but that basically only one has been so far successful (with a few recent detections using another technique). Can you explain why that is? (We also went over this in class.) Of the numerous extrasolar planets that ha ...
Astronomy Library wk 4 .cwk (WP)
... Also, the publisher of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus (probably in an effort to shield Copernicus from controversy) snuck an introduction into it maintaining that Copernicus did not mean to suggest that the Earth actually moved, but rather that the model was a convenient mathematical tool for determi ...
... Also, the publisher of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus (probably in an effort to shield Copernicus from controversy) snuck an introduction into it maintaining that Copernicus did not mean to suggest that the Earth actually moved, but rather that the model was a convenient mathematical tool for determi ...
Slide 1
... Astronomy and Director of the astronomical observatory in Göttingen, a post he held for the remainder of his life. The discovery of Ceres by Piazzi on January 1, 1801 led Gauss to his work on a theory of the motion of planetoids disturbed by large planets, eventually published in 1809 under the name ...
... Astronomy and Director of the astronomical observatory in Göttingen, a post he held for the remainder of his life. The discovery of Ceres by Piazzi on January 1, 1801 led Gauss to his work on a theory of the motion of planetoids disturbed by large planets, eventually published in 1809 under the name ...
level 1
... planets that contains our Solar System. Celestial object - any of the natural objects that can be seen in our sky, including stars, Solar System - the collection of eight planets, moons, asteroids, galaxies, and planets (including Earth) and their moons in comets orbit around the sun. Exhibit – a pu ...
... planets that contains our Solar System. Celestial object - any of the natural objects that can be seen in our sky, including stars, Solar System - the collection of eight planets, moons, asteroids, galaxies, and planets (including Earth) and their moons in comets orbit around the sun. Exhibit – a pu ...
Planet Finding
... It was more than 200 years ago—on June 6, 1761, to be precise—that a Russian scientist named Mikhail Lomonosov observed what looked like a black dot crossing the surface of the Sun. The dot was Venus, making a rare direct passage between the Sun and Earth, and Lomonosov noticed something odd about t ...
... It was more than 200 years ago—on June 6, 1761, to be precise—that a Russian scientist named Mikhail Lomonosov observed what looked like a black dot crossing the surface of the Sun. The dot was Venus, making a rare direct passage between the Sun and Earth, and Lomonosov noticed something odd about t ...
The search for exoplanets
... then on the discovery of many more planets followed, but none of them was earth-sized and orbiting his star in its habitable zone. On April 17th 2014 NASA’s Kepler-telescope discovered the first Earth-size planet Kepler186f in a habitable zone, which is also accompanied by four other planets. It orb ...
... then on the discovery of many more planets followed, but none of them was earth-sized and orbiting his star in its habitable zone. On April 17th 2014 NASA’s Kepler-telescope discovered the first Earth-size planet Kepler186f in a habitable zone, which is also accompanied by four other planets. It orb ...
December 2007 Clear Skies Newsletter PDF
... It was not until the year 1543 when the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) had his lifelong work "De revolutionibus" published, that the secret of the odd retrograde loops were finally revealed. By demoting the Earth from its hallowed position at the center of the solar system a ...
... It was not until the year 1543 when the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) had his lifelong work "De revolutionibus" published, that the secret of the odd retrograde loops were finally revealed. By demoting the Earth from its hallowed position at the center of the solar system a ...
Other Solar Systems Around Other Stars
... vapor, sodium vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide have been detected in the atmospheres of various exoplanets in this way.[80][81] The technique might conceivably discover atmospheric characteristics that suggest the presence of life on an exoplanet, but no such discovery has yet been made. • Another ...
... vapor, sodium vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide have been detected in the atmospheres of various exoplanets in this way.[80][81] The technique might conceivably discover atmospheric characteristics that suggest the presence of life on an exoplanet, but no such discovery has yet been made. • Another ...
SkyMatters Jan-2017 - CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory
... the stars in the Hyades are young— about 650 million years old—and this type of configuration is called an “Open Cluster” because the stars are relatively far apart. Farther to the right is the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, another open cluster of young stars. The gas from which they were formed can s ...
... the stars in the Hyades are young— about 650 million years old—and this type of configuration is called an “Open Cluster” because the stars are relatively far apart. Farther to the right is the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, another open cluster of young stars. The gas from which they were formed can s ...
Astronomy - Dallas ISD
... In our solar system, some planets are composed mostly of gas and liquid, and some planets are composed mostly of solid rock. Which statement about these two kinds of planets is ...
... In our solar system, some planets are composed mostly of gas and liquid, and some planets are composed mostly of solid rock. Which statement about these two kinds of planets is ...