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... like the rings of Saturn, the bright red Mars, and even a few neighbor galaxies! After all, there's much more to our universe than just the solar system, and learning about space doesn't have to be something that only astronauts can do. You can study astronomy at any age, and the more you know about ...
... like the rings of Saturn, the bright red Mars, and even a few neighbor galaxies! After all, there's much more to our universe than just the solar system, and learning about space doesn't have to be something that only astronauts can do. You can study astronomy at any age, and the more you know about ...
July - Westchester Amateur Astronomers
... their planets are freshly formed, and thus warmer and brighter than older planetary bodies. Astronomers know of more than five hundred distant planets, but very few have actually been seen. Many exoplanets are detected indirectly by means of their “wobbles”—the gravitational tugs they exert on their ...
... their planets are freshly formed, and thus warmer and brighter than older planetary bodies. Astronomers know of more than five hundred distant planets, but very few have actually been seen. Many exoplanets are detected indirectly by means of their “wobbles”—the gravitational tugs they exert on their ...
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... the Kuiper belt and scattered disc, linked populations of transNeptunian objects composed mostly of ices. Within these populations are several dozen to more than ten thousand objects that may be large enough to have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are referred to as dwarf planets. Id ...
... the Kuiper belt and scattered disc, linked populations of transNeptunian objects composed mostly of ices. Within these populations are several dozen to more than ten thousand objects that may be large enough to have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are referred to as dwarf planets. Id ...
Planetary Configurations
... out and spiralled in via interactions with protoplanetary disk. • Some have large eccentricities, which is similar to binary stars and may indicated Brown Dwarf companions (recall that Doppler gives only lower limits to companion mass). • Planets are “Jupiter-ish” and not likely habitable; however, ...
... out and spiralled in via interactions with protoplanetary disk. • Some have large eccentricities, which is similar to binary stars and may indicated Brown Dwarf companions (recall that Doppler gives only lower limits to companion mass). • Planets are “Jupiter-ish” and not likely habitable; however, ...
Exam 3
... a hurricane-like storm that has periodically appeared and disappeared over the past 300 years. b) a hurricane-like storm that has been continuously visible on the surface for over 300 years. c) a hurricane-like storm that was first seen after Jupiter was hit by a series of comet fragments. d) a larg ...
... a hurricane-like storm that has periodically appeared and disappeared over the past 300 years. b) a hurricane-like storm that has been continuously visible on the surface for over 300 years. c) a hurricane-like storm that was first seen after Jupiter was hit by a series of comet fragments. d) a larg ...
February 2007
... planets are far apart, not bunched together orbits of planets are nearly circular orbits of planets lie mostly in a single plane directions of revolution of planets about Sun is the same, and is the same as the direction of the Sun's rotation directions of rotation of planets about their axes is als ...
... planets are far apart, not bunched together orbits of planets are nearly circular orbits of planets lie mostly in a single plane directions of revolution of planets about Sun is the same, and is the same as the direction of the Sun's rotation directions of rotation of planets about their axes is als ...
1. How can we detect extra-solar planets?
... Extra-Solar Planets One of the most active and exciting areas of astrophysics About 150 exoplanets discovered since 1995 ...
... Extra-Solar Planets One of the most active and exciting areas of astrophysics About 150 exoplanets discovered since 1995 ...
Planets Beyond the Solar System
... Finding a planet… 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 Aq ...
... Finding a planet… 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 Aq ...
Planets Beyond the Solar System
... Finding a planet… 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 Aq ...
... Finding a planet… 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 Aq ...
July - Magic Valley Astronomical Society
... because they are young, their planets are freshly formed, and thus warmer and brighter than older planetary bodies. Astronomers know of more than five hundred distant planTalk about frustration! How would you like to be an astrono- ets, but very few have actually been seen. Many exoplanets are detec ...
... because they are young, their planets are freshly formed, and thus warmer and brighter than older planetary bodies. Astronomers know of more than five hundred distant planTalk about frustration! How would you like to be an astrono- ets, but very few have actually been seen. Many exoplanets are detec ...
Using Star Charts Introduction A Digression on Star Names
... about the size of a constellation, and which plots stars as faint as 7th magnitude. This is considerably fainter than can be seen with the unaided eye, but easily visible with binoculars. The Pocket Sky Atlas is useful for finding fainter stars, locating planets and asteroids that cannot be seen wit ...
... about the size of a constellation, and which plots stars as faint as 7th magnitude. This is considerably fainter than can be seen with the unaided eye, but easily visible with binoculars. The Pocket Sky Atlas is useful for finding fainter stars, locating planets and asteroids that cannot be seen wit ...
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... For the last 20 years the giant planets known as hot Jupiters have presented astronomers with a puzzle. How did they settle into orbits 100 times closer to their host stars than our own Jupiter is to the Sun? An international team of astronomers has announced this week1 the discovery of a newborn ho ...
... For the last 20 years the giant planets known as hot Jupiters have presented astronomers with a puzzle. How did they settle into orbits 100 times closer to their host stars than our own Jupiter is to the Sun? An international team of astronomers has announced this week1 the discovery of a newborn ho ...
Student Activity DOC - TI Education
... know the difference between an asteroid, moon, and planet? In this simulation, you will analyze the characteristics of various objects in the solar system and discover relationships between them.. ...
... know the difference between an asteroid, moon, and planet? In this simulation, you will analyze the characteristics of various objects in the solar system and discover relationships between them.. ...
Student Activity PDF - TI Education
... know the difference between an asteroid, moon, and planet? In this simulation, you will analyze the characteristics of various objects in the solar system and discover relationships between them.. ...
... know the difference between an asteroid, moon, and planet? In this simulation, you will analyze the characteristics of various objects in the solar system and discover relationships between them.. ...
Celestial Objects
... located in the asteroid belt, a wide area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid belt separates the inner planets from the outer planets. A meteoroid is another type of rocky object moving in space between the planets. Meteoroids are smaller than asteroids. Most meteoroids that enter E ...
... located in the asteroid belt, a wide area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid belt separates the inner planets from the outer planets. A meteoroid is another type of rocky object moving in space between the planets. Meteoroids are smaller than asteroids. Most meteoroids that enter E ...
The hierarchical structure of the Universe (go from little to large)
... • The glow of the Milky Way • Stars • Star clusters (open clusters and globular clusters) • Planetary nebulae (dying stars) • Supernova remnants (stars that blew up) • Diffuse nebulae (glowing interstellar gas) ...
... • The glow of the Milky Way • Stars • Star clusters (open clusters and globular clusters) • Planetary nebulae (dying stars) • Supernova remnants (stars that blew up) • Diffuse nebulae (glowing interstellar gas) ...
Meet the Dwarf Planets Pluto: The Demoted Former Planet
... For three-quarters of a century, schoolkids learned that our solar system has nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. But things changed five years ago. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) struck Pluto from the list, demoting it ...
... For three-quarters of a century, schoolkids learned that our solar system has nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. But things changed five years ago. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) struck Pluto from the list, demoting it ...
Constellation Notes
... How many constellations are there? The sky was divided up into 88 different constellations in 1922. This included 48 ancient constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy as well as 40 new constellations. Star Maps The 88 different constellations divide up the entire night sky as seen from a ...
... How many constellations are there? The sky was divided up into 88 different constellations in 1922. This included 48 ancient constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy as well as 40 new constellations. Star Maps The 88 different constellations divide up the entire night sky as seen from a ...
Aug 2015 supplement - Hermanus Astronomy
... the Sun - enters and circulates around Neptune’s magnetic field. The combination of the dramatic planetary rotation and this circulation pattern is why Voyager 2 found a ‘lopsided’ magnetosphere.” By: Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom Swift reveals a black hole bull’s-eye 10 July: What look ...
... the Sun - enters and circulates around Neptune’s magnetic field. The combination of the dramatic planetary rotation and this circulation pattern is why Voyager 2 found a ‘lopsided’ magnetosphere.” By: Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom Swift reveals a black hole bull’s-eye 10 July: What look ...
May 2013 - Joliet Junior College
... Jupiter is low in the evening sky after sunset and will be gone from the evening sky by the end of the month. Saturn is now in the sky in mid-evening. Look for Saturn five degrees to the east of the moon on May 22nd. By the end of May, Venus will be visible in the western sky after sunset. Venus is ...
... Jupiter is low in the evening sky after sunset and will be gone from the evening sky by the end of the month. Saturn is now in the sky in mid-evening. Look for Saturn five degrees to the east of the moon on May 22nd. By the end of May, Venus will be visible in the western sky after sunset. Venus is ...
HABITABLE PLANETS For every star with planets, how many of
... away as UV photons break up the H2O). Some rough estimates suggest that habitable planets would have to be within a factor of two or three of Earth’s mass! Since planetary formation simulations make planets of a variety of masses, this planet size constraint would make habitable planets much less fr ...
... away as UV photons break up the H2O). Some rough estimates suggest that habitable planets would have to be within a factor of two or three of Earth’s mass! Since planetary formation simulations make planets of a variety of masses, this planet size constraint would make habitable planets much less fr ...
Jupiter – key facts Largest and most massive planet in the Solar
... Io – the closest of the galilean satellites. Volcanically acFve due to internal heaFng caused by Fdal flexing by Jupiter’s gravitaFonal field because of Io’s eccentric orbit. Mean density suggests it ...
... Io – the closest of the galilean satellites. Volcanically acFve due to internal heaFng caused by Fdal flexing by Jupiter’s gravitaFonal field because of Io’s eccentric orbit. Mean density suggests it ...
Intelligent life in the Universe
... Pt = total number of stars in the galaxy (~1011) Ps = percentage of stars that can have planets (~20% late type only) Pp = percentage of star that actually have planets (~80%) Ph = percentage of stars with habitable zones (~10%) Pg = percentage of planets with stable circular orbits PI = percentage ...
... Pt = total number of stars in the galaxy (~1011) Ps = percentage of stars that can have planets (~20% late type only) Pp = percentage of star that actually have planets (~80%) Ph = percentage of stars with habitable zones (~10%) Pg = percentage of planets with stable circular orbits PI = percentage ...
Planetary Configurations
... Success rate is a few for every 100 stars using the Doppler method Results from Doppler – several unusual and unexpected systems ...
... Success rate is a few for every 100 stars using the Doppler method Results from Doppler – several unusual and unexpected systems ...