Astronomy – Name: ______KEY___________________ Date
... 10. What type of component in the power grid is especially susceptible to a CME surge? Transformers 11. Under what conditions would a CME be of no concern to us? If a large CME struck the earth such that its magnetic polarity were oppositely aligned with earth’s polarity, a huge surge of energy coul ...
... 10. What type of component in the power grid is especially susceptible to a CME surge? Transformers 11. Under what conditions would a CME be of no concern to us? If a large CME struck the earth such that its magnetic polarity were oppositely aligned with earth’s polarity, a huge surge of energy coul ...
Earth - jennydebellis
... 3. Main-sequence stage – main part of a star’s life – the sun is in this stage – lifespan of sun is about 10 billion yers – it’s about ½ way through life, so as about 5 billion more years to go 4. Red Giant stage – all of the hydrogen is gone in the core, so the star expands, the surface cools, and ...
... 3. Main-sequence stage – main part of a star’s life – the sun is in this stage – lifespan of sun is about 10 billion yers – it’s about ½ way through life, so as about 5 billion more years to go 4. Red Giant stage – all of the hydrogen is gone in the core, so the star expands, the surface cools, and ...
Unit 1
... gravitation, and to keep hot gas in their vicinity – Cluster mass must be 100 times greater than the visible mass! – Once again, dark matter seems to be the solution ...
... gravitation, and to keep hot gas in their vicinity – Cluster mass must be 100 times greater than the visible mass! – Once again, dark matter seems to be the solution ...
14_creationism
... beauty of the earth’s plants and animals could not have “just happened” through natural selection. In short, evolution happened as scientists say, but it happened because the hand of god was behind it. ...
... beauty of the earth’s plants and animals could not have “just happened” through natural selection. In short, evolution happened as scientists say, but it happened because the hand of god was behind it. ...
Stars Galaxies Sun
... and density build within the protostar’s center, causing temperature to rise ►Gas is so hot it becomes plasma (a fourth state of matter) ►Temperature continues to increase until it reaches 10,000,000ºC ...
... and density build within the protostar’s center, causing temperature to rise ►Gas is so hot it becomes plasma (a fourth state of matter) ►Temperature continues to increase until it reaches 10,000,000ºC ...
Student Handout - University of Louisville
... The ____________________________is the imaginary line or pole that the earth rotates on, giving us daylight and nighttime periods. ...
... The ____________________________is the imaginary line or pole that the earth rotates on, giving us daylight and nighttime periods. ...
Space Science in China Current and Planed Missions
... Ancient Chinese first pointed out that the direction of Comet tail was always against the sun. ...
... Ancient Chinese first pointed out that the direction of Comet tail was always against the sun. ...
Pre-test on THE UNIVERSE, GALAXIES, AND STARS
... 9. if the nearest star is 4.2 light-years away then • the light we see left the star 4.2 years ago. • the star is 4.2 million miles away. • the star must have formed 4.2 billion years ...
... 9. if the nearest star is 4.2 light-years away then • the light we see left the star 4.2 years ago. • the star is 4.2 million miles away. • the star must have formed 4.2 billion years ...
Planetarium Field Guide 2015-2016 Third Grade
... The program takes students on a tour to explore the many objects that populate our solar system. The students will be able to examine each individual planet and move outside to see where the Earth fits in the larger picture. The Solar System a. What are the two things the Sun provides our planet tha ...
... The program takes students on a tour to explore the many objects that populate our solar system. The students will be able to examine each individual planet and move outside to see where the Earth fits in the larger picture. The Solar System a. What are the two things the Sun provides our planet tha ...
History of the universe timeline
... from our tiny, home planet, Earth. The visible Universe contains billions of galaxies, each comprising billions of stars. Within our own Galaxy, hundreds of exoplanets have been discovered orbiting other stars. ...
... from our tiny, home planet, Earth. The visible Universe contains billions of galaxies, each comprising billions of stars. Within our own Galaxy, hundreds of exoplanets have been discovered orbiting other stars. ...
Section 3.3
... term changes in the Earth’s orbit: – Eccentricity: the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit varies over about 100,000 years between slightly more or less elliptical. – Precession: Earth wobbles on it axis as it spins completing a full wobble every 23,000 y ...
... term changes in the Earth’s orbit: – Eccentricity: the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit varies over about 100,000 years between slightly more or less elliptical. – Precession: Earth wobbles on it axis as it spins completing a full wobble every 23,000 y ...
Astronomy_in_space_powerpoint Fall 2016
... 3. Number the points 1,2,3,4. 4. Place the marble in the circle. Place the bowl upside down over it. 5. Slowly swirling bowl in a clockwise until the marble rolls smoothly along the rim of the bowl; get the bead spinning around the rim of the bowl. 6. Stop swirling the bowl as the marble approaches ...
... 3. Number the points 1,2,3,4. 4. Place the marble in the circle. Place the bowl upside down over it. 5. Slowly swirling bowl in a clockwise until the marble rolls smoothly along the rim of the bowl; get the bead spinning around the rim of the bowl. 6. Stop swirling the bowl as the marble approaches ...
File
... The red line represents about 100 000 light-years! …and this is just one VERY small part of the sky! (You would see nothing here even with a very good telescope.) ...
... The red line represents about 100 000 light-years! …and this is just one VERY small part of the sky! (You would see nothing here even with a very good telescope.) ...
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 ...
Space Test Explanations
... 8. How does nuclear fusion produce energy? When atoms fuse, the new atoms that are created have less mass than the atoms that fused. This means mass is “lost.” That “lost” mass is converted to energy. 9. Nuclear fusion can only occur in the center of the solar system. Why is that? In order to fuse, ...
... 8. How does nuclear fusion produce energy? When atoms fuse, the new atoms that are created have less mass than the atoms that fused. This means mass is “lost.” That “lost” mass is converted to energy. 9. Nuclear fusion can only occur in the center of the solar system. Why is that? In order to fuse, ...
Ch. 3 Sec. 5 Notes
... to 100 times Earth's distance from the sun 2. Oort Cloud: spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system out to more than 1,000 times the distance between Pluto and the sun Asteroids *Rocky objects, called asteroids, are too small and too numerous to be considered full-fledged planets *M ...
... to 100 times Earth's distance from the sun 2. Oort Cloud: spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system out to more than 1,000 times the distance between Pluto and the sun Asteroids *Rocky objects, called asteroids, are too small and too numerous to be considered full-fledged planets *M ...
The Planets in our Solar System Solar System Basics
... the solar nebula. • As the gas and dust condensed, the temperature and pressure at the center increased. • The temperature and pressure became so great, nuclear fusion began. ...
... the solar nebula. • As the gas and dust condensed, the temperature and pressure at the center increased. • The temperature and pressure became so great, nuclear fusion began. ...
Cosmology questions (Introduction)
... various positions within their orbits, calculate how long the trip would last. Assume a start from Earth, with Mars being the next stop. After Pluto, a direct route to Mercury, then Venus before returning to ...
... various positions within their orbits, calculate how long the trip would last. Assume a start from Earth, with Mars being the next stop. After Pluto, a direct route to Mercury, then Venus before returning to ...
Solutions - UC Berkeley Astronomy w
... a preexisting space. They are moving apart because of the expansion of space itself. (c) Objects that are bound (for example, gravitationally like a galaxy or star, or electromagnetically like humans) do not actually expand. The space is expanding underneath these things, but these forces still hold ...
... a preexisting space. They are moving apart because of the expansion of space itself. (c) Objects that are bound (for example, gravitationally like a galaxy or star, or electromagnetically like humans) do not actually expand. The space is expanding underneath these things, but these forces still hold ...
1_Introduction - Department of Astronomy
... Some of the universe is much denser than average (stars, white dwarfs, black holes…) ...
... Some of the universe is much denser than average (stars, white dwarfs, black holes…) ...
Objects Beyond Neptune
... • There may be hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) and an estimated trillion or more comets within • Some dwarf planets within the Kuiper Belt have thin atmospheres that collapse when their orbit carries them farthest from the sun • Several dwarf planets in the Kuiper B ...
... • There may be hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) and an estimated trillion or more comets within • Some dwarf planets within the Kuiper Belt have thin atmospheres that collapse when their orbit carries them farthest from the sun • Several dwarf planets in the Kuiper B ...
Grade 8 SC.E.1.3.1 BENCHMARK SC.E.1.3.1 Strand E Earth and
... Neptune is not large enough to capture Pluto as a satellite. Neptune’s gravitational pull is neutralized by its eight satellites. Pluto’s satellite’s gravitational pull keeps Pluto away from other planets. ...
... Neptune is not large enough to capture Pluto as a satellite. Neptune’s gravitational pull is neutralized by its eight satellites. Pluto’s satellite’s gravitational pull keeps Pluto away from other planets. ...
Space Environment is an Inexhaustible Source for Conceptual
... time as a radiation source, as in math aspect he concluded that in the star all the forces were balanced to such an extent that there was just nowhere for power to come from [7]. However, in the late 60-ies, young scientists A. Akimov and G. Shipov reproducing N. Kozyrev’s experiments concluded that ...
... time as a radiation source, as in math aspect he concluded that in the star all the forces were balanced to such an extent that there was just nowhere for power to come from [7]. However, in the late 60-ies, young scientists A. Akimov and G. Shipov reproducing N. Kozyrev’s experiments concluded that ...
Outer space
Outer space, or just space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is 2.7 kelvin (K). Plasma with a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a temperature of millions of kelvin in the space between galaxies accounts for most of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in outer space; local concentrations have condensed into stars and galaxies. In most galaxies, observations provide evidence that 90% of the mass is in an unknown form, called dark matter, which interacts with other matter through gravitational but not electromagnetic forces. Data indicates that the majority of the mass-energy in the observable Universe is a poorly understood vacuum energy of space which astronomers label dark energy. Intergalactic space takes up most of the volume of the Universe, but even galaxies and star systems consist almost entirely of empty space.There is no firm boundary where space begins. However the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level, is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties and for aerospace records keeping. The framework for international space law was established by the Outer Space Treaty, which was passed by the United Nations in 1967. This treaty precludes any claims of national sovereignty and permits all states to freely explore outer space. Despite the drafting of UN resolutions for the peaceful uses of outer space, anti-satellite weapons have been tested in Earth orbit.Humans began the physical exploration of space during the 20th century with the advent of high-altitude balloon flights, followed by manned rocket launches. Earth orbit was first achieved by Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union in 1961 and unmanned spacecraft have since reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Due to the high cost of getting into space, manned spaceflight has been limited to low Earth orbit and the Moon.Outer space represents a challenging environment for human exploration because of the dual hazards of vacuum and radiation. Microgravity also has a negative effect on human physiology that causes both muscle atrophy and bone loss. In addition to these health and environmental issues, the economic cost of putting objects, including humans, into space is high.