... D. Small rocky world. Most orbit between Mars and Jupiter. E. Theory that planets form in rotating disks of gas and dust around young stars. F. The distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond, equal to about 3.26 light-years G. The four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Eur ...
Days and Nights
... happens because the Earth is spinning on its axis. If we look south and plot the Sun in the sky during the day, we find that it appears to move like this: ...
... happens because the Earth is spinning on its axis. If we look south and plot the Sun in the sky during the day, we find that it appears to move like this: ...
Midterm Review Sheet
... Asteroid belt Role of Jupiter – Jupiter resonances Meteoroids, meteors, meteorites Structure of a comet (nucleus, coma, dust vs. plasma tail) Location and origin of comets Kuiper Belt objects Requirements ...
... Asteroid belt Role of Jupiter – Jupiter resonances Meteoroids, meteors, meteorites Structure of a comet (nucleus, coma, dust vs. plasma tail) Location and origin of comets Kuiper Belt objects Requirements ...
File - Teaching Through E
... • Like Mercury it was thought to be two separate bodies – Eosphorus as the morning star – Hesperus as the evening star ...
... • Like Mercury it was thought to be two separate bodies – Eosphorus as the morning star – Hesperus as the evening star ...
The Solar System
... • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, More than 1300 earths could fit inside it. • It has winds that go up to 400mph. • Jupiter is the 5th planet away from the sun{466 million miles} • It has 67 moons. • Jupiter's clouds are no more then 50 km in thickness. •Jupiter is one of the sola ...
... • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, More than 1300 earths could fit inside it. • It has winds that go up to 400mph. • Jupiter is the 5th planet away from the sun{466 million miles} • It has 67 moons. • Jupiter's clouds are no more then 50 km in thickness. •Jupiter is one of the sola ...
Solar System - pgfl.org.uk
... In our solar system, nine planets circle around our Sun. The Sun sits in the middle while the planets travel in circular paths (called orbits) around it. These nine planets travel in the same direction (counter- clockwise looking down from the Sun's North Pole). The picture on the right shows the di ...
... In our solar system, nine planets circle around our Sun. The Sun sits in the middle while the planets travel in circular paths (called orbits) around it. These nine planets travel in the same direction (counter- clockwise looking down from the Sun's North Pole). The picture on the right shows the di ...
Document
... The Sun, planets, asteroids, comets, planetesimals all revolve in the same direction with some exceptions. ...
... The Sun, planets, asteroids, comets, planetesimals all revolve in the same direction with some exceptions. ...
Topic Eleven - Science - Miami
... Solar System to those properties of Earth. Moon, Planet, Comet, Solar System, gravity, geocentric, Explore the relationship between distance from the Sun and heliocentric, orbit, greenhouse effect, Dwarf Planet, the length of year and/or the relationship between distance Astronomical Unit, Asteroid, ...
... Solar System to those properties of Earth. Moon, Planet, Comet, Solar System, gravity, geocentric, Explore the relationship between distance from the Sun and heliocentric, orbit, greenhouse effect, Dwarf Planet, the length of year and/or the relationship between distance Astronomical Unit, Asteroid, ...
Yukon Grade One Earth and Space Science: Daily And Seasonal
... Identify galaxies, star clusters/types, planets, constellations, and nebulae according to their distinguishing characteristics Relate mass to different stages in the life cycle of stars. Describe theories on the nature of the solar system (e.g., Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler). Describe the formation o ...
... Identify galaxies, star clusters/types, planets, constellations, and nebulae according to their distinguishing characteristics Relate mass to different stages in the life cycle of stars. Describe theories on the nature of the solar system (e.g., Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler). Describe the formation o ...
Our local neighbourhood – The Solar System (PPT file, 6.12 MB)
... eventually forming planets or moons. As the cloud continued to fall in, the centre eventually got so hot that it became a star, the Sun. Solar wind then blew away excess material. ...
... eventually forming planets or moons. As the cloud continued to fall in, the centre eventually got so hot that it became a star, the Sun. Solar wind then blew away excess material. ...
EARTH SCIENCE HOMEWORK 11-7 Sun`s surface
... 6. Coronal _______ __________ (CMEs) (2 words) occur when large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s ____________. (pg. 731, P1) 7. CME’s can occur as often as two or three times a day during a ___________ __________. (2 words) (pg. 731, P1) 8. CMEs can damage ____ ...
... 6. Coronal _______ __________ (CMEs) (2 words) occur when large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s ____________. (pg. 731, P1) 7. CME’s can occur as often as two or three times a day during a ___________ __________. (2 words) (pg. 731, P1) 8. CMEs can damage ____ ...
Mercury`s Formation
... Depending on when Mercury was impacted, the material ejected would need to go somewhere Candidates for where the material ended up are the Sun, Venus, and Earth The Solar Winds would most likely leave a few traces of the proto layers since the Solar Winds wouldn’t be able to make a near spherical ob ...
... Depending on when Mercury was impacted, the material ejected would need to go somewhere Candidates for where the material ended up are the Sun, Venus, and Earth The Solar Winds would most likely leave a few traces of the proto layers since the Solar Winds wouldn’t be able to make a near spherical ob ...
Unit E Space Exploration Section 1 Notnd Space has changed over
... Little light reaches this planet Fastest wind speed – 2500 ...
... Little light reaches this planet Fastest wind speed – 2500 ...
The Sun's Crowded Delivery Room
... meteorites, which formed 1 My after initial solar system formation, have no evidence for 60Fe (low ε60Ni) www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July07/iron-60.html ...
... meteorites, which formed 1 My after initial solar system formation, have no evidence for 60Fe (low ε60Ni) www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July07/iron-60.html ...
a naturally occuring object in space such as a star, planet, moon
... object in space such as a star, planet, moon, asteroid, galaxy, or a comet corona - the outermost layer of the Sun. It stretches far into space, appears very thin and faint and can only be seen from Earth during a total solar eclipse. ...
... object in space such as a star, planet, moon, asteroid, galaxy, or a comet corona - the outermost layer of the Sun. It stretches far into space, appears very thin and faint and can only be seen from Earth during a total solar eclipse. ...
Planets
... Mercury - Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Venus - Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is the hottest planet. Earth - Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the planet we live on. Mars - Mars is a red planet and the fourth planet from the Sun. Jupiter - Jupiter is the fifth plan ...
... Mercury - Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Venus - Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is the hottest planet. Earth - Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the planet we live on. Mars - Mars is a red planet and the fourth planet from the Sun. Jupiter - Jupiter is the fifth plan ...
Space Unit - Questions and Answers
... 19. What is the difference between meteors and comets? A meteor is a meteoroid that is trapped by Earth’s gravity and pulled down by Earth’s atmosphere. As it falls through Earth’s atmosphere, it rubs against the molecules of the air (this rubbing is called friction), it becomes hot and vaporizes an ...
... 19. What is the difference between meteors and comets? A meteor is a meteoroid that is trapped by Earth’s gravity and pulled down by Earth’s atmosphere. As it falls through Earth’s atmosphere, it rubs against the molecules of the air (this rubbing is called friction), it becomes hot and vaporizes an ...
The Solar System Purpose
... be very tiny – just try to get the right order of magnitude (i.e. don’t worry even about a factor of two…). You may want to tape the smaller planets to a card. Draw an appropriately-sized circle on a sheet of paper for the Sun. 7. Mark on your map of Houghton College (Figure 1) about where each plan ...
... be very tiny – just try to get the right order of magnitude (i.e. don’t worry even about a factor of two…). You may want to tape the smaller planets to a card. Draw an appropriately-sized circle on a sheet of paper for the Sun. 7. Mark on your map of Houghton College (Figure 1) about where each plan ...
Survey of the Solar System - USU Department of Physics
... – When star wobbles away from us, see red-shifted light – Amount of shift tells about speed of parent star’s orbit about the CoM – Speed of star’s orbit tells us the mass of the planet ...
... – When star wobbles away from us, see red-shifted light – Amount of shift tells about speed of parent star’s orbit about the CoM – Speed of star’s orbit tells us the mass of the planet ...
Solar System Power Point
... • The largest planetesimals formed near the outside of the rotating solar disk, where hydrogen and helium were located. • These outer planets grew to huge sizes and became gas giants • * SOL QUESTION – Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot” is a storm system more than 400 years old and about 3x the diameter of ...
... • The largest planetesimals formed near the outside of the rotating solar disk, where hydrogen and helium were located. • These outer planets grew to huge sizes and became gas giants • * SOL QUESTION – Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot” is a storm system more than 400 years old and about 3x the diameter of ...
Page 48
... Space Vocabulary for Journal through: March 29, 2011 Page 48 1. System – A system is made up of parts that work together. 2. Solar system – A large solar system is a large planetary system that consists of a combination of many smaller planetary systems and objects. 3. Planet – A planet is any of th ...
... Space Vocabulary for Journal through: March 29, 2011 Page 48 1. System – A system is made up of parts that work together. 2. Solar system – A large solar system is a large planetary system that consists of a combination of many smaller planetary systems and objects. 3. Planet – A planet is any of th ...
Solar system - (SKA) South Africa
... at the centre of our solar system. The planets all revolve around this extremely hot, giant ball of burning gas! The Sun is about five billion years old. In about another five billion years time it will burn up and collapse to become a white dwarf star the size of Earth. ...
... at the centre of our solar system. The planets all revolve around this extremely hot, giant ball of burning gas! The Sun is about five billion years old. In about another five billion years time it will burn up and collapse to become a white dwarf star the size of Earth. ...
Solar System
The Solar System comprises the Sun and the planetary system that orbits it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as comets and asteroids. Of those that orbit the Sun indirectly, two are larger than the smallest planet.The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter. The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are terrestrial planets, being primarily composed of rock and metal. The four outer planets are giant planets, being substantially more massive than the terrestrials. The two largest, Jupiter and Saturn, are gas giants, being composed mainly of hydrogen and helium; the two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are ice giants, being composed largely of substances with relatively high melting points compared with hydrogen and helium, called ices, such as water, ammonia and methane. All planets have almost circular orbits that lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic.The Solar System also contains smaller objects. The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, mostly contains objects composed, like the terrestrial planets, of rock and metal. Beyond Neptune's orbit lie the Kuiper belt and scattered disc, populations of trans-Neptunian objects composed mostly of ices, and beyond them a newly discovered population of sednoids. Within these populations are several dozen to possibly tens of thousands of objects large enough to have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are categorized as dwarf planets. Identified dwarf planets include the asteroid Ceres and the trans-Neptunian objects Pluto and Eris. In addition to these two regions, various other small-body populations, including comets, centaurs and interplanetary dust, freely travel between regions. Six of the planets, at least three of the dwarf planets, and many of the smaller bodies are orbited by natural satellites, usually termed ""moons"" after the Moon. Each of the outer planets is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other small objects.The solar wind, a stream of charged particles flowing outwards from the Sun, creates a bubble-like region in the interstellar medium known as the heliosphere. The heliopause is the point at which pressure from the solar wind is equal to the opposing pressure of interstellar wind; it extends out to the edge of the scattered disc. The Oort cloud, which is believed to be the source for long-period comets, may also exist at a distance roughly a thousand times further than the heliosphere. The Solar System is located in the Orion Arm, 26,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way.