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... formations on Venus. Have students create a map that shows any geological regions on Earth that match the geology of other planets or moons. Instruct students to describe these geological formations and indicate which planets have similar structures. ...
... formations on Venus. Have students create a map that shows any geological regions on Earth that match the geology of other planets or moons. Instruct students to describe these geological formations and indicate which planets have similar structures. ...
Origin of the Solar System – Notes Rings encircle Jupiter, Saturn
... comets are in more elongated orbits. Such an elongated orbit can put these small objects on a collision course with a planet or satellite. If the object collides with a Jovian planet, it is swallowed up by the planet’s thick atmosphere. But if the object collides with the solid surface of a terrestr ...
... comets are in more elongated orbits. Such an elongated orbit can put these small objects on a collision course with a planet or satellite. If the object collides with a Jovian planet, it is swallowed up by the planet’s thick atmosphere. But if the object collides with the solid surface of a terrestr ...
Formation of Stars - mcp
... 3. Our sun is used to determine masses of stars ◦ 1.0 solar mass = mass of our sun ◦ If a stellar object is less than .01 solar mass it will not turn into a star ...
... 3. Our sun is used to determine masses of stars ◦ 1.0 solar mass = mass of our sun ◦ If a stellar object is less than .01 solar mass it will not turn into a star ...
Johannes Kepler
... Johannes Kepler was born in southwest Germany in 1571. In 1576, he entered Latin school and by 1589 had begun his education as a university student at the Protestant University of Tübingen. Kepler’s most noted mathematics teacher was Michael Maestlin, an astronomer that supported the newer heliocent ...
... Johannes Kepler was born in southwest Germany in 1571. In 1576, he entered Latin school and by 1589 had begun his education as a university student at the Protestant University of Tübingen. Kepler’s most noted mathematics teacher was Michael Maestlin, an astronomer that supported the newer heliocent ...
Astronomy - cloudfront.net
... solar system, which of the following would be most surprising to observe in an extrasolar system of planets? A. The planets nearest to the star have a lower density than the planets farther out. B. Several planets show large tilts of their rotation axis compared to the plane of their orbits. C. All ...
... solar system, which of the following would be most surprising to observe in an extrasolar system of planets? A. The planets nearest to the star have a lower density than the planets farther out. B. Several planets show large tilts of their rotation axis compared to the plane of their orbits. C. All ...
Big bang and Stars
... Energy released from nuclear fusion counteracts inward force of gravity. Throughout its life, these two forces determine the stages of a star’s life. ...
... Energy released from nuclear fusion counteracts inward force of gravity. Throughout its life, these two forces determine the stages of a star’s life. ...
Life Cycles of Stars
... • Star expels outermost layers as Planetary Nebulae • Inert core left as white dwarf • Dwarf has such tiny surface area it takes billions of years to cool • Coolest (oldest?) known: 3900 K ...
... • Star expels outermost layers as Planetary Nebulae • Inert core left as white dwarf • Dwarf has such tiny surface area it takes billions of years to cool • Coolest (oldest?) known: 3900 K ...
What do the stars tell us?
... is Pluto no longer a Planet? • 1930: Pluto was thought to be perturbing Neptune. It isn’t. • 1978: Pluto has a moon; this means Pluto is even smaller. • 2005: There is a body out there that is bigger than Pluto (now called Eris). • 2006: Either Pluto is a planet, and so is Eris, and so is Ceres, and ...
... is Pluto no longer a Planet? • 1930: Pluto was thought to be perturbing Neptune. It isn’t. • 1978: Pluto has a moon; this means Pluto is even smaller. • 2005: There is a body out there that is bigger than Pluto (now called Eris). • 2006: Either Pluto is a planet, and so is Eris, and so is Ceres, and ...
Kepler`s Laws
... Apparent Motion of Stars • After the invention of the telescope it became known that a foreground star appeared to move with respect to background stars during the course of a year. • This let the acceptance of heliocentric model • Parallax can be used to find distances to nearby stars. We will look ...
... Apparent Motion of Stars • After the invention of the telescope it became known that a foreground star appeared to move with respect to background stars during the course of a year. • This let the acceptance of heliocentric model • Parallax can be used to find distances to nearby stars. We will look ...
Stars - Robert M. Hazen
... Great Ideas in Science: Lecture 8 – Stars & Galaxies Professor Robert Hazen UNIV 301 Great Idea: The Sun and other stars use nuclear fusion reactions to convert mass into energy. Eventually, when a star’s nuclear fuel is depleted, the star must burn out. ...
... Great Ideas in Science: Lecture 8 – Stars & Galaxies Professor Robert Hazen UNIV 301 Great Idea: The Sun and other stars use nuclear fusion reactions to convert mass into energy. Eventually, when a star’s nuclear fuel is depleted, the star must burn out. ...
The Life Cycle of Stars
... exhausted its ability to fuse other elements like carbon and oxygen, it will become a red giant and expand in size to envelope the Earth. And surprisingly, the larger the mass of the star, the quicker it burns its fuel sources and the shorter its lifespan. Also see and read about Hubble Space Telesc ...
... exhausted its ability to fuse other elements like carbon and oxygen, it will become a red giant and expand in size to envelope the Earth. And surprisingly, the larger the mass of the star, the quicker it burns its fuel sources and the shorter its lifespan. Also see and read about Hubble Space Telesc ...
Focus On Middle School Astronomy Student
... telescope, a scientific tool that uses lenses to magnify distant objects. In the 1600’s Galileo (ga-lǝ-lā’-ō), an Italian scientist considered to be the first modern astronomer, used the telescope to look at the planets. Galileo was also able to see the moons of Jupiter and the rotation of the Sun. ...
... telescope, a scientific tool that uses lenses to magnify distant objects. In the 1600’s Galileo (ga-lǝ-lā’-ō), an Italian scientist considered to be the first modern astronomer, used the telescope to look at the planets. Galileo was also able to see the moons of Jupiter and the rotation of the Sun. ...
The Origin of Our Solar System
... – Believed force was exerted by contact betwn physical entities and the universe was filled with vortices of “whirling invisible particles.” – Posited that the sun and planets formed when a large vortex contracted and condensed. ...
... – Believed force was exerted by contact betwn physical entities and the universe was filled with vortices of “whirling invisible particles.” – Posited that the sun and planets formed when a large vortex contracted and condensed. ...
YOUR NAME 1 Astronomy 18, UCSC Planets and Planetary
... 7) Circle all that apply: Kepler’s third law, p2 = a3, means that a) A planet’s period does not depend on the eccentricity of its orbit b) All orbits with the same semi-major axis have the same period c) The period of a planet does not depend on its mass d) Planets that are farther from the Sun move ...
... 7) Circle all that apply: Kepler’s third law, p2 = a3, means that a) A planet’s period does not depend on the eccentricity of its orbit b) All orbits with the same semi-major axis have the same period c) The period of a planet does not depend on its mass d) Planets that are farther from the Sun move ...
oct81
... Why do you think the cores of all the Jovian planets have a mass about 10 times the mass of the Earth? ...
... Why do you think the cores of all the Jovian planets have a mass about 10 times the mass of the Earth? ...
Large and small planets Journey through the Solar System
... Using the table below, write the information from the second column (the diameter) next to the planets on the board. Explain clearly to the children that the Sun is very large, and that it is not a planet at all, but a star. It is interesting to see how large the sun is compared to the planets. Use ...
... Using the table below, write the information from the second column (the diameter) next to the planets on the board. Explain clearly to the children that the Sun is very large, and that it is not a planet at all, but a star. It is interesting to see how large the sun is compared to the planets. Use ...
The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
... • We think planets form from the disks around their host star, shortly after the star forms. As in our Solar System, this probably involves coagulation of small dust grains into pebbles, then rocks, then boulders, then planetesimals, then planets. Some planets become massive enough to also accumulat ...
... • We think planets form from the disks around their host star, shortly after the star forms. As in our Solar System, this probably involves coagulation of small dust grains into pebbles, then rocks, then boulders, then planetesimals, then planets. Some planets become massive enough to also accumulat ...
Class 11 and 12 lecture slides (giant planets)
... • Saturn - mix of metallic and molecular hydrogen; helium may have migrated to centre due to insolubility. Similar rock-ice core to Jupiter. Mean density lower than Jupiter because of smaller selfcompression effect (pressures lower). • Uranus/Neptune – thin envelope of hydrogen gas. Pressures too lo ...
... • Saturn - mix of metallic and molecular hydrogen; helium may have migrated to centre due to insolubility. Similar rock-ice core to Jupiter. Mean density lower than Jupiter because of smaller selfcompression effect (pressures lower). • Uranus/Neptune – thin envelope of hydrogen gas. Pressures too lo ...
THE DEFINITION OF PLANET: A DYNAMICIST`S POINT OF VIEW
... ready to give a ”dynamical” definition of planet, applicable to our solar system as well as to extrasolar planetary systems. A non deuterium burning celestial body is a planet if the following three conditions are all met for most of its existence: 1. it moves about the Sun (alternatively, a star) a ...
... ready to give a ”dynamical” definition of planet, applicable to our solar system as well as to extrasolar planetary systems. A non deuterium burning celestial body is a planet if the following three conditions are all met for most of its existence: 1. it moves about the Sun (alternatively, a star) a ...
lecture9 Solar System1
... grew larger gravity captured hydrogen & helium composition similar to Sun gaseous accretion disk forms around planet Moons form in disk around planet ...
... grew larger gravity captured hydrogen & helium composition similar to Sun gaseous accretion disk forms around planet Moons form in disk around planet ...
Planetary Taxonomy
... Quantifying dynamical dominance The scattering parameter Λ~M Λ M2/P quantifies the extent to which a body scatters smaller masses out of its orbital zone in a Hubble time (Soter, 2006). It is the ratio of two directlyy observable p properties p ((mass M and orbital period P) which makes it convenie ...
... Quantifying dynamical dominance The scattering parameter Λ~M Λ M2/P quantifies the extent to which a body scatters smaller masses out of its orbital zone in a Hubble time (Soter, 2006). It is the ratio of two directlyy observable p properties p ((mass M and orbital period P) which makes it convenie ...
9 Intro to the Solar System
... What is the Solar System made of? How did it form and why is it flat? What does distance from the Sun have to do with planet formation? • The Solar System is the name we give to our local cosmic backyard →A better way to think of it is all the stuff held sway by the Sun's gravity: The Sun itself, pl ...
... What is the Solar System made of? How did it form and why is it flat? What does distance from the Sun have to do with planet formation? • The Solar System is the name we give to our local cosmic backyard →A better way to think of it is all the stuff held sway by the Sun's gravity: The Sun itself, pl ...
Document
... Planet – A celestial object, larger than asteroids or comets that revolve around a star without giving off its own light. Background source: 1Wyrmshadow1 website ...
... Planet – A celestial object, larger than asteroids or comets that revolve around a star without giving off its own light. Background source: 1Wyrmshadow1 website ...
life
... •We have the ability to destroy civilization •We are also damaging our environment •We are using up non-renewable resources •Civilizations may “mature” – some evidence •Sustainable civilizations is technically possible ...
... •We have the ability to destroy civilization •We are also damaging our environment •We are using up non-renewable resources •Civilizations may “mature” – some evidence •Sustainable civilizations is technically possible ...
Planetary system
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A planetary system is a set of gravitationally bound non-stellar objects in orbit around a star or star system. Generally speaking, systems with one or more planets constitute a planetary system, although such systems may also consist of bodies such as dwarf planets, asteroids, natural satellites, meteoroids, comets, planetesimals and circumstellar disks. The Sun together with its planetary system, which includes Earth, is known as the Solar System. The term exoplanetary system is sometimes used in reference to other planetary systems.A total of 1968 exoplanets (in 1248 planetary systems, including 490 multiple planetary systems) have been identified as of 1 October 2015.Of particular interest to astrobiology is the habitable zone of planetary systems where planets could have surface liquid water.