The Solar System
... What does the solar system consist of? • The Sun, the eight planets and their moons, and billions of other smaller objects. • All of these celestial objects orbit the Sun. ...
... What does the solar system consist of? • The Sun, the eight planets and their moons, and billions of other smaller objects. • All of these celestial objects orbit the Sun. ...
AST 301 Fall 2007 Review for Exam 3 This exam covers only
... planets? What are “planetesimals” and how did they form? Can you name a few lines of evidence that they once did exist? Explain clearly why the terrestrial and jovian planets have such different properties in terms of the theory described in this chapter. The section on the discovery of extrasolar p ...
... planets? What are “planetesimals” and how did they form? Can you name a few lines of evidence that they once did exist? Explain clearly why the terrestrial and jovian planets have such different properties in terms of the theory described in this chapter. The section on the discovery of extrasolar p ...
Terrestrial Planet (and Life) Finder
... Now estimate number of planets with life in our Galaxy (not number with intelligent, communicating life) If we leave out fi and fc (i.e. assume they are unity—all life forms develop our kind of intelligence and technology and try to communicate), we are calculating the number of life-bearing planet ...
... Now estimate number of planets with life in our Galaxy (not number with intelligent, communicating life) If we leave out fi and fc (i.e. assume they are unity—all life forms develop our kind of intelligence and technology and try to communicate), we are calculating the number of life-bearing planet ...
Stars, Planets, Moons, too Doing the Solar System
... The energy comes in the form of heat and light, It’s a ball of gases that burns just right. ...
... The energy comes in the form of heat and light, It’s a ball of gases that burns just right. ...
Astronomy Review - Cockeysville Middle
... The outer planets have lower densities (as you would expect since they are gas). There is no pattern of rotational periods (Day Length). The outer planets all have rings and multiple moons. ...
... The outer planets have lower densities (as you would expect since they are gas). There is no pattern of rotational periods (Day Length). The outer planets all have rings and multiple moons. ...
Name: Pd: _____ Ast: _____ Solar System Study Guide Vocabulary
... planet or a man-made object orbiting Earth 6) Planets - Large celestial bodies that orbit the star in the center of a solar system, have a “nearly spherical shape”, and whose mass is significantly larger than other nearby objects 7) Period of Revolution - The time it takes for an object to travel on ...
... planet or a man-made object orbiting Earth 6) Planets - Large celestial bodies that orbit the star in the center of a solar system, have a “nearly spherical shape”, and whose mass is significantly larger than other nearby objects 7) Period of Revolution - The time it takes for an object to travel on ...
Planets and Other Space Rocks Notes
... • It has at least 13 moons. • Triton is the only moon in the solar system that orbits a planet backwards (opposite the direction of Neptune). • Because of this, scientists think it may have been a captured planet. ...
... • It has at least 13 moons. • Triton is the only moon in the solar system that orbits a planet backwards (opposite the direction of Neptune). • Because of this, scientists think it may have been a captured planet. ...
Terminology Used in Planetary Data
... summary of the commonly used terms and what they mean. The diagram will help you to better understand these descriptions! Orbits In our solar system, the planets orbit the Sun and each planet has moons which are in orbit around them. For simplicity, the orbits are often depicted as being circular, b ...
... summary of the commonly used terms and what they mean. The diagram will help you to better understand these descriptions! Orbits In our solar system, the planets orbit the Sun and each planet has moons which are in orbit around them. For simplicity, the orbits are often depicted as being circular, b ...
ASTR101 Unit 14 Assessment Answer Key 1. It is believed that the
... factors and multiplying them is the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy at the present time. 3. The principle argument for the nonexistence of extraterrestrial life is the Fermi paradox. If other technological civilizations exist, they would tend to spread out and colonize the galaxy ...
... factors and multiplying them is the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy at the present time. 3. The principle argument for the nonexistence of extraterrestrial life is the Fermi paradox. If other technological civilizations exist, they would tend to spread out and colonize the galaxy ...
presentation format
... The time it takes for a planet to go around the Sun is related to the size of its orbit; more distant planets take longer to go around. (Period in years)^2 = (semimajoraxis in a.u.)^3 ...
... The time it takes for a planet to go around the Sun is related to the size of its orbit; more distant planets take longer to go around. (Period in years)^2 = (semimajoraxis in a.u.)^3 ...
Presentación de PowerPoint
... It is the biggest planet in the Solar System: it has more matter than all the other planets put together, and its volume is one thousand times the volume of Earth. It has many satellites, and four of them (Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede) were discovered by Galilei in 1610. Its thick atmosphere is ...
... It is the biggest planet in the Solar System: it has more matter than all the other planets put together, and its volume is one thousand times the volume of Earth. It has many satellites, and four of them (Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede) were discovered by Galilei in 1610. Its thick atmosphere is ...
Extra-Solar Planets
... Discovering Extra-Solar Planets • Method 1 – Use the fact that the Sun and Planet corotate around their common centre of gravity. – So the star will be moving around a small ellipse whose size depends on the mass and distance of the planet. – Precise measurements of the doppler shift in the spectra ...
... Discovering Extra-Solar Planets • Method 1 – Use the fact that the Sun and Planet corotate around their common centre of gravity. – So the star will be moving around a small ellipse whose size depends on the mass and distance of the planet. – Precise measurements of the doppler shift in the spectra ...
Solar system - (SKA) South Africa
... and three dwarf planets are the largest bodies in our solar system. ...
... and three dwarf planets are the largest bodies in our solar system. ...
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 ...
13.14 The Eight Planets
... times brighter than the Earth’s. Mercury does not have an atmosphere to help trap the heat it receives from the Sun, so it loses all of its heat at night ...
... times brighter than the Earth’s. Mercury does not have an atmosphere to help trap the heat it receives from the Sun, so it loses all of its heat at night ...
What Makes Up the Solar System?
... Saturn is best known for its rings, which is made of ice, dust, boulders, and frozen gases. Like Jupiter, Saturn has dozens of moons. Jupiter and Saturn are the only planets that can be seen from a telescope. ...
... Saturn is best known for its rings, which is made of ice, dust, boulders, and frozen gases. Like Jupiter, Saturn has dozens of moons. Jupiter and Saturn are the only planets that can be seen from a telescope. ...
Stream: sciences. E THIRD TERM ENGLISH EXAMINATION PART
... orbits the centre of our home galaxy, a spiral disk of 200 billion stars we call the Milky Way. The nearest large galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way but is 4 times as massive and is 2 million light years away. Our galaxy, one of billions of galaxies known, is tr ...
... orbits the centre of our home galaxy, a spiral disk of 200 billion stars we call the Milky Way. The nearest large galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way but is 4 times as massive and is 2 million light years away. Our galaxy, one of billions of galaxies known, is tr ...
5) Earth in space and time. The student understands the solar
... stars out to about 160 light-years from Earth. It easily finds massive planets that are close to stars, but detection of those orbiting at great distances requires many years of observation. One of the main disadvantages of the radial-velocity method is that it can only estimate a planet's minimum m ...
... stars out to about 160 light-years from Earth. It easily finds massive planets that are close to stars, but detection of those orbiting at great distances requires many years of observation. One of the main disadvantages of the radial-velocity method is that it can only estimate a planet's minimum m ...
Planets and Small Objects in the Solar System Worksheet
... 6. Asteroids and meteoroids are chunks of rocks left over from the formation of the early Solar System. Which of the following describes the difference between these? A) Asteroids are round and meteoroids are irregular shaped B) Asteroids are much larger than meteoroids C) Asteroids are located much ...
... 6. Asteroids and meteoroids are chunks of rocks left over from the formation of the early Solar System. Which of the following describes the difference between these? A) Asteroids are round and meteoroids are irregular shaped B) Asteroids are much larger than meteoroids C) Asteroids are located much ...