Scale Model of Solar System - Teaching Commons Guide for
... pull. Sometimes, comets come so close to the Sun, they just crash into it, instead of swinging around it. Well, they don’t really “crash,” because all the ice has evaporated long before they actually hit the Sun. Nearby planets, especially the larger planets like Jupiter and Saturn, can disturb come ...
... pull. Sometimes, comets come so close to the Sun, they just crash into it, instead of swinging around it. Well, they don’t really “crash,” because all the ice has evaporated long before they actually hit the Sun. Nearby planets, especially the larger planets like Jupiter and Saturn, can disturb come ...
How to Use This Presentation
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third-largest planet in the solar system. The orbital period of Uranus is almost 84 years. • Discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781, Uranus is a difficult planet to study because it is nearly 3 billion kilometers from the sun. • The Hubble Spac ...
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third-largest planet in the solar system. The orbital period of Uranus is almost 84 years. • Discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781, Uranus is a difficult planet to study because it is nearly 3 billion kilometers from the sun. • The Hubble Spac ...
New Horizons - Montgomery College
... Other Kuiper Belt Objects • Most have been discovered very recently so little is known about them. • NASA’s New Horizons mission will study Pluto and a few other Kuiper Belt object in a planned flyby. ...
... Other Kuiper Belt Objects • Most have been discovered very recently so little is known about them. • NASA’s New Horizons mission will study Pluto and a few other Kuiper Belt object in a planned flyby. ...
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... It is believed that Saturn’s rings will one day disappear. They will either disperse (spread out) into space or get sucked into the planet by its pull of gravity. This isn't likely to happen anytime soon, more than likely occurring in ten of millions of years time. Saturn is twice as far away from t ...
... It is believed that Saturn’s rings will one day disappear. They will either disperse (spread out) into space or get sucked into the planet by its pull of gravity. This isn't likely to happen anytime soon, more than likely occurring in ten of millions of years time. Saturn is twice as far away from t ...
07_Jovian planets
... impacts on Jupiter is thought to be between 2000 and 8000 times higher than the rate on Earth.[40] If Jupiter were not present, the probability of asteroid impacts with the Solar System's inner planets would be much greater. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... impacts on Jupiter is thought to be between 2000 and 8000 times higher than the rate on Earth.[40] If Jupiter were not present, the probability of asteroid impacts with the Solar System's inner planets would be much greater. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
the probabilities of collisions
... Myr, and it moved on Inner-Earth, Aten, Apollo, and Amor orbits during 2.5, 2.2, 44.9, and 80.8 Myr, respectively. At t=6.5 Myr this object got an orbit with e=0.03 and a=1.3 AU, and then until 370 Myr the eccentricity was less than 0.4 and often was even less than 0.2. The probability of a collisio ...
... Myr, and it moved on Inner-Earth, Aten, Apollo, and Amor orbits during 2.5, 2.2, 44.9, and 80.8 Myr, respectively. At t=6.5 Myr this object got an orbit with e=0.03 and a=1.3 AU, and then until 370 Myr the eccentricity was less than 0.4 and often was even less than 0.2. The probability of a collisio ...
Planetary Atmospheres - Jupiter and the Outer Planets
... The planets and satellites in the outer solar system exhibit a diverse range of atmospheres. The giant planets F Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune F are fluid objects whose atmospheres have compositions similar to that of the solar nebula from which our solar system formed. They are dynamically ac ...
... The planets and satellites in the outer solar system exhibit a diverse range of atmospheres. The giant planets F Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune F are fluid objects whose atmospheres have compositions similar to that of the solar nebula from which our solar system formed. They are dynamically ac ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
... tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
Module 17 Asteroids - Kapitolyo High School
... Most comets are thought to originate from a huge cloud called the Oort Cloud, which is too far away for astronomers to see. What is Halley’s comet? Halley’s comet is an example of short-period comet, with an orbital period of less than 200 years. Halley’s comet makes an appearance once every 76 year ...
... Most comets are thought to originate from a huge cloud called the Oort Cloud, which is too far away for astronomers to see. What is Halley’s comet? Halley’s comet is an example of short-period comet, with an orbital period of less than 200 years. Halley’s comet makes an appearance once every 76 year ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
Chapter 9 Lecture Notes
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
Jupiter`s and Saturn`s Moons
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
... surface indicative of tectonic activity • The energy for this activity may have been provided by tidal heating that occurred when Triton was captured by Neptune’s gravity into a retrograde orbit ...
Asteroids: Introduction
... large rocky asteroid about 65 million years ago that may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. This asteroid is estimated to have been over 6 miles in diameter and created a 100 mile diameter crater near the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. An impact of this size could have caused “mega-tsunamis” ...
... large rocky asteroid about 65 million years ago that may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. This asteroid is estimated to have been over 6 miles in diameter and created a 100 mile diameter crater near the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. An impact of this size could have caused “mega-tsunamis” ...
Symplectic map description of Halley’s comet dynamics
... planet contributions of the SS kick function. According to (4) each contribution Fi (x) is proportional to µi the ratio between the ith planet mass and the total SS mass which explains the different kick function magnitude observed in Fig. 3. As Venus, Earth and Mars have semi axis of the order of H ...
... planet contributions of the SS kick function. According to (4) each contribution Fi (x) is proportional to µi the ratio between the ith planet mass and the total SS mass which explains the different kick function magnitude observed in Fig. 3. As Venus, Earth and Mars have semi axis of the order of H ...
An Argument for the Cometary Origin of the Biosphere
... Yet even this radial mixing of components could not have contributed volatiles to the protoearth. As we’ve seen, materials from a distance of 2.6 AU, cooked to 450 kelvins, were devoid of water and gas, much as are ordinary chondrites. We must, however, account for the final 17 percent of the Earth’ ...
... Yet even this radial mixing of components could not have contributed volatiles to the protoearth. As we’ve seen, materials from a distance of 2.6 AU, cooked to 450 kelvins, were devoid of water and gas, much as are ordinary chondrites. We must, however, account for the final 17 percent of the Earth’ ...
Astronews - Hawaiian Astronomical Society
... will have a sign up page at the next general membership meeting, as we need to have a working list to give to the event coordinator. Please sign up, come, have fun and help us in our outreach to the community of O`ahu. Laptop Purchase – H.A.S. is considering purchasing a laptop for use at the Bishop ...
... will have a sign up page at the next general membership meeting, as we need to have a working list to give to the event coordinator. Please sign up, come, have fun and help us in our outreach to the community of O`ahu. Laptop Purchase – H.A.S. is considering purchasing a laptop for use at the Bishop ...
DTU_9e_ch08 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... (Right) This is a full-scale image of Uranus and its inner and outer rings. (Center) This image of Uranus, its rings, and eight of its moons was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Left) This close-up of part of the ring system was taken by Voyager 2 when the spacecraft was in Uranus’s shadow look ...
... (Right) This is a full-scale image of Uranus and its inner and outer rings. (Center) This image of Uranus, its rings, and eight of its moons was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Left) This close-up of part of the ring system was taken by Voyager 2 when the spacecraft was in Uranus’s shadow look ...
Asteroids, Comets, and Pluto: The Small Pieces
... students put Two Heads Together. This active learning strategy allows students to pair up and teach one another what they know, and provides the opportunity to add to their own Venn Diagram. This can be done again by putting Four Heads Together and so on. To practice the concept of the purpose of th ...
... students put Two Heads Together. This active learning strategy allows students to pair up and teach one another what they know, and provides the opportunity to add to their own Venn Diagram. This can be done again by putting Four Heads Together and so on. To practice the concept of the purpose of th ...
Lesson Plan D2 Comets and Meteors
... New comets are completely unpredictable. Every once in a while something happens to nudge a comet out of it’s place in the Oort cloud and it begins its long, slow fall inward toward the Sun. A comet can approach the inner solar system at any time and from any direction. ...
... New comets are completely unpredictable. Every once in a while something happens to nudge a comet out of it’s place in the Oort cloud and it begins its long, slow fall inward toward the Sun. A comet can approach the inner solar system at any time and from any direction. ...
The effect of planetary aberration examined for Jupiter occultation by
... Earth and the observed planet. More precisely: the aberration depends on the velocity/direction of the medium near the observed planet. If the aberration would depend on the velocity/direction of the observed planet, then Ganymedes (having a significant velocity relative to Jupiter) would need to be ...
... Earth and the observed planet. More precisely: the aberration depends on the velocity/direction of the medium near the observed planet. If the aberration would depend on the velocity/direction of the observed planet, then Ganymedes (having a significant velocity relative to Jupiter) would need to be ...
Gas Giant Planets
... survive this long in a strong gravity field. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with the gas giants’ moons. ...
... survive this long in a strong gravity field. • There must be a continuous replacement of tiny particles. • The most likely source is impacts with the gas giants’ moons. ...
4 Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids
... More than 1,000 asteroids have orbits that sometimes bring the asteroids very close to Earth’s orbit. Thus, scientists call them near-Earth asteroids. Near-Earth asteroids make up only a very small percentage of the total number of asteroids. However, these asteroids could cause a great deal of dama ...
... More than 1,000 asteroids have orbits that sometimes bring the asteroids very close to Earth’s orbit. Thus, scientists call them near-Earth asteroids. Near-Earth asteroids make up only a very small percentage of the total number of asteroids. However, these asteroids could cause a great deal of dama ...
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... Saturn is the second largest planet and the sixth from the sun. Saturn is made of materials that are lighter than water. If you could fit Saturn in a lake, it would ...
... Saturn is the second largest planet and the sixth from the sun. Saturn is made of materials that are lighter than water. If you could fit Saturn in a lake, it would ...
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. This generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media, and the comet was closely observed by astronomers worldwide. The collision provided new information about Jupiter and highlighted its role in reducing space debris in the inner Solar System.The comet was discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy. Shoemaker–Levy 9, at the time captured by and orbiting Jupiter, was located on the night of March 24, 1993, in a photograph taken with the 40 cm (16 in) Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was the first comet observed to be orbiting a planet, and had probably been captured by the planet around 20 – 30 years earlier.Calculations showed that its unusual fragmented form was due to a previous closer approach to Jupiter in July 1992. At that time, the orbit of Shoemaker–Levy 9 passed within Jupiter's Roche limit, and Jupiter's tidal forces had acted to pull apart the comet. The comet was later observed as a series of fragments ranging up to 2 km (1.2 mi) in diameter. These fragments collided with Jupiter's southern hemisphere between July 16 and July 22, 1994, at a speed of approximately 60 km/s (37 mi/s) or 216,000 km/h (134,000 mph). The prominent scars from the impacts were more easily visible than the Great Red Spot and persisted for many months.