Lecture18
... •C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System •D) Come orbits are highly elliptical and at random inclinations to the ecliptic plane, whereas asteroids have circular orbits in the ecliptic plane ...
... •C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System •D) Come orbits are highly elliptical and at random inclinations to the ecliptic plane, whereas asteroids have circular orbits in the ecliptic plane ...
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Overview of the Planets February 4 − Overview: The nine planets [6.1]
... material that you missed. ...
... material that you missed. ...
Ch 27 Study Guide
... c. salt particles fell from the atmosphere into the oceans. d. floods carried salty soil to the deltas and then into the oceans. ____ 25. The two inner planets most alike in size, mass, and density are a. Mercury and Venus. c. Venus and Earth. b. Earth and Mars. d. Mars and Mercury. ____ 26. Kepler’ ...
... c. salt particles fell from the atmosphere into the oceans. d. floods carried salty soil to the deltas and then into the oceans. ____ 25. The two inner planets most alike in size, mass, and density are a. Mercury and Venus. c. Venus and Earth. b. Earth and Mars. d. Mars and Mercury. ____ 26. Kepler’ ...
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... Models suggest a period of early, intense heating due to short-lived radioactive isotopes Continued heating due to long-lived isotopes and tidal forces ...
... Models suggest a period of early, intense heating due to short-lived radioactive isotopes Continued heating due to long-lived isotopes and tidal forces ...
1. Which of the following statements does not describe Jupiter? A. It
... B. It has volcanoes. C. It has a very large magnetic field. D. It is the only satellite with rings around it. 7. The rings of Saturn are probably made of A. hot gas bound to the planet by gravity and inside Roche's limit. B. chunks of rock many miles in diameter captured from the asteroid belt. ...
... B. It has volcanoes. C. It has a very large magnetic field. D. It is the only satellite with rings around it. 7. The rings of Saturn are probably made of A. hot gas bound to the planet by gravity and inside Roche's limit. B. chunks of rock many miles in diameter captured from the asteroid belt. ...
Ch. 3 Sec. 4 Notes
... -Referred to as gas giants -Pluto is a "gas dwarf" *The gas giants are composed of mainly hydrogen and helium *Due to their large size, their gravity is much stronger and can hold in all the gas -Provides a thick atmosphere *Even though they are called gas giants, all the gas is mainly in liquid for ...
... -Referred to as gas giants -Pluto is a "gas dwarf" *The gas giants are composed of mainly hydrogen and helium *Due to their large size, their gravity is much stronger and can hold in all the gas -Provides a thick atmosphere *Even though they are called gas giants, all the gas is mainly in liquid for ...
A201 – Solutions #5
... no more than 150 words. (a) How do we explain the observation that Jovian planets have many more moons than Terrestrial planets? Solution: Jovian planets have many more moons than terrestrial planets because they are more massive. Jovian planets create many moons “in-situ" by accreting a disk of pla ...
... no more than 150 words. (a) How do we explain the observation that Jovian planets have many more moons than Terrestrial planets? Solution: Jovian planets have many more moons than terrestrial planets because they are more massive. Jovian planets create many moons “in-situ" by accreting a disk of pla ...
Ch. 23: “Touring Our Solar System”
... The centrifugal force of this rotation flattens it out into a rotating disk with a protostar at the center. The nebula is hot because of gravitational energy released by the collapse, and when the protostar ignites at the centre it produces more heat. So there is a strong temperature gradient across ...
... The centrifugal force of this rotation flattens it out into a rotating disk with a protostar at the center. The nebula is hot because of gravitational energy released by the collapse, and when the protostar ignites at the centre it produces more heat. So there is a strong temperature gradient across ...
Midterm 2 Wednesday (Feb 29)
... Gravitational resonances important for shaping details of rings ...
... Gravitational resonances important for shaping details of rings ...
Pluto - Classroom Enrichment
... in the solar system that are about the same small size as Pluto. They are Ceres [SEARees], Makemake (MAH-kee-MAH-kee], and Eris (AIR-iss]. These objects, along with Pluto, are much smaller than the “other” planets. Ceres orbits in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Makemake, like Pluto, is ...
... in the solar system that are about the same small size as Pluto. They are Ceres [SEARees], Makemake (MAH-kee-MAH-kee], and Eris (AIR-iss]. These objects, along with Pluto, are much smaller than the “other” planets. Ceres orbits in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Makemake, like Pluto, is ...
Name: Notes – #30 Jupiter and Its Amazing Moons 1. Jupiter is
... 3. Jupiter is ______ times more massive than all of the other planets put together. 4. Jupiter rotates about its axis in ________ hours. 5. Jupiter consists mostly of ________________ and _________________. 6. True or False: Jupiter has a strong magnetic field. 7. The outer planets retained so much ...
... 3. Jupiter is ______ times more massive than all of the other planets put together. 4. Jupiter rotates about its axis in ________ hours. 5. Jupiter consists mostly of ________________ and _________________. 6. True or False: Jupiter has a strong magnetic field. 7. The outer planets retained so much ...
AST 105 HW #10 Solution
... also very cold (well below the freezing point of water) and contains no oxygen. It also has dense methane clouds, which may create methane, or ethane rain, which could fall onto the surface. The Huygens probe has shown us that Titan appears to have valleys carved by rain, a sort of dirt on the surfa ...
... also very cold (well below the freezing point of water) and contains no oxygen. It also has dense methane clouds, which may create methane, or ethane rain, which could fall onto the surface. The Huygens probe has shown us that Titan appears to have valleys carved by rain, a sort of dirt on the surfa ...
Facilitator Information - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... liquid). Unlike rocky planets, gas giants do not have a well-defined surface. There are four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are also known as the Jovian planets. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system; about 1000 Earths could fit inside ...
... liquid). Unlike rocky planets, gas giants do not have a well-defined surface. There are four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These are also known as the Jovian planets. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system; about 1000 Earths could fit inside ...
The Jovian Planets
... Announcements • Tests will be graded by Wednesday • Due to server problems, you may turn in Homework 6 as late as Wednesday. • Pick up Homework 7 (due Monday) • First project due Friday (5:00 p.m.)! ...
... Announcements • Tests will be graded by Wednesday • Due to server problems, you may turn in Homework 6 as late as Wednesday. • Pick up Homework 7 (due Monday) • First project due Friday (5:00 p.m.)! ...
A Look at Our Solar System: The Sun, the planets and more
... Uranus and Neptune Uranus discovered by William Hershel in 1781. Deviations of the Uranus’ orbit from the simple elliptical orbit lead to the discovery of Neptune. John Adams (1845) and Urbain Leverrier (1846) determined the mass and the orbit of the new planet. Johanne Galle found the new planet w ...
... Uranus and Neptune Uranus discovered by William Hershel in 1781. Deviations of the Uranus’ orbit from the simple elliptical orbit lead to the discovery of Neptune. John Adams (1845) and Urbain Leverrier (1846) determined the mass and the orbit of the new planet. Johanne Galle found the new planet w ...
Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System
... Terrestrial planets are made mostly of heavy elements, such as iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, nickel and sulfur. Light elements (H and He) escape from the terrestrial planets, because of their high speed at high temperature (>250 K, or > -23°C) Jovian planets are composed mainly of light elements ...
... Terrestrial planets are made mostly of heavy elements, such as iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, nickel and sulfur. Light elements (H and He) escape from the terrestrial planets, because of their high speed at high temperature (>250 K, or > -23°C) Jovian planets are composed mainly of light elements ...
Planets of the Solar System Quiz Answer Key
... 4) Place the following planets in order from farthest to closest to the Sun: Earth, Saturn, Venus, Neptune. Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Venus 5) At times, Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. a) true ...
... 4) Place the following planets in order from farthest to closest to the Sun: Earth, Saturn, Venus, Neptune. Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Venus 5) At times, Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. a) true ...
Solar_Systems_Test_Face
... Uranus has no axial tilt. Seasons are caused by a tilt in the Earth’s axis. Saturn is the largest planet in the solar system. Venus’s surface is hotter than Mercury’s, despite being twice as far from the Sun. Uranus has a moon named Titan. Apollo 11 landed on Mars. Jupiter rotates faster than any ot ...
... Uranus has no axial tilt. Seasons are caused by a tilt in the Earth’s axis. Saturn is the largest planet in the solar system. Venus’s surface is hotter than Mercury’s, despite being twice as far from the Sun. Uranus has a moon named Titan. Apollo 11 landed on Mars. Jupiter rotates faster than any ot ...
Remnants of Rock and Ice (Chapter 12) Asteroids (small rocky
... asteroids would only form an object 2000 km in diameter if combined together. The few largest asteroids may be spherical and differentiated into a mantle and a core, but most are rugged, undifferentiated lumps. Most asteroids orbit in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Orbital resonances wi ...
... asteroids would only form an object 2000 km in diameter if combined together. The few largest asteroids may be spherical and differentiated into a mantle and a core, but most are rugged, undifferentiated lumps. Most asteroids orbit in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Orbital resonances wi ...
Asteroids February 23 − Why is the solar system spinning & disk shaped?
... • The Sun became a star • Solar wind = high velocity particles streaming outwards from Sun. • Blew away the remaining H, He gas. • Left just protoplanets + remaining planetesimals to finish up their interactions. • Timescale to this point: only ~ 10 million years. ...
... • The Sun became a star • Solar wind = high velocity particles streaming outwards from Sun. • Blew away the remaining H, He gas. • Left just protoplanets + remaining planetesimals to finish up their interactions. • Timescale to this point: only ~ 10 million years. ...
Solar System Presentation
... • The four outer planets or gas giants together make up 99% of the mass known to orbit the Sun. ...
... • The four outer planets or gas giants together make up 99% of the mass known to orbit the Sun. ...
Midterm 2 – Wed. March 2 SIT IN YOUR ASSIGNED ROW! YOUR
... Ganymede – ice, but geologically active. Europa – rock, but covered by ice pack over liquid water. ...
... Ganymede – ice, but geologically active. Europa – rock, but covered by ice pack over liquid water. ...
ASTRO 102/104 Practice Exam #3
... A) Jupiter absorbs the same amount of energy from the sun at all latitudes. B) Jupiters many moons reflect additional energy to the poles. C) The surface temperature on Jupiter is determined more by internal heat than by solar radiation. D) The strong magnic field ensure that there temerpature at th ...
... A) Jupiter absorbs the same amount of energy from the sun at all latitudes. B) Jupiters many moons reflect additional energy to the poles. C) The surface temperature on Jupiter is determined more by internal heat than by solar radiation. D) The strong magnic field ensure that there temerpature at th ...