The Outer Solar System
... planet from the Sun. Saturn is most well-known for the series of beautiful rings that circle it. They are made up of tiny bits of frozen dirt and ice. Like Jupiter, Saturn is made of mostly hydrogen and helium. It is smaller though, at only ninety-five times the size of Earth. Saturn has sixty two m ...
... planet from the Sun. Saturn is most well-known for the series of beautiful rings that circle it. They are made up of tiny bits of frozen dirt and ice. Like Jupiter, Saturn is made of mostly hydrogen and helium. It is smaller though, at only ninety-five times the size of Earth. Saturn has sixty two m ...
Brooke compares and contrasts Saturn and
... Saturn and Neptune can be similar and different. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. They are both gas planets. Saturn has flat rings. Saturn’s seven rings are made of dust and ice. Saturn has more than twenty moons. Saturn is the second largest planet ...
... Saturn and Neptune can be similar and different. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. They are both gas planets. Saturn has flat rings. Saturn’s seven rings are made of dust and ice. Saturn has more than twenty moons. Saturn is the second largest planet ...
The Terrestrial Planets
... water, nitrogen and other gases over a tiny rocky core • Atmosphere is mainly hydrogen, helium and methane • Great Red Spot is gigantic hurricane-like storm • Has rings, but are made up of small, dark particles, not ice like Saturn’s ...
... water, nitrogen and other gases over a tiny rocky core • Atmosphere is mainly hydrogen, helium and methane • Great Red Spot is gigantic hurricane-like storm • Has rings, but are made up of small, dark particles, not ice like Saturn’s ...
Planet Flash Cards
... Farthest out from the sun - coldest planet 1 moon which is more than half the size of Pluto Orbit is so elliptical that it’s path is inside Neptune’s for 20 years It just became last again in 2005. ...
... Farthest out from the sun - coldest planet 1 moon which is more than half the size of Pluto Orbit is so elliptical that it’s path is inside Neptune’s for 20 years It just became last again in 2005. ...
Astronomy Name ______KEY Solar System Objects Quiz Study
... 2. Meteor bright streak of light seen briefly (for seconds) as burns up in atmosphere 3. Meteoroid small piece of rock/metal floating in space 4. Meteorite rock/metal found on Earth that came from space 5. Asteroid large piece of rock/metal floating in space 6. Comet dirty snowball (ice and dust) or ...
... 2. Meteor bright streak of light seen briefly (for seconds) as burns up in atmosphere 3. Meteoroid small piece of rock/metal floating in space 4. Meteorite rock/metal found on Earth that came from space 5. Asteroid large piece of rock/metal floating in space 6. Comet dirty snowball (ice and dust) or ...
Real and Scaled Distances of Dwarf Planets*
... gravity to make them round, and that orbit the Sun (but not another planet), but share their orbits with many similar but smaller objects left over from the formation of the solar system. Most of the rocky debris is in the Asteroid Belt, the home of Ceres. Farther from the Sun is the Kuiper Belt, th ...
... gravity to make them round, and that orbit the Sun (but not another planet), but share their orbits with many similar but smaller objects left over from the formation of the solar system. Most of the rocky debris is in the Asteroid Belt, the home of Ceres. Farther from the Sun is the Kuiper Belt, th ...
The Gas Giant Planets
... Saturn is the first planet known to have rings. The rings exist in a system. These rings are made of pieces of rock and ice. Scientists believe these particles came from shattered comets, asteroids, or moons. The particle sizes range from microscopic to as large as a house. Saturn has thousands of r ...
... Saturn is the first planet known to have rings. The rings exist in a system. These rings are made of pieces of rock and ice. Scientists believe these particles came from shattered comets, asteroids, or moons. The particle sizes range from microscopic to as large as a house. Saturn has thousands of r ...
14.4 The Solar System Outer Planets
... The Gas Giants • The last four outer planets are much larger and more massive than Earth, and they do not have solid surfaces. • For these reasons they are called the “Gas Giants” • They have many moons. • They are also surrounded by a set of rings. ...
... The Gas Giants • The last four outer planets are much larger and more massive than Earth, and they do not have solid surfaces. • For these reasons they are called the “Gas Giants” • They have many moons. • They are also surrounded by a set of rings. ...
Gas Giant Sun-Catcher - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... the planets on the Gas Giant template. Use double-sided tape to attach one square’s clear (non-sticky) side to the planet on the template, and remove the backing from the contact paper. Place the pieces of different colors of tissue paper onto the adhesive side of the contact paper so that the tissu ...
... the planets on the Gas Giant template. Use double-sided tape to attach one square’s clear (non-sticky) side to the planet on the template, and remove the backing from the contact paper. Place the pieces of different colors of tissue paper onto the adhesive side of the contact paper so that the tissu ...
The Outer Planets - Mother Teresa Regional School
... Pluto has a solid surface and is much smaller and denser than the outer planets. Pluto is so far from the sun that it revolves around the sun only once every 248 Earth years. Until recently, Pluto was considered to be the ninth planet in our solar system. It is now considered to be a dwarf planet. I ...
... Pluto has a solid surface and is much smaller and denser than the outer planets. Pluto is so far from the sun that it revolves around the sun only once every 248 Earth years. Until recently, Pluto was considered to be the ninth planet in our solar system. It is now considered to be a dwarf planet. I ...
Science questions 1
... C Name two other dwarf planets. The two other planets are Ceres and Eris, they are both asteroids that orbits the sun three times more than Pluto. ...
... C Name two other dwarf planets. The two other planets are Ceres and Eris, they are both asteroids that orbits the sun three times more than Pluto. ...
The Solar System - Academic Resources at Missouri Western
... Mercury – “The Winged Messenger” Small planet 8th largest Seen as a “morning star” or “evening star” Fig. 15.3 p. 382 Heavily cratered Very very hot 825 degrees F Very very cold -320 degrees F Weak gravitational pull (mass) No atmosphere No natural satellites (moons) ...
... Mercury – “The Winged Messenger” Small planet 8th largest Seen as a “morning star” or “evening star” Fig. 15.3 p. 382 Heavily cratered Very very hot 825 degrees F Very very cold -320 degrees F Weak gravitational pull (mass) No atmosphere No natural satellites (moons) ...
STUDY QUESTIONS #13 THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What
... THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What characteristics about Pluto make it stand out as being very different from the other planets? ...
... THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What characteristics about Pluto make it stand out as being very different from the other planets? ...
The outer planets
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
Bez tytułu slajdu
... Neptun is not the most distant body of the Solar System. The Kuiper belt, predicted in 1951 and remained theory until the 1992 detection of a 150-mile wide body, called 1992QB1 at the distance of the suspected belt. There are more than 800 known trans-Neptunian (or Kuiper Belt Objects, KBOs). It is ...
... Neptun is not the most distant body of the Solar System. The Kuiper belt, predicted in 1951 and remained theory until the 1992 detection of a 150-mile wide body, called 1992QB1 at the distance of the suspected belt. There are more than 800 known trans-Neptunian (or Kuiper Belt Objects, KBOs). It is ...
Media Release
... low-mass inner planets relatively far from the Sun, may be an anomaly compared with most known extrasolar planetary systems, which feature large planets orbiting close to their star. Konstantin Batygin and Greg Laughlin modeled planetary formation in the early Solar System and found that inward migr ...
... low-mass inner planets relatively far from the Sun, may be an anomaly compared with most known extrasolar planetary systems, which feature large planets orbiting close to their star. Konstantin Batygin and Greg Laughlin modeled planetary formation in the early Solar System and found that inward migr ...
Chapter 27
... the Sun is directly proportional to the square of its orbital period. This relationship is also true for moons revolving around a planet. There are eight planets revolving around one star in our solar system. The relative sizes, and orbits (not to scale) are found in your text on page 888. Pluto is ...
... the Sun is directly proportional to the square of its orbital period. This relationship is also true for moons revolving around a planet. There are eight planets revolving around one star in our solar system. The relative sizes, and orbits (not to scale) are found in your text on page 888. Pluto is ...
Astronomy: Week #5 Assignment
... 11. How did we know, even before Voyager, that Saturn’s rings were very thin? 12. How are narrow rings thought to be kept from spreading out? 13. What is strange about the rotation of Uranus? 14. Which of the giant planets are known to have internal heat sources? 15. What fraction of its orbit has N ...
... 11. How did we know, even before Voyager, that Saturn’s rings were very thin? 12. How are narrow rings thought to be kept from spreading out? 13. What is strange about the rotation of Uranus? 14. Which of the giant planets are known to have internal heat sources? 15. What fraction of its orbit has N ...
The Gas Giants
... similar to Uranus, in which the methane gives it its bluish color • Voyager 2 took pictures of the Great Dark Spot, which is similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter • Even though it is the 8th planet, sometimes Pluto crosses its orbit, making it the 9th planet • Has 13 moons, with Triton being the ...
... similar to Uranus, in which the methane gives it its bluish color • Voyager 2 took pictures of the Great Dark Spot, which is similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter • Even though it is the 8th planet, sometimes Pluto crosses its orbit, making it the 9th planet • Has 13 moons, with Triton being the ...
the outer planets - J. Seguin Science
... _Neptune____, and __Pluto___. Four of these planets’ (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) atmospheres consist mainly of the gases _Helium_____ and __Hydrogen___. For this reason, they are called the gas ___Giants__. The gas giants appear to lack _solid_ surfaces, however, as the gases become more ...
... _Neptune____, and __Pluto___. Four of these planets’ (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) atmospheres consist mainly of the gases _Helium_____ and __Hydrogen___. For this reason, they are called the gas ___Giants__. The gas giants appear to lack _solid_ surfaces, however, as the gases become more ...
Science Homework Week 1 Term 4
... Pluto is no longer a planet due to it’s very small mass in comparison to other planets. 4c Two other dwarf planets: Eris and Makemake 5 What does ‘terrestrial planet’ mean? It means a planet that has a surface and geological features similar to the earth’s. 6 Why is there less information about the ...
... Pluto is no longer a planet due to it’s very small mass in comparison to other planets. 4c Two other dwarf planets: Eris and Makemake 5 What does ‘terrestrial planet’ mean? It means a planet that has a surface and geological features similar to the earth’s. 6 Why is there less information about the ...
Classroom Activity
... Sit in a rotating office chair and hold a textbook in each hand with your arms outstretched. Have a friend spin you gently. Once you are spinning steadily bring the textbooks in towards your torso. What do you notice about your rotation speed? Does it increase or decrease? This is conservation of an ...
... Sit in a rotating office chair and hold a textbook in each hand with your arms outstretched. Have a friend spin you gently. Once you are spinning steadily bring the textbooks in towards your torso. What do you notice about your rotation speed? Does it increase or decrease? This is conservation of an ...
Solar System Bodies PPT
... Asteroids: originate in the Asteroid belt (large orbital belt in between Mars and Jupiter) Comets: originate either in the Oort cloud (region that surrounds Solar System-full of frozen material) OR in the Kuiper belt (region just beyond Neptune) ...
... Asteroids: originate in the Asteroid belt (large orbital belt in between Mars and Jupiter) Comets: originate either in the Oort cloud (region that surrounds Solar System-full of frozen material) OR in the Kuiper belt (region just beyond Neptune) ...