Timing of the formation and migration of giant planets as constrained
... migration (Supplementary Materials). Although these models nominally simulate the aftermath of a Grand Tack–like migration, any migration pathway, or any strong excitation mechanism (19), that yields a main asteroid belt of similar mass and dynamical excitement would produce comparable results (Supp ...
... migration (Supplementary Materials). Although these models nominally simulate the aftermath of a Grand Tack–like migration, any migration pathway, or any strong excitation mechanism (19), that yields a main asteroid belt of similar mass and dynamical excitement would produce comparable results (Supp ...
the standing wave is
... the small circle within this satellite-disk is showing the center of mass of the binary system. ...
... the small circle within this satellite-disk is showing the center of mass of the binary system. ...
What Makes A Planet a Planet? A Great Story
... Just then, a comet made of ice approached Pluto. The Comet was doing exactly what comets like to do: testing how close it might fly by a stranger without being captured. PLUTO ...
... Just then, a comet made of ice approached Pluto. The Comet was doing exactly what comets like to do: testing how close it might fly by a stranger without being captured. PLUTO ...
Dwarf Planets
... probably associated with convection currents in the Surface features are old; Miranda is no longer geologically active. mantle, but not with impacts. ...
... probably associated with convection currents in the Surface features are old; Miranda is no longer geologically active. mantle, but not with impacts. ...
Chapter 6
... than 1/50 the diameter of Pluto’s orbit. If we were to view the planets’ orbits from a vantage point in the plane of the ecliptic about 50 A.U. from the Sun, only Pluto’s orbit would be noticeably tilted. Figure 6.6 is a photograph of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn taken durin ...
... than 1/50 the diameter of Pluto’s orbit. If we were to view the planets’ orbits from a vantage point in the plane of the ecliptic about 50 A.U. from the Sun, only Pluto’s orbit would be noticeably tilted. Figure 6.6 is a photograph of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn taken durin ...
Chapter 25: The Solar System Introduction to the Solar System
... In Figure 5, you can see that the orbits of the planets are nearly circular. In fact, the orbits are not quite circular, but are slightly elliptical. The orbit of Pluto is a much longer ellipse. Some astronomers think Pluto was dragged into its current orbit by Neptune. Something else Kepler discove ...
... In Figure 5, you can see that the orbits of the planets are nearly circular. In fact, the orbits are not quite circular, but are slightly elliptical. The orbit of Pluto is a much longer ellipse. Some astronomers think Pluto was dragged into its current orbit by Neptune. Something else Kepler discove ...
Neptune, Pluto and Quaoar
... When it became known that Airy and Challis had let the French and Germans beat them to the discovery, they found themselves at the center of a national scandal. ...
... When it became known that Airy and Challis had let the French and Germans beat them to the discovery, they found themselves at the center of a national scandal. ...
Solar System
... Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas Write a letter with detailed sentences EA: Write detailed summary of story Arrange compositions with organizational patterns Independently write responses to literature Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas Write a persuasive ...
... Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas Write a letter with detailed sentences EA: Write detailed summary of story Arrange compositions with organizational patterns Independently write responses to literature Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas Write a persuasive ...
New Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Super
... The main parameters identified by TS2014 for the distant outer planet were a mass between 2 and 15 Earth masses with a distance beyond 200 AU, with a highly inclined 1500 AU orbit being possible. TS2014 suggested that a more comprehensive, wider orbital parameter analysis would put tighter constrain ...
... The main parameters identified by TS2014 for the distant outer planet were a mass between 2 and 15 Earth masses with a distance beyond 200 AU, with a highly inclined 1500 AU orbit being possible. TS2014 suggested that a more comprehensive, wider orbital parameter analysis would put tighter constrain ...
07_Testbank
... 2. Orbital direction is the same direction as the Sun's spin. 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer conside ...
... 2. Orbital direction is the same direction as the Sun's spin. 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer conside ...
Comets do not orbit forever.
... D. Orbital Periods: Comets have orbital periods ranging from a _few_ years to _hundreds of thousands_ of years. Some comets pass through the inner Solar System only once before being thrown out into interstellar space. 1. Short-period comets originate in the _Kuiper Belt_, a disk of small rocky, ic ...
... D. Orbital Periods: Comets have orbital periods ranging from a _few_ years to _hundreds of thousands_ of years. Some comets pass through the inner Solar System only once before being thrown out into interstellar space. 1. Short-period comets originate in the _Kuiper Belt_, a disk of small rocky, ic ...
Our Planetary System 7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) How does
... C) the moons that orbit their planet "backward" compared to their planet's rotation, such as Neptune's moon Triton D) the moons orbiting Uranus, which was once named "planet Galileo" Answer: A 14) Which of the following statements about Pluto is not true? A) It has more in common with comets in the ...
... C) the moons that orbit their planet "backward" compared to their planet's rotation, such as Neptune's moon Triton D) the moons orbiting Uranus, which was once named "planet Galileo" Answer: A 14) Which of the following statements about Pluto is not true? A) It has more in common with comets in the ...
Neptune - Super Teacher Worksheets
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun and the one that’s the farthest away. (Pluto is even farther, but it doesn’t count since most astronomers no longer consider it a planet.) Neptune is a cold, dark place that’s the smallest of the gas giants. It was named after the Roman god of water and the ...
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun and the one that’s the farthest away. (Pluto is even farther, but it doesn’t count since most astronomers no longer consider it a planet.) Neptune is a cold, dark place that’s the smallest of the gas giants. It was named after the Roman god of water and the ...
90733 Internal v2 3.7 D1 Kuiper Belt Objects 2006
... Halley’s comet. These are called the Jupiter family of comets and they all travel around the Sun in the same direction as the planets, and lie near the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Several interesting large KBOs have recently been discovered. They are found by photographs being taken o ...
... Halley’s comet. These are called the Jupiter family of comets and they all travel around the Sun in the same direction as the planets, and lie near the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Several interesting large KBOs have recently been discovered. They are found by photographs being taken o ...
planet migration in planetesimal disks
... al. 1998) that can lead to a short, but violent period of orbital evolution during which the planetary eccentricities are increased to large values (Rasio and Ford, 1996). If the instability can be damped by some process (like dynamical friction with a disk), the planets can once again evolve onto n ...
... al. 1998) that can lead to a short, but violent period of orbital evolution during which the planetary eccentricities are increased to large values (Rasio and Ford, 1996). If the instability can be damped by some process (like dynamical friction with a disk), the planets can once again evolve onto n ...
Pluto Reading
... atmospheric pressure is probably very low. The atmosphere forms when Pluto is closest to the Sun and the frozen methane is vaporized by the solar heat. When it is farther from the Sun, the methane freezes again. From Pluto, the sky would appear black, even when the Sun (the size of a star) is up. PL ...
... atmospheric pressure is probably very low. The atmosphere forms when Pluto is closest to the Sun and the frozen methane is vaporized by the solar heat. When it is farther from the Sun, the methane freezes again. From Pluto, the sky would appear black, even when the Sun (the size of a star) is up. PL ...
Survey of Solar Systems
... and their satellites. Some are baren balls of rock; others are mostly ice. Some have thin, frigid atmospheres so cold that ordinary gases crystallize as snow on their cratered surfaces; others have thick atmospheres that constistency of molten lava and no solid surface at all. All the planets circle ...
... and their satellites. Some are baren balls of rock; others are mostly ice. Some have thin, frigid atmospheres so cold that ordinary gases crystallize as snow on their cratered surfaces; others have thick atmospheres that constistency of molten lava and no solid surface at all. All the planets circle ...
Formation of the Kuiper Belt by Long Time
... region between 28–36 AU is nearly unoccupied; (2) The population is highly concentrated in two MMRs with Neptune – the 3:2 and 2:1 resonances, located near 39.4 and 47.7 AU, respectively; other resonances, such as the 4:3 (36.4 AU) and 5:3 (42.3 AU) resonances, also contain a few objects; (3) As β i ...
... region between 28–36 AU is nearly unoccupied; (2) The population is highly concentrated in two MMRs with Neptune – the 3:2 and 2:1 resonances, located near 39.4 and 47.7 AU, respectively; other resonances, such as the 4:3 (36.4 AU) and 5:3 (42.3 AU) resonances, also contain a few objects; (3) As β i ...
Dwarf Planets
... but probably active past Long fault across the surface Dirty water may have flooded floors of some craters ...
... but probably active past Long fault across the surface Dirty water may have flooded floors of some craters ...
Chapter 24: Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf - Otto
... but probably active past Long fault across the surface Dirty water may have flooded floors of some craters ...
... but probably active past Long fault across the surface Dirty water may have flooded floors of some craters ...
30 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
... equator to poleward heat flow could have been sustained (Barron 1983). Nevertheless, it is probable that the area of habitability is smaller on a fast-rotating planet than it is on a slow-spinning one. Secondly, we have the issue that pertains to the effect of tides on ocean mixing. It is well known ...
... equator to poleward heat flow could have been sustained (Barron 1983). Nevertheless, it is probable that the area of habitability is smaller on a fast-rotating planet than it is on a slow-spinning one. Secondly, we have the issue that pertains to the effect of tides on ocean mixing. It is well known ...
radioactive age dating
... the solar system’s age • Each type of radioactive nucleus decays at its own characteristic rate, called its half-life, which can be measured in the laboratory • This is the key to a technique called radioactive age dating, which is used to determine the ages of rocks • The oldest rocks found anywher ...
... the solar system’s age • Each type of radioactive nucleus decays at its own characteristic rate, called its half-life, which can be measured in the laboratory • This is the key to a technique called radioactive age dating, which is used to determine the ages of rocks • The oldest rocks found anywher ...
An Earth-sized planet with an Earth-like density
... Recent analyses1–4 of data from the NASA Kepler spacecraft5 have established that planets with radii within 25 per cent of the Earth’s (R›) are commonplace throughout the Galaxy, orbiting at least 16.5 per cent of Sun-like stars1. Because these studies were sensitive to the sizes of the planets but ...
... Recent analyses1–4 of data from the NASA Kepler spacecraft5 have established that planets with radii within 25 per cent of the Earth’s (R›) are commonplace throughout the Galaxy, orbiting at least 16.5 per cent of Sun-like stars1. Because these studies were sensitive to the sizes of the planets but ...
THE COMPLETE COSMOS Chapter 10: Realm of the Comets
... Kuiper Belt objects are primitive, icy remnants from the early phase of Solar System formation. The belt is probably the source of most short-period comets - that is, those with orbital periods of up to 200 years. The first Kuiper Belt object was identified in 1992. Since then many more have been d ...
... Kuiper Belt objects are primitive, icy remnants from the early phase of Solar System formation. The belt is probably the source of most short-period comets - that is, those with orbital periods of up to 200 years. The first Kuiper Belt object was identified in 1992. Since then many more have been d ...
Phase light curves for extrasolar Jupiter and Saturn
... We predict how a remote observer would see the brightness variations of giant planets similar to those in our Solar System as they orbit their central stars. We model the geometry of Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn’s rings for varying orbital and viewing parameters. Broadband scattering properties for th ...
... We predict how a remote observer would see the brightness variations of giant planets similar to those in our Solar System as they orbit their central stars. We model the geometry of Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn’s rings for varying orbital and viewing parameters. Broadband scattering properties for th ...