Constraints on the exosphere of CoRoT-7b*
... Whether or not material from the surface of the planet is released depends not only on the properties of the planet but also those of the star. The host star has an effective temperature T eff = 5250 ± 60 K, a mass of M∗ = 0.91 ± 0.03 M, and a radius of R∗ = 0.82 ± 0.04 R (Bruntt et al. 2010). Altho ...
... Whether or not material from the surface of the planet is released depends not only on the properties of the planet but also those of the star. The host star has an effective temperature T eff = 5250 ± 60 K, a mass of M∗ = 0.91 ± 0.03 M, and a radius of R∗ = 0.82 ± 0.04 R (Bruntt et al. 2010). Altho ...
Solar System Debris
... associates announced the discovery of 2003UB313 as the “tenth planet” • 2003UB313 is just a bit larger than Pluto – How can they know that? ...
... associates announced the discovery of 2003UB313 as the “tenth planet” • 2003UB313 is just a bit larger than Pluto – How can they know that? ...
PLANETESIMALS TO BROWN DWARFS: What is a Planet?
... (in increasing numbers, including many “Plutinos” in the same resonant orbit, and objects increasingly close in size to Pluto), the arguments used against Ceres as a planet resurfaced against Pluto. This past decade also saw the first discoveries of planets outside our Solar System (exoplanets). The ...
... (in increasing numbers, including many “Plutinos” in the same resonant orbit, and objects increasingly close in size to Pluto), the arguments used against Ceres as a planet resurfaced against Pluto. This past decade also saw the first discoveries of planets outside our Solar System (exoplanets). The ...
Article PDF - IOPscience
... planets, although these scenarios have never been quantitatively simulated. In this section we investigate the effects that an eccentric Neptune would have on the formation of the scattered disk. Our numerical experiment is very simple. We have performed a series of 1 Gyr integrations of the evoluti ...
... planets, although these scenarios have never been quantitatively simulated. In this section we investigate the effects that an eccentric Neptune would have on the formation of the scattered disk. Our numerical experiment is very simple. We have performed a series of 1 Gyr integrations of the evoluti ...
Our View of the SS - MMSD Planetarium
... toward the Sun, it’s daytime, and the Sun and the Moon are the only objects which are bright enough for us to see. But when our part of the Earth is facing in a direction where we can’t see the Sun, it’s nighttime, and we can see stars and planets. Only five of the planets are ever visible in the sk ...
... toward the Sun, it’s daytime, and the Sun and the Moon are the only objects which are bright enough for us to see. But when our part of the Earth is facing in a direction where we can’t see the Sun, it’s nighttime, and we can see stars and planets. Only five of the planets are ever visible in the sk ...
Formation of Regular Satellites from Ancient Massive Rings in the
... that is favored for Saturn, or remnants from tidally disrupted comets (23, 25), which is more likely for Uranus and Neptune (23). Uranus’ and Neptune’s large inclinations indicate that giant impacts capable of generating massive rings were common on the ice giants during the formation of the solar s ...
... that is favored for Saturn, or remnants from tidally disrupted comets (23, 25), which is more likely for Uranus and Neptune (23). Uranus’ and Neptune’s large inclinations indicate that giant impacts capable of generating massive rings were common on the ice giants during the formation of the solar s ...
FIT_colloq_2nov2012
... Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its shoulders. Astrophysicist John Grunsfeld – a former NASA astronaut who three shuttle missions to fix the Hubble Space Telescope – s ...
... Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its shoulders. Astrophysicist John Grunsfeld – a former NASA astronaut who three shuttle missions to fix the Hubble Space Telescope – s ...
Pluto
... TNO Divisions – The Kuiper belt, scattered disk, and Oort cloud (discussed later) are names for divisions of TNOs. The scattered disk is a dynamically unstable region overlapping the Kuiper belt, and thought to have formed when KBOs were “scattered” by gravitational interactions with Neptune into hi ...
... TNO Divisions – The Kuiper belt, scattered disk, and Oort cloud (discussed later) are names for divisions of TNOs. The scattered disk is a dynamically unstable region overlapping the Kuiper belt, and thought to have formed when KBOs were “scattered” by gravitational interactions with Neptune into hi ...
with presentation
... Shortage of coverage of science-related material due to science not being included on standardized tests/elementary school classrooms ...
... Shortage of coverage of science-related material due to science not being included on standardized tests/elementary school classrooms ...
Campus: Elementary Author(s): Derden, Edmond, Bryant, Spurgers
... SW complete a teacher created multiple choice worksheet using their notes. Review: Lab safety, and observation and measurement. Day 16 - 20: This final week of our Solar System unit will culminate in a grade level group activity which creates a miniature solar system on the playground. This will req ...
... SW complete a teacher created multiple choice worksheet using their notes. Review: Lab safety, and observation and measurement. Day 16 - 20: This final week of our Solar System unit will culminate in a grade level group activity which creates a miniature solar system on the playground. This will req ...
PTYS/ASTR 206
... • Charon has an orbital period equal to both its rotational period AND Pluto’s orbital period • From one side of Pluto, Charon just sits in the same place in the sky (never sets, never rises)! PTYS/ASTR 206 ...
... • Charon has an orbital period equal to both its rotational period AND Pluto’s orbital period • From one side of Pluto, Charon just sits in the same place in the sky (never sets, never rises)! PTYS/ASTR 206 ...
Jovian Planets
... • Herschel had to observe Uranus long enough to be sure it orbited the Sun – no easy task since Uranus’s orbit is 84 years! – obviously he didn’t watch it for its entire orbit, but he watched it long enough (a year or so) to prove that it was orbiting the Sun ...
... • Herschel had to observe Uranus long enough to be sure it orbited the Sun – no easy task since Uranus’s orbit is 84 years! – obviously he didn’t watch it for its entire orbit, but he watched it long enough (a year or so) to prove that it was orbiting the Sun ...
LETTERS
... the periapse secular resonance with Saturn (which affects eccentricities) and are driven directly onto Earth-crossing orbits. Other particles, referred to as class 2, stay in the asteroid belt, but are dynamically excited by resonant sweeping onto unstable orbits. These objects slowly leak out of th ...
... the periapse secular resonance with Saturn (which affects eccentricities) and are driven directly onto Earth-crossing orbits. Other particles, referred to as class 2, stay in the asteroid belt, but are dynamically excited by resonant sweeping onto unstable orbits. These objects slowly leak out of th ...
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... the periapse secular resonance with Saturn (which affects eccentricities) and are driven directly onto Earth-crossing orbits. Other particles, referred to as class 2, stay in the asteroid belt, but are dynamically excited by resonant sweeping onto unstable orbits. These objects slowly leak out of th ...
... the periapse secular resonance with Saturn (which affects eccentricities) and are driven directly onto Earth-crossing orbits. Other particles, referred to as class 2, stay in the asteroid belt, but are dynamically excited by resonant sweeping onto unstable orbits. These objects slowly leak out of th ...
Monday Mar. 9 - University of Manitoba Physics Department
... 3. Is not a satellite of another body. (Has not cleared its Examples: neighbourhood.) • Pluto • Eris (1.3 * Pluto’s mass) • Ceres (in the asteroid belt) ...
... 3. Is not a satellite of another body. (Has not cleared its Examples: neighbourhood.) • Pluto • Eris (1.3 * Pluto’s mass) • Ceres (in the asteroid belt) ...
PowerPoint Presentation - A Tour of the Solar System
... Appearance: It has a blue-green color from the methane gas above the deeper clouds. Methane absorbs red light and reflects blue light. It does have a small system of rings. General composition: It is a Gas giant, meaning it is mostly made of the gases hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of meth ...
... Appearance: It has a blue-green color from the methane gas above the deeper clouds. Methane absorbs red light and reflects blue light. It does have a small system of rings. General composition: It is a Gas giant, meaning it is mostly made of the gases hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of meth ...
Modeling Planet Distances
... Sun, the larger their orbits. Tell students that just as they scaled down the actual sizes of the planets in Activity 14 to model their relative sizes, they can scale down the actual distances between objects in the Solar System to make a model that shows the planets’ relative distances from the Sun ...
... Sun, the larger their orbits. Tell students that just as they scaled down the actual sizes of the planets in Activity 14 to model their relative sizes, they can scale down the actual distances between objects in the Solar System to make a model that shows the planets’ relative distances from the Sun ...
Saturn
... Difference in temperature and altitude cause patterns and color differences in cloud tops Hexagon clouds at North Pole ...
... Difference in temperature and altitude cause patterns and color differences in cloud tops Hexagon clouds at North Pole ...
Comet - Physics
... • Have a close encounter with Neptune. • This can toss it into an orbit which goes from Neptune to the orbit of the terrestrial planets (like Earth). • Or, it could become a Centaur for awhile. ...
... • Have a close encounter with Neptune. • This can toss it into an orbit which goes from Neptune to the orbit of the terrestrial planets (like Earth). • Or, it could become a Centaur for awhile. ...
3rd GradeBook Notes for A Feast of Words…Earth and BeyondUnit
... atmospheric pressure (AT-mu-sfihr-ik PRE-shur) – the force of the weight of gases in the atmosphere pressing down axis – (AK – siss) – an imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet or other object chemicals (KE-mih-kuhlz) – substances or mixtures of substances comets – large chunks of r ...
... atmospheric pressure (AT-mu-sfihr-ik PRE-shur) – the force of the weight of gases in the atmosphere pressing down axis – (AK – siss) – an imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet or other object chemicals (KE-mih-kuhlz) – substances or mixtures of substances comets – large chunks of r ...
Chapter 12 Asteroids Comets and D arf Asteroids, Comets, and
... • Pluto’s size was overestimated after its discovery in 1930, and nothing of similar size was discovered for several decades • Now other large objects have been discovered in Kuiper Belt, including Eris • The International Astronomical Union (IAU) now classifies Pluto and Eris as dwarf planets • The ...
... • Pluto’s size was overestimated after its discovery in 1930, and nothing of similar size was discovered for several decades • Now other large objects have been discovered in Kuiper Belt, including Eris • The International Astronomical Union (IAU) now classifies Pluto and Eris as dwarf planets • The ...
Solar System: Small Bodies
... Astronomers once thought that the Main Belt was the debris ring left over from a destroyed__________. It’s much more likely that such a planet was, in fact, prevented from ever forming by Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull. In total, the mass of all the asteroids is less than that of Earth's moon. ...
... Astronomers once thought that the Main Belt was the debris ring left over from a destroyed__________. It’s much more likely that such a planet was, in fact, prevented from ever forming by Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull. In total, the mass of all the asteroids is less than that of Earth's moon. ...
CIDER 2012: Deep Time Impacts Tutorial Handout (v4) July 17
... If all the debris is not all re-accreted, then it is possible to enhance the core/mantle mass ratio in the largest bodies by collisional erosion [SL2012]. Collision models have not yet directly addressed the issue of erosion of the crust. This is a work in progress by different groups. It may be pos ...
... If all the debris is not all re-accreted, then it is possible to enhance the core/mantle mass ratio in the largest bodies by collisional erosion [SL2012]. Collision models have not yet directly addressed the issue of erosion of the crust. This is a work in progress by different groups. It may be pos ...
DATA FROM CATALOGUES OF SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS IN
... 2) Kepler’s laws All three Kepler's laws describing the motion of objects around the Sun should be demonstrated with the same application as previous example (Fig. 2), including showing the location of foci and the centre of the ellipse, the perihelion, and the aphelion. The Kepler's first law is pl ...
... 2) Kepler’s laws All three Kepler's laws describing the motion of objects around the Sun should be demonstrated with the same application as previous example (Fig. 2), including showing the location of foci and the centre of the ellipse, the perihelion, and the aphelion. The Kepler's first law is pl ...
Planet PowerPoint - Notes
... The closer the two objects are the more gravitational force they have. Ex: The Moon has as much larger impact on our tides than the Sun does. © KeslerScience.com ...
... The closer the two objects are the more gravitational force they have. Ex: The Moon has as much larger impact on our tides than the Sun does. © KeslerScience.com ...