Events: - Temecula Valley Astronomers
... When Neptune’s corrected mass was entered into the equations, the deviations vanished. There are no additional massive planets beyond Neptune. There is no “Planet X.” We still have to answer the question of Pluto’s status. Is Pluto a planet or not? In the early 2000s Caltech’s Mike Brown discovered ...
... When Neptune’s corrected mass was entered into the equations, the deviations vanished. There are no additional massive planets beyond Neptune. There is no “Planet X.” We still have to answer the question of Pluto’s status. Is Pluto a planet or not? In the early 2000s Caltech’s Mike Brown discovered ...
Lecture - Faculty
... • Discovered in 1978 by J. Christy • Has an icy surface of frozen N and tenuous CH4 atmosphere • Orbital plane is nearly perpendicular to ecliptic • In synchronous orbit with Pluto (and vice versa) • Ratio of masses: MC/MP=0.13 • Ratio of sizes: RC/RP=0.51 • As seen from Pluto, Charon subtends an an ...
... • Discovered in 1978 by J. Christy • Has an icy surface of frozen N and tenuous CH4 atmosphere • Orbital plane is nearly perpendicular to ecliptic • In synchronous orbit with Pluto (and vice versa) • Ratio of masses: MC/MP=0.13 • Ratio of sizes: RC/RP=0.51 • As seen from Pluto, Charon subtends an an ...
What is the Nice model? - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... planetesimal disk mass a factor of 2 to 4 smaller than in the Nice 2 model (Nesvorný and Morbidelli 2013). If we combine this with the factor of 3 to 6 given above, the impact rate on giant planet satellites during the Late Heavy Bombardment appears to be about an order of magnitude smaller than ass ...
... planetesimal disk mass a factor of 2 to 4 smaller than in the Nice 2 model (Nesvorný and Morbidelli 2013). If we combine this with the factor of 3 to 6 given above, the impact rate on giant planet satellites during the Late Heavy Bombardment appears to be about an order of magnitude smaller than ass ...
Chapter 12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets What are
... cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
... cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
1. Differential Rotation
... 2. Which two elements make up most of Saturn? How does this compare to Jupiter? • Hydrogen and Helium, same as Jupiter. ...
... 2. Which two elements make up most of Saturn? How does this compare to Jupiter? • Hydrogen and Helium, same as Jupiter. ...
Physics 111 Exam 2 Fall 2016 Multiple Choice. Choose the one
... A) It consists of objects that fragmented from the protosun during a catastrophic collision early in the formation of the solar system. B) It is material left over from the interstellar cloud that never contracted with the rest of the gases to form the solar nebula. C) It is made of planetesimals be ...
... A) It consists of objects that fragmented from the protosun during a catastrophic collision early in the formation of the solar system. B) It is material left over from the interstellar cloud that never contracted with the rest of the gases to form the solar nebula. C) It is made of planetesimals be ...
Newbury HumanOrrery TPT
... Once the orrery is built, we have all the students stand between Mars and Jupiter (where they pretend to be asteroids). We ask for volunteers to play each planet, hand them a meter stick with a picture of the planet, and send them to planet marker 1 on their respective orbits. Once all the planets a ...
... Once the orrery is built, we have all the students stand between Mars and Jupiter (where they pretend to be asteroids). We ask for volunteers to play each planet, hand them a meter stick with a picture of the planet, and send them to planet marker 1 on their respective orbits. Once all the planets a ...
Arguments for the presence of a distant large undiscovered Solar
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
Arguments for the presence of a distant large
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
Arguments for the presence of a distant large undiscovered Solar
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
... necessarily be subjective, as there is no way of distinguishing such comets. The scenario that the alignment is due to a recent single approach of a perturber on a hyperbolic orbit, such as a passing star, is not possible, because the cluster in Fig. 2 extends to nearly 2708. If we reject comet 1993 ...
Beyond Mnemonics: Pluto and the Nature of Science
... formation zones toward Jupiter, which would then scatter them in all directions, but most often away from the Sun. During this process small objects that never came together to form a larger planet were cleared out from inner edge of the Kuiper Belt. A few of the larger members of this group remaine ...
... formation zones toward Jupiter, which would then scatter them in all directions, but most often away from the Sun. During this process small objects that never came together to form a larger planet were cleared out from inner edge of the Kuiper Belt. A few of the larger members of this group remaine ...
Rapid planet formation
... planets. Some extrasolar planets have been discovered that have masses comparable to Saturn and smaller,7 not to mention Uranus and Neptune in our own solar system. Such small gas-giant planets would need even more of the outer layers of gas to be driven off by the radiation of the proposed nearby s ...
... planets. Some extrasolar planets have been discovered that have masses comparable to Saturn and smaller,7 not to mention Uranus and Neptune in our own solar system. Such small gas-giant planets would need even more of the outer layers of gas to be driven off by the radiation of the proposed nearby s ...
Giant collision - The Jupiter in the recent past A Paramashivam
... The ancient Indian astronomical text Surya-siddhanta dates back thousands of years which means the predictions were made thousands of years ago. It may be possible that Jupiter's diameter was 41624 miles when it was calculated in ancient times and possibly increased after some time. Two readings tak ...
... The ancient Indian astronomical text Surya-siddhanta dates back thousands of years which means the predictions were made thousands of years ago. It may be possible that Jupiter's diameter was 41624 miles when it was calculated in ancient times and possibly increased after some time. Two readings tak ...
Ch 12 slides - UNLV Physics
... By far the smallest planet. Not a gas giant like other outer planets. Has an icy composition like a comet. Has a very elliptical, inclined orbit. Pluto has more in common with comets than with the eight major planets ...
... By far the smallest planet. Not a gas giant like other outer planets. Has an icy composition like a comet. Has a very elliptical, inclined orbit. Pluto has more in common with comets than with the eight major planets ...
original talk (9 Mbyte) - The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
... According to ‘First Steps to Astronomy and Geography’, Hatchard & Son, London, 1828 there are 11 planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn and Herschel (Uranus) Sun ...
... According to ‘First Steps to Astronomy and Geography’, Hatchard & Son, London, 1828 there are 11 planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn and Herschel (Uranus) Sun ...
1 Patterns in the Solar System (Chapter 18)
... lie within (4, 7 or 10) degrees? (Pick one)_________ ...
... lie within (4, 7 or 10) degrees? (Pick one)_________ ...
Lecture 25: The Outer Planets
... Pluto and Neptune •Note that for Pluto, Dperihelion = 29.7 AU Daphelion = 49.3 AU •Note that for Neptune, Dperihelion = 29.8 AU Daphelion = 30.4 AU •Hence during part of the time, Pluto is actually the 8th planet from the Sun and Neptune is the 9th planet! •This means that Pluto and Neptune can ...
... Pluto and Neptune •Note that for Pluto, Dperihelion = 29.7 AU Daphelion = 49.3 AU •Note that for Neptune, Dperihelion = 29.8 AU Daphelion = 30.4 AU •Hence during part of the time, Pluto is actually the 8th planet from the Sun and Neptune is the 9th planet! •This means that Pluto and Neptune can ...
Beyond Pluto - Assets - Cambridge University Press
... astronomers have been fascinated by the possibility that there might be other unknown worlds. On the 1st of January 1801 the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi made a chance discovery of what was at first thought to be a new planet. The object, which was soon shown to be orbiting between Mars and Ju ...
... astronomers have been fascinated by the possibility that there might be other unknown worlds. On the 1st of January 1801 the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi made a chance discovery of what was at first thought to be a new planet. The object, which was soon shown to be orbiting between Mars and Ju ...
Is there life outside of Earth? Activity 2: Moving Stars and Their Planets
... Page 6: Impact of Noise on Angle of Orbit In this model, students will experience the data in a way more similar to how scientists get data about a star’s wobble. Students will set up the model so that the planet is detectible with a perfect telescope, and then they will decrease the precision usin ...
... Page 6: Impact of Noise on Angle of Orbit In this model, students will experience the data in a way more similar to how scientists get data about a star’s wobble. Students will set up the model so that the planet is detectible with a perfect telescope, and then they will decrease the precision usin ...
15.Giant Planets - University of New Mexico
... •Saturn -- reds and yellows (ammonia, sulfur compounds, methane) •Uranus -- blues and greens (mostly from methane gas) •Neptune -- blue (from methane gas) ...
... •Saturn -- reds and yellows (ammonia, sulfur compounds, methane) •Uranus -- blues and greens (mostly from methane gas) •Neptune -- blue (from methane gas) ...
15_Uranus Litho.indd
... in November 2004 shows atmospheric details and turns the rings a reddish color. 5 As it departed Uranus for Neptune, Voyager 2 looked back and captured this crescent view of the planet. 6 Slight contrasts are exaggerated in this false-color image, showing Uranus’ dark “polar hood” — a veil of ice an ...
... in November 2004 shows atmospheric details and turns the rings a reddish color. 5 As it departed Uranus for Neptune, Voyager 2 looked back and captured this crescent view of the planet. 6 Slight contrasts are exaggerated in this false-color image, showing Uranus’ dark “polar hood” — a veil of ice an ...
Astronomy 3.0.2 - Session 1
... spherical heads of different sizes and colors. Stick four or five small-headed pins and four or five large-headed pins into separate corks. Pinheads can be any color, but a variety of colors is best, so that students can tell their “planets” apart. For example, you might include a large pinhead in g ...
... spherical heads of different sizes and colors. Stick four or five small-headed pins and four or five large-headed pins into separate corks. Pinheads can be any color, but a variety of colors is best, so that students can tell their “planets” apart. For example, you might include a large pinhead in g ...
Neptune - TeacherLINK
... during observations with his small telescope in 1612 and 1613.) When Uranus didn’t travel exactly as astronomers expected it to, a French mathematician, Urbain Joseph Le Verrier, proposed the position and mass of another as yet unknown planet that could cause the observed changes to Uranus’ orbit. A ...
... during observations with his small telescope in 1612 and 1613.) When Uranus didn’t travel exactly as astronomers expected it to, a French mathematician, Urbain Joseph Le Verrier, proposed the position and mass of another as yet unknown planet that could cause the observed changes to Uranus’ orbit. A ...