What it takes to make a planet
... next group should be called “dwarf planets” and even came up with the name “Plutons” for them, to retain something of the special character of Pluto – which turned out to be very unpopular. At the top end, we wanted to leave it vague. So our proposal had three categories: classical planets, dwarf pl ...
... next group should be called “dwarf planets” and even came up with the name “Plutons” for them, to retain something of the special character of Pluto – which turned out to be very unpopular. At the top end, we wanted to leave it vague. So our proposal had three categories: classical planets, dwarf pl ...
Vocabulary - Understanding Revolution in our Solar System
... LAW 2 - SATELLITE’s SPEED in ORBIT: closer = faster and further = slower because gravity field is stronger when a planet is closer to sun • Fastest at perigee (closest place on orbit path) • slowest at apogee (farthest away). ...
... LAW 2 - SATELLITE’s SPEED in ORBIT: closer = faster and further = slower because gravity field is stronger when a planet is closer to sun • Fastest at perigee (closest place on orbit path) • slowest at apogee (farthest away). ...
Solar System
... • A coma is the fuzzy, gaseous component of a comet’s head. • A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilometers can sometimes be detected within a coma. As comets approach the sun, some, but not all, develop a tail that extends for millions of kilometers. ...
... • A coma is the fuzzy, gaseous component of a comet’s head. • A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilometers can sometimes be detected within a coma. As comets approach the sun, some, but not all, develop a tail that extends for millions of kilometers. ...
The Ceres Connection - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
... Jupiter’s gravitational influence. The estimated total mass of all the minor planets is much less than that of Earth’s Moon. Only two dozen minor planets in the main asteroid belt have diameters greater than 200 kilometers. With a diameter of about 1,000 kilometers, Ceres dwarfs all the other minor ...
... Jupiter’s gravitational influence. The estimated total mass of all the minor planets is much less than that of Earth’s Moon. Only two dozen minor planets in the main asteroid belt have diameters greater than 200 kilometers. With a diameter of about 1,000 kilometers, Ceres dwarfs all the other minor ...
Some SOLAR SYSTEM notes
... together to make clumps, then clumps stuck together to make rocks, then rocks collided to make planets. In the case of the `gas giant' planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the rocky cores were massive enough to also attract some of the gas. The outer layers of these planets are made up of h ...
... together to make clumps, then clumps stuck together to make rocks, then rocks collided to make planets. In the case of the `gas giant' planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the rocky cores were massive enough to also attract some of the gas. The outer layers of these planets are made up of h ...
FL_HMH_G10 Selection Test FSA Style No Answer Key
... were to look unemotionally at the hundreds of thousands of bodies orbiting the sun, only eight (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) would clearly distinguish themselves by their large sizes. 4 The remaining objects, which are significantly smaller, are mostly either ro ...
... were to look unemotionally at the hundreds of thousands of bodies orbiting the sun, only eight (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) would clearly distinguish themselves by their large sizes. 4 The remaining objects, which are significantly smaller, are mostly either ro ...
The Gas Giant Planets
... Jupiter’s Moons and Rings – Jupiter’s 4 largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are called Galilean satellites. Jupiter has 16 moons. – Io has been heated by Jupiter’s gravitational force to the point of becoming almost completely molten inside and undergoes constant ...
... Jupiter’s Moons and Rings – Jupiter’s 4 largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are called Galilean satellites. Jupiter has 16 moons. – Io has been heated by Jupiter’s gravitational force to the point of becoming almost completely molten inside and undergoes constant ...
Lab_Solar system scale inside_afw
... 3. How many Earths would it take to equal the diameter of Jupiter? 4. How many Plutos would it take to equal the diameter of Earth? 5. How many Plutos would it take to equal the diameter of Jupiter? 6. How many times larger is Saturn compared to Earth? 7. Which 2 sets of planets are almost the same ...
... 3. How many Earths would it take to equal the diameter of Jupiter? 4. How many Plutos would it take to equal the diameter of Earth? 5. How many Plutos would it take to equal the diameter of Jupiter? 6. How many times larger is Saturn compared to Earth? 7. Which 2 sets of planets are almost the same ...
Saturn - Midland ISD
... Saturn is readily visible to the naked eye and has been known for millennia as slowest-moving “wandering star”. Saturn improved and changed a lot when the advent of space light that we really began to gain a greater understanding of this enigmatic world. However as soon as the telescope was invente ...
... Saturn is readily visible to the naked eye and has been known for millennia as slowest-moving “wandering star”. Saturn improved and changed a lot when the advent of space light that we really began to gain a greater understanding of this enigmatic world. However as soon as the telescope was invente ...
our solar system - brinson1to1presentation
... Did you know the great big dark spot on Neptune is the size of Earth? ...
... Did you know the great big dark spot on Neptune is the size of Earth? ...
Chapter 15 The Formation of Planetary Systems
... A problem for forming giant planets: You have to form them quickly, because the gas in disks is observed to disappear in a relatively short time, about 5 million years. Where does it go? The central star probably blows it away. T Tauri stars are in a highly active phase of their evolution and have s ...
... A problem for forming giant planets: You have to form them quickly, because the gas in disks is observed to disappear in a relatively short time, about 5 million years. Where does it go? The central star probably blows it away. T Tauri stars are in a highly active phase of their evolution and have s ...
Pluto - ornaart.com
... slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initially called it the "tenth planet", although there was no official consensus at the time on whether to call it a planet. Others in the astronomical community consid ...
... slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initially called it the "tenth planet", although there was no official consensus at the time on whether to call it a planet. Others in the astronomical community consid ...
Lesson 1 For students of Geography, 2 course. Subject: THE SOLAR
... of the telescope in Hilland, Galileo built one of his own and was able to add four new bodies to the system: the brighter of the moons (or satellites) that revolve around Jupiter. Since Galileo’s time telescopic improvements have made possible the discovery of many more members of the sun’s family. ...
... of the telescope in Hilland, Galileo built one of his own and was able to add four new bodies to the system: the brighter of the moons (or satellites) that revolve around Jupiter. Since Galileo’s time telescopic improvements have made possible the discovery of many more members of the sun’s family. ...
The Outer Planets - Duplin County Schools
... explore the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto ...
... explore the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto ...
ppt
... • Uranus’s axis of rotation lies nearly in the plane of its orbit. • This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side • Along its 84-year orbit, north and south poles alter ...
... • Uranus’s axis of rotation lies nearly in the plane of its orbit. • This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side • Along its 84-year orbit, north and south poles alter ...
Inti didn`t form in the X wind (and neither did most CAIs)
... limited by availability of solids; they achieve isolation masses ...
... limited by availability of solids; they achieve isolation masses ...
Our Unique Planet - Ball State University
... for life support: planetary distance from the sun and the size of the planet. One of the most basic needs for the support of life on a planet is liquid water on its surface. Water is the universal solvent necessary for allowing chemical reactions, necessary for life, to occur. If a planet is too clo ...
... for life support: planetary distance from the sun and the size of the planet. One of the most basic needs for the support of life on a planet is liquid water on its surface. Water is the universal solvent necessary for allowing chemical reactions, necessary for life, to occur. If a planet is too clo ...
Solar System Distance Activity
... revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Earth as one “astronomical unit”. This unit provides an easy way to calculate the dist ...
... revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Earth as one “astronomical unit”. This unit provides an easy way to calculate the dist ...
Neptune - pridescience
... "Welcome to the PDS." Welcome to the Planetary Data System. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. ...
... "Welcome to the PDS." Welcome to the Planetary Data System. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. ...
Solar System Scale
... be 1 mm (we can not reliably measure distances less then 1 mm). At this scale, 1 meter in the hall is equal to 0.0326 AU. Multiply by the longest distance you can use, for example, if the longest distance is 38 meters, then 38 0.0326 1.24 AU and look at Data Table 2 to find which planets fall wi ...
... be 1 mm (we can not reliably measure distances less then 1 mm). At this scale, 1 meter in the hall is equal to 0.0326 AU. Multiply by the longest distance you can use, for example, if the longest distance is 38 meters, then 38 0.0326 1.24 AU and look at Data Table 2 to find which planets fall wi ...
In the solar system`s new history the future is a bit dicey, and
... That one-to-two resonance wasn’t stable like the one between Neptune and Pluto; it was a brief, vigorous yank on the spring. As Jupiter and Saturn approached and pulled each other repeatedly at the same point in their orbits, those near-circular orbits were stretched into the ellipses we see today. ...
... That one-to-two resonance wasn’t stable like the one between Neptune and Pluto; it was a brief, vigorous yank on the spring. As Jupiter and Saturn approached and pulled each other repeatedly at the same point in their orbits, those near-circular orbits were stretched into the ellipses we see today. ...
- IIT Kanpur
... So if couiper belt is present than these solid objects should be visible. But at that time, telescopes were not so powerful so as to look beyond Pluto’s orbit. So no objects could be identified and people forgot about Couiper Belt. But at last Martin Duncan of Toronto University, with some of his co ...
... So if couiper belt is present than these solid objects should be visible. But at that time, telescopes were not so powerful so as to look beyond Pluto’s orbit. So no objects could be identified and people forgot about Couiper Belt. But at last Martin Duncan of Toronto University, with some of his co ...
The Solar System - Solon City Schools
... planets. Aristotle stated that the earth was in the center of the solar system. Ptolemy stated that the earth was in the center of the universe. He thought that the planets moved in small circles as they moved around the sun. ...
... planets. Aristotle stated that the earth was in the center of the solar system. Ptolemy stated that the earth was in the center of the universe. He thought that the planets moved in small circles as they moved around the sun. ...
Jupiter
... Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn (Uranus and Neptune are ice giants). Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times. The Romans named it after their god Jupiter. Like Zeus, the Greek god with whom he is etymologically identical (root diu, “bright”), Jupiter was a sky god. ...
... Jupiter is a gas giant, along with Saturn (Uranus and Neptune are ice giants). Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times. The Romans named it after their god Jupiter. Like Zeus, the Greek god with whom he is etymologically identical (root diu, “bright”), Jupiter was a sky god. ...
Today in Astronomy 111: asteroids, perturbations and orbital
... dips in the distribution are called the Kirkwood gaps. 4 October 2011 ...
... dips in the distribution are called the Kirkwood gaps. 4 October 2011 ...