ASTR100 Class 01
... Much smaller than the 8 major planets. Not a gas giant like the 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 8 major planets. ...
... Much smaller than the 8 major planets. Not a gas giant like the 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 8 major planets. ...
KilieScience6Elesson - ScienceMethodsSpring2012P60
... Checks for understanding: 0507.6.1 Develop a chart that communicates the major characteristics of each planet. State Performance Indicators: Distinguish among the planets according to their known characteristics such as appearance, composition, and apparent motion. ...
... Checks for understanding: 0507.6.1 Develop a chart that communicates the major characteristics of each planet. State Performance Indicators: Distinguish among the planets according to their known characteristics such as appearance, composition, and apparent motion. ...
Santander 2017 www.uimp.es
... remain significant. This School will bring together scientists interested in observational techniques that can probe terrestrial planet properties, as well as the physical processes that dictate planetary features such as planet formation, atmospheric phenomena, and geophysical effects. Traditionall ...
... remain significant. This School will bring together scientists interested in observational techniques that can probe terrestrial planet properties, as well as the physical processes that dictate planetary features such as planet formation, atmospheric phenomena, and geophysical effects. Traditionall ...
The Outer Planets
... The Jovian planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are unlike the terrestrial planets in several ways. First, Jovian planets are much larger. The smallest Jovian planet, Uranus, is nearly 15 times more massive than the largest terrestrial planet, Earth. Second, Jovian planets do not have solid ...
... The Jovian planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are unlike the terrestrial planets in several ways. First, Jovian planets are much larger. The smallest Jovian planet, Uranus, is nearly 15 times more massive than the largest terrestrial planet, Earth. Second, Jovian planets do not have solid ...
Planet Information Cards
... Temperature: 5800 °K (surface) 15,600,000 °K (core) Contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System Contains 75% hydrogen and 25% helium Rotation rate = 25.4 days (equator), 36 days (poles) Has 9 planets, many asteroids, and many comets orbiting around it ...
... Temperature: 5800 °K (surface) 15,600,000 °K (core) Contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System Contains 75% hydrogen and 25% helium Rotation rate = 25.4 days (equator), 36 days (poles) Has 9 planets, many asteroids, and many comets orbiting around it ...
Solar System App Activity
... 96. What spacecraft collect the first dust sample from an asteroid? ______________________________________ 97. What are the names of the two rovers that landed on Mars as part of the The Mars Exploration Rover Mission?____________________________________________ 98. What spacecraft collected the fir ...
... 96. What spacecraft collect the first dust sample from an asteroid? ______________________________________ 97. What are the names of the two rovers that landed on Mars as part of the The Mars Exploration Rover Mission?____________________________________________ 98. What spacecraft collected the fir ...
Assessment Photo Album
... Know the following facts about the earth: •The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west, so earth turns from west to east on its axis once a day. We have day when the sun faces us and night when it doesn’t •Earth’s axis is always tilted in the same direction. As it revolves, different par ...
... Know the following facts about the earth: •The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west, so earth turns from west to east on its axis once a day. We have day when the sun faces us and night when it doesn’t •Earth’s axis is always tilted in the same direction. As it revolves, different par ...
Wonders of the Solar System - Northern Stars Planetarium
... origins in ancient times, for example, 48 of the 88 came from Greek mythology. Crater Circular ridges with deep centers. They are most often caused by either meteorite impacts or volcanic eruptions. Impact craters are more common on planets and moons with thin or no atmospheres; thicker atmospheres ...
... origins in ancient times, for example, 48 of the 88 came from Greek mythology. Crater Circular ridges with deep centers. They are most often caused by either meteorite impacts or volcanic eruptions. Impact craters are more common on planets and moons with thin or no atmospheres; thicker atmospheres ...
How Big Is the Solar System
... from the center of the solar system. So in our model this was 300 cm from the Sun. It is a very long distance. If you got on a jet and flew at 600 miles per hour from the Sun to Neptune, it would take 513 years. If you could drive the same distance, it would take 4,400 years The Birth of the Solar S ...
... from the center of the solar system. So in our model this was 300 cm from the Sun. It is a very long distance. If you got on a jet and flew at 600 miles per hour from the Sun to Neptune, it would take 513 years. If you could drive the same distance, it would take 4,400 years The Birth of the Solar S ...
lesson 3 – explore – page 391 – the outer planets
... Saturn’s Moons Saturn has at least 60 moons. Its five largest moons are: Titan, Rhea, Dione, Iapetus, and Tethys. Most of Saturn’s moons are chunks of ice less than 10 km in diameter. Titan is larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmospher ...
... Saturn’s Moons Saturn has at least 60 moons. Its five largest moons are: Titan, Rhea, Dione, Iapetus, and Tethys. Most of Saturn’s moons are chunks of ice less than 10 km in diameter. Titan is larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmospher ...
Formation of the Solar System
... growing body to become more and more circular, and less elliptical. Similarly, particles which are traveling north are as common as those going south. As these particles collide, their velocities average out, causing the cloud to flatten into a disk. The cloud continues to collapse because of gravit ...
... growing body to become more and more circular, and less elliptical. Similarly, particles which are traveling north are as common as those going south. As these particles collide, their velocities average out, causing the cloud to flatten into a disk. The cloud continues to collapse because of gravit ...
Document
... Asteroids are chunks of rock and metal that orbit around the Sun Loose material that did not form into planets Main Asteroid Belt located between Mars and Jupiter Total mass of all of the asteroids is less than that of Earth’s moon 26 known asteroids larger than 200km across 99% are larg ...
... Asteroids are chunks of rock and metal that orbit around the Sun Loose material that did not form into planets Main Asteroid Belt located between Mars and Jupiter Total mass of all of the asteroids is less than that of Earth’s moon 26 known asteroids larger than 200km across 99% are larg ...
Trading Cards - Amazing Space
... • Pluto is the smallest planet and usually the farthest from the sun. Pluto is about 40 times as far from the sun as the Earth. Its diameter is about one-fifth of the Earth’s diameter. • Pluto is the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft. Only recently has the Hubble Space Telescope ...
... • Pluto is the smallest planet and usually the farthest from the sun. Pluto is about 40 times as far from the sun as the Earth. Its diameter is about one-fifth of the Earth’s diameter. • Pluto is the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft. Only recently has the Hubble Space Telescope ...
Solar System - Delta Education
... farther away a planet is from the Sun, the larger its orbit, and the longer its year. ACTIVITY 10 Students are introduced to some of the other satellites that exist in our Solar System—asteroids, dwarf planets, meteoroids, and comets. Discussions involve descriptions of these minor satellites and ho ...
... farther away a planet is from the Sun, the larger its orbit, and the longer its year. ACTIVITY 10 Students are introduced to some of the other satellites that exist in our Solar System—asteroids, dwarf planets, meteoroids, and comets. Discussions involve descriptions of these minor satellites and ho ...
13DwarfPlanetMeteorComet_RJ
... http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2011/10/19/orionid-meteor-showercould-make-your-wildest-dreams-come-true/ ...
... http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2011/10/19/orionid-meteor-showercould-make-your-wildest-dreams-come-true/ ...
Stellarium Activity #4 — Phases of Planets
... planet = a planet whose orbit is farther from the Sun than Earth’s orbit.) Describe how these phases should relate to the superior planet’s distance from Earth. (I.e., which phase should the planet have when it is closest to Earth, and appears largest? Which phase should it have when it is farthest ...
... planet = a planet whose orbit is farther from the Sun than Earth’s orbit.) Describe how these phases should relate to the superior planet’s distance from Earth. (I.e., which phase should the planet have when it is closest to Earth, and appears largest? Which phase should it have when it is farthest ...
Students
... 2. Go to the Student Place, Mission Prep. and connect to the Celestia Exploration Activity to find the planetary facts. Click on any planet to begin your research. Find more cool facts by clicking on the "constellation" link at the top page to explore the Solar Exploration site. 3. Make the Planetar ...
... 2. Go to the Student Place, Mission Prep. and connect to the Celestia Exploration Activity to find the planetary facts. Click on any planet to begin your research. Find more cool facts by clicking on the "constellation" link at the top page to explore the Solar Exploration site. 3. Make the Planetar ...
Possible patterns in the distribution of planetary formation regions
... It is important to draw the attention to another interesting feature of the distribution of “planet” distances. Although the general pattern in the distances of the “planets” is remarkably reproduced by the exponential fit, there are still some residuals. The plot in Fig. 2 shows that there appears ...
... It is important to draw the attention to another interesting feature of the distribution of “planet” distances. Although the general pattern in the distances of the “planets” is remarkably reproduced by the exponential fit, there are still some residuals. The plot in Fig. 2 shows that there appears ...
Pluto- The Dwarf Planet
... nitrogen and have a thin atmosphere of methane. I have one moon that is covered with frozen water and is half my size. I have an elliptical orbit that I travel in around the Sun. Some of my buddies that are similar to me are Ceres and Eris. Who ...
... nitrogen and have a thin atmosphere of methane. I have one moon that is covered with frozen water and is half my size. I have an elliptical orbit that I travel in around the Sun. Some of my buddies that are similar to me are Ceres and Eris. Who ...
Photosynthetic Potential of Planets in 3:2 Spin Orbit
... The habitable zone (HZ) concept, which describes an annulus around a star in which planets of Earth mass and atmospheric composition can sustain surface liquid water (Huang 1959, Dole 1964), has been an extremely useful conceptual tool in understanding under what conditions Earth-like planets may be ...
... The habitable zone (HZ) concept, which describes an annulus around a star in which planets of Earth mass and atmospheric composition can sustain surface liquid water (Huang 1959, Dole 1964), has been an extremely useful conceptual tool in understanding under what conditions Earth-like planets may be ...
Planet Presentation
... Something Special: Is there anything special about your planet? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For example, are there 100-year-long storms on your planet? Are there giant volcanos? Does your planet have a very tilted axis (giving it extreme seaso ...
... Something Special: Is there anything special about your planet? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For example, are there 100-year-long storms on your planet? Are there giant volcanos? Does your planet have a very tilted axis (giving it extreme seaso ...
Astronomy Club
... 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 ...
planet - Mr. Gray`s Class
... – You can see how Uranus is tilted almost on its side in this picture ...
... – You can see how Uranus is tilted almost on its side in this picture ...
Changing Pluto`s Status as a Planet - e
... are a pair of nearly-equal mass bodies orbiting each other, which is unique in the solar system. The status of Pluto as a planet came into further question as similar-sized bodies such as Sedna and Eris were discovered in the same remote area of the solar system. Over a hundred thousand asteroids an ...
... are a pair of nearly-equal mass bodies orbiting each other, which is unique in the solar system. The status of Pluto as a planet came into further question as similar-sized bodies such as Sedna and Eris were discovered in the same remote area of the solar system. Over a hundred thousand asteroids an ...
Comparison of Rocky Planets and Gas Giants
... Objective - Using references, I can compare the physical properties of the planets (e.g., size, solid or gaseous). ...
... Objective - Using references, I can compare the physical properties of the planets (e.g., size, solid or gaseous). ...