Handout 3 1-2 ppt
... 1. In addition to the sun, planets, and their moons, what occupies the space in our solar system? • The solar system includes million of smaller bodies; some are tiny bits of dust or ice; others are as large as small moons. ...
... 1. In addition to the sun, planets, and their moons, what occupies the space in our solar system? • The solar system includes million of smaller bodies; some are tiny bits of dust or ice; others are as large as small moons. ...
TY Course Day 2 Friday Solar System
... While the asteroid belt is composed largely of rocky or metal objects, EKB and Oort cloud objects are mostly icy, comprising dust and frozen volatiles such as water, methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia (termed "ices”). ...
... While the asteroid belt is composed largely of rocky or metal objects, EKB and Oort cloud objects are mostly icy, comprising dust and frozen volatiles such as water, methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia (termed "ices”). ...
Scale Model of the Solar System
... Earth and a very large planetesimal – Mercury may have lost much of its outer portion due to a collision – Many craters are visible on planets and satellites resulting from collisions with leftover debris in young solar system ...
... Earth and a very large planetesimal – Mercury may have lost much of its outer portion due to a collision – Many craters are visible on planets and satellites resulting from collisions with leftover debris in young solar system ...
7.4 Meet Your Solar System
... • I can differentiate between the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system. • I can describe retrograde motion and ...
... • I can differentiate between the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system. • I can describe retrograde motion and ...
Nick Bowden The Final Frontier
... circled the early Sun. Most planets have moons. and they are round but some of them are different circles like ovals. While there's a group of planets that are made of gas, there are four planets in our solar system that are made of hard rock. So, some planets are alike by what they're made of. ...
... circled the early Sun. Most planets have moons. and they are round but some of them are different circles like ovals. While there's a group of planets that are made of gas, there are four planets in our solar system that are made of hard rock. So, some planets are alike by what they're made of. ...
Earth`s Motions
... axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object • happens because of tidal forces that cause the precession of the equinoxes to vary over time so that the speed of precession is not constant • principal sources of tidal force are the Sun and Moon, which continuously change location relative t ...
... axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object • happens because of tidal forces that cause the precession of the equinoxes to vary over time so that the speed of precession is not constant • principal sources of tidal force are the Sun and Moon, which continuously change location relative t ...
Space Unit - Questions and Answers
... 9. What planet(s) in our solar system are terrestrial? Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the four planets closest to the Sun. They are also known as the inner planets and are composed mainly of rocky material and metals. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are also known a ...
... 9. What planet(s) in our solar system are terrestrial? Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the four planets closest to the Sun. They are also known as the inner planets and are composed mainly of rocky material and metals. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are also known a ...
PowerPoint. - teachearthscience.org
... Planets and large moons are round because their gravitational field is directed to the center of the body and pulls everything toward it. With large bodies, internal heating causes it to behave somewhat like a fluid and form a sphere. A sphere is a shape with the least amount of surface area. In sma ...
... Planets and large moons are round because their gravitational field is directed to the center of the body and pulls everything toward it. With large bodies, internal heating causes it to behave somewhat like a fluid and form a sphere. A sphere is a shape with the least amount of surface area. In sma ...
Ch13 - People @ TAMU Physics
... under the sun's influence, at the termination shock particles from the interstellar medium interact with solar particles, signaling that the hypothetical heliopause is not far from this point. Six years later in 2010 Voyager 1 entered an area of the heliosheath where the solar wind outward speed is ...
... under the sun's influence, at the termination shock particles from the interstellar medium interact with solar particles, signaling that the hypothetical heliopause is not far from this point. Six years later in 2010 Voyager 1 entered an area of the heliosheath where the solar wind outward speed is ...
Word doc - UC-HiPACC - University of California, Santa Cruz
... Kepler (launched in 2009), whose mission is to find Earthlike planets in a habitable zone around other stars, by staring at 150,000 stars and recording minuscule dips in brightness. So far, Kepler hasn’t yet found an identical twin to Earth: a rocky body of similar mass, sweet with liquid water, in ...
... Kepler (launched in 2009), whose mission is to find Earthlike planets in a habitable zone around other stars, by staring at 150,000 stars and recording minuscule dips in brightness. So far, Kepler hasn’t yet found an identical twin to Earth: a rocky body of similar mass, sweet with liquid water, in ...
What is the universe???
... in a row, 1 cm apart, on your balloon Label one “Earth” and the others A-D (these represent other galaxies) • Partially inflate the balloon (1-2 big breaths) and hold it…do not tie it! Use a piece of yarn to measure the distances at time 1, convert to centimeters using your ruler, and record • Rep ...
... in a row, 1 cm apart, on your balloon Label one “Earth” and the others A-D (these represent other galaxies) • Partially inflate the balloon (1-2 big breaths) and hold it…do not tie it! Use a piece of yarn to measure the distances at time 1, convert to centimeters using your ruler, and record • Rep ...
The formation of the Solar System I. Stellar context
... But how do you put planets together from dust??? ...
... But how do you put planets together from dust??? ...
Objective 10 Study Guide
... What does the sun look like from the surface of Pluto? The sun looks like a distant, bright star. 53. What is unusual about Pluto’s moon? Charon is more than half the size of Pluto. ...
... What does the sun look like from the surface of Pluto? The sun looks like a distant, bright star. 53. What is unusual about Pluto’s moon? Charon is more than half the size of Pluto. ...
Summary of week 1:
... Planet (ex.: Earth) An object held together by its self-gravity, in orbit about a star, that has insufficient mass to become a star (< 80 Jupiter masses) or a brown dwarf (< 13 Jupiter masses). Brown dwarf: A “failed star”, that is, an object more massive than a planet, but insufficient to become a ...
... Planet (ex.: Earth) An object held together by its self-gravity, in orbit about a star, that has insufficient mass to become a star (< 80 Jupiter masses) or a brown dwarf (< 13 Jupiter masses). Brown dwarf: A “failed star”, that is, an object more massive than a planet, but insufficient to become a ...
Ch. 4 review
... The planetary system is highly differentiated. Asteroids are very old, and not similar to terrestrial planets or Jovian planets. The Kuiper belt is a group of asteroid-sized icy bodies orbiting outside the orbit of Neptune. (KBO – Kuiper Belt Objects) The Oort Cloud is composed of icy cometary objec ...
... The planetary system is highly differentiated. Asteroids are very old, and not similar to terrestrial planets or Jovian planets. The Kuiper belt is a group of asteroid-sized icy bodies orbiting outside the orbit of Neptune. (KBO – Kuiper Belt Objects) The Oort Cloud is composed of icy cometary objec ...
document
... • True/False: Both the Ptolemaic (geocentric) and the Coppernican (heliocentric) models can explain retrograde motion, so this cannot be used to choose between them. ...
... • True/False: Both the Ptolemaic (geocentric) and the Coppernican (heliocentric) models can explain retrograde motion, so this cannot be used to choose between them. ...
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... Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and the second smallest planet in the solar-system. Mercury is one of the five planets known of since ancient times. It is named after the Roman messenger God, Hermes in Greek, because he was fleet of foot and the planet moves most quickly though the sky. M ...
... Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and the second smallest planet in the solar-system. Mercury is one of the five planets known of since ancient times. It is named after the Roman messenger God, Hermes in Greek, because he was fleet of foot and the planet moves most quickly though the sky. M ...
Chapter 4: The Solar System
... The star Beta Pictoris is surrounded by a disk of warm matter, which may indicate planetary formation. ...
... The star Beta Pictoris is surrounded by a disk of warm matter, which may indicate planetary formation. ...
Terestialplanets
... First four are called Jovian Planets (Jupiter-like) Massive in nature They are gaseous Outer layers mostly hydrogen gas, and compressed to a hot liquid • Closer to the planet’s center ...
... First four are called Jovian Planets (Jupiter-like) Massive in nature They are gaseous Outer layers mostly hydrogen gas, and compressed to a hot liquid • Closer to the planet’s center ...
Extraterrestrial Life: Homework #5 Due, in class, Thursday April 10th
... 1) Briefly explain the radial velocity (or Doppler) method for detecting extrasolar planets. Why does this technique work best for finding massive planets, and those in short period orbits around their host stars? The method is described in lecture #19. It works best for massive planets, and for tho ...
... 1) Briefly explain the radial velocity (or Doppler) method for detecting extrasolar planets. Why does this technique work best for finding massive planets, and those in short period orbits around their host stars? The method is described in lecture #19. It works best for massive planets, and for tho ...
Sample multiple choice questions for Exam 3
... Multiple Choice: 26 questions, 3 points each. Select the best answer to each of the questions below. Place your answer on the computer answer sheet provided. 1) The approximate dimensions of the frozen nucleus of a typical comet is a) 1-2 millimeters (pinhead-sized) b) 1-20 km (city-sized) c) 300 – ...
... Multiple Choice: 26 questions, 3 points each. Select the best answer to each of the questions below. Place your answer on the computer answer sheet provided. 1) The approximate dimensions of the frozen nucleus of a typical comet is a) 1-2 millimeters (pinhead-sized) b) 1-20 km (city-sized) c) 300 – ...
Class 1: From Astrology to Astronomy
... • Around 100 BC Claudius Ptolemy took Aristotle's system and put math to it. • He published this in a massive book called the Almagest. • It was the authority for astronomy for almost the next 1000 years. ...
... • Around 100 BC Claudius Ptolemy took Aristotle's system and put math to it. • He published this in a massive book called the Almagest. • It was the authority for astronomy for almost the next 1000 years. ...
Basic Astronomy Ch. 27-3 The Sun-Earth
... On page 65: fold page in ½ make 4 doors. Objectives: Identify the relative positions and motions of the ...
... On page 65: fold page in ½ make 4 doors. Objectives: Identify the relative positions and motions of the ...
Satellite system (astronomy)
A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object or minor planet. Generally speaking, it is a set of natural satellites (moons), although such systems may also consist of bodies such as circumplanetary disks, ring systems, moonlets, minor-planet moons and artificial satellites any of which may themselves have satellite systems of their own. Some satellite systems have complex interactions with both their parent and other moons, including magnetic, tidal, atmospheric and orbital interactions such as orbital resonances and libration. Individually major satellite objects are designated in Roman numerals. Satellite systems are referred to either by the possessive adjectives of their primary (e.g. ""Jovian system""), or less commonly by the name of their primary (e.g. ""Jupiter system""). Where only one satellite is known, or it is a binary orbiting a common centre of gravity, it may be referred to using the hyphenated names of the primary and major satellite (e.g. the ""Earth-Moon system"").Many Solar System objects are known to possess satellite systems, though their origin is still unclear. Notable examples include the largest satellite system, the Jovian system, with 67 known moons (including the large Galilean moons) and the Saturnian System with 62 known moons (and the most visible ring system in the Solar System). Both satellite systems are large and diverse. In fact all of the giant planets of the Solar System possess large satellite systems as well as planetary rings, and it is inferred that this is a general pattern. Several objects farther from the Sun also have satellite systems consisting of multiple moons, including the complex Plutonian system where multiple objects orbit a common center of mass, as well as many asteroids and plutinos. Apart from the Earth-Moon system and Mars' system of two tiny natural satellites, the other terrestrial planets are generally not considered satellite systems, although some have been orbited by artificial satellites originating from Earth.Little is known of satellite systems beyond the Solar System, although it is inferred that natural satellites are common. J1407b is an example of an extrasolar satellite system. It is also theorised that Rogue planets ejected from their planetary system could retain a system of satellites.