Lecture 4
... • Sun plus 8 (or 9 with Pluto) planets many of which have moons • plus “debris”: comets, asteroids, meteors, etc • We’ll go over historical understanding of motion (which is “complicated” when viewed from the Earth) and later look at Solar System formation, planetary atmospheres, and planets discove ...
... • Sun plus 8 (or 9 with Pluto) planets many of which have moons • plus “debris”: comets, asteroids, meteors, etc • We’ll go over historical understanding of motion (which is “complicated” when viewed from the Earth) and later look at Solar System formation, planetary atmospheres, and planets discove ...
May 2013 - Joliet Junior College
... degrees to the east of the moon on May 22nd. By the end of May, Venus will be visible in the western sky after sunset. Venus is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon, and will be easily visible during the summer. The sun passed Mars during April and by the end of May Mars ...
... degrees to the east of the moon on May 22nd. By the end of May, Venus will be visible in the western sky after sunset. Venus is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon, and will be easily visible during the summer. The sun passed Mars during April and by the end of May Mars ...
Ch. 2
... • What was so mysterious about planetary motion in our sky? – Like the Sun and Moon, planets usually drift eastward relative to the stars from night to night; but sometimes, for a few weeks or few months, a planet turns westward in its apparent retrograde motion ...
... • What was so mysterious about planetary motion in our sky? – Like the Sun and Moon, planets usually drift eastward relative to the stars from night to night; but sometimes, for a few weeks or few months, a planet turns westward in its apparent retrograde motion ...
Lecture 3
... Earth is stationary in the geocentric model but moves around Sun in Sun-centered model. Retrograde motion is real (planets really go backward) in geocentric model but only apparent (planets don’t really turn around) in Suncentered model. Stellar parallax is expected in the Sun-centered model but not ...
... Earth is stationary in the geocentric model but moves around Sun in Sun-centered model. Retrograde motion is real (planets really go backward) in geocentric model but only apparent (planets don’t really turn around) in Suncentered model. Stellar parallax is expected in the Sun-centered model but not ...
Searching For Planets Beyond Our Solar System - Cosmos
... The comet was approximately 660 million km from the Earth when the picture was taken, on a midJuly collision course with the gas giant planet Jupiter (Courtesy of H.A. Weaver & T.E. Smith of the Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA). Theories of the development of life are highly uncertain, b ...
... The comet was approximately 660 million km from the Earth when the picture was taken, on a midJuly collision course with the gas giant planet Jupiter (Courtesy of H.A. Weaver & T.E. Smith of the Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA). Theories of the development of life are highly uncertain, b ...
TRANSIT
... certainly need a nebula or OIII filter to find this planetary for the first time. The planetary nebula is probably not associated with M46 itself but it is not yet clear whether it is lies in front of or behind M46. The problem is the lack of an accurate method of measuring the distance to a planeta ...
... certainly need a nebula or OIII filter to find this planetary for the first time. The planetary nebula is probably not associated with M46 itself but it is not yet clear whether it is lies in front of or behind M46. The problem is the lack of an accurate method of measuring the distance to a planeta ...
Extrasolar Planets - University of Maryland Astronomy
... Our inability to detect Earth-mass planets around normal stars means that there is lingering uncertainty about how common they are. In systems with “hot Jupiters” (with small orbital periods), it is thought that the process of moving in from the much larger formation radius would have kicked out any ...
... Our inability to detect Earth-mass planets around normal stars means that there is lingering uncertainty about how common they are. In systems with “hot Jupiters” (with small orbital periods), it is thought that the process of moving in from the much larger formation radius would have kicked out any ...
Planets Beyond the Solar System
... a brown dwarf has a mass above that needed for fusion of deuterium (approximately 13 Jupiter masses). An object lower than that mass and orbiting a star (or star remnant) is said to be a ...
... a brown dwarf has a mass above that needed for fusion of deuterium (approximately 13 Jupiter masses). An object lower than that mass and orbiting a star (or star remnant) is said to be a ...
Planets Beyond the Solar System
... a brown dwarf has a mass above that needed for fusion of deuterium (approximately 13 Jupiter masses). An object lower than that mass and orbiting a star (or star remnant) is said to be a ...
... a brown dwarf has a mass above that needed for fusion of deuterium (approximately 13 Jupiter masses). An object lower than that mass and orbiting a star (or star remnant) is said to be a ...
Johannes Kepler
... Johannes Kepler was born in southwest Germany in 1571. In 1576, he entered Latin school and by 1589 had begun his education as a university student at the Protestant University of Tübingen. Kepler’s most noted mathematics teacher was Michael Maestlin, an astronomer that supported the newer heliocent ...
... Johannes Kepler was born in southwest Germany in 1571. In 1576, he entered Latin school and by 1589 had begun his education as a university student at the Protestant University of Tübingen. Kepler’s most noted mathematics teacher was Michael Maestlin, an astronomer that supported the newer heliocent ...
level 1
... Challenge - This is designed to require critical thinking skills and stretch students to reason with math and data to come to conclusions. They are matched up with one of the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice. These activities work well with students in pairs or small groups where they ...
... Challenge - This is designed to require critical thinking skills and stretch students to reason with math and data to come to conclusions. They are matched up with one of the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice. These activities work well with students in pairs or small groups where they ...
Week 2
... “lap” another planet (or when Mercury or Venus laps p us)) • But very difficult to explain if you think that Earth is the center of the universe! • In fact, several ancients considered but rejected the correct explanation ...
... “lap” another planet (or when Mercury or Venus laps p us)) • But very difficult to explain if you think that Earth is the center of the universe! • In fact, several ancients considered but rejected the correct explanation ...
Piscataway High School - Piscataway Township Schools
... List and define the four stages of comparative planetology. State the history and properties of planet Earth. Describe the major features and characteristics of the other planets. Apply the principles of comparative planetology to the development of all the planets. ...
... List and define the four stages of comparative planetology. State the history and properties of planet Earth. Describe the major features and characteristics of the other planets. Apply the principles of comparative planetology to the development of all the planets. ...
Lec21_2D
... Europa is warm enough under its surface to have liquid water. Ganymede has rills and grooves on its surface, as if ice has been warmed and cooled. Callisto is an old, cold moon, with no sign of evolution since it was formed. ...
... Europa is warm enough under its surface to have liquid water. Ganymede has rills and grooves on its surface, as if ice has been warmed and cooled. Callisto is an old, cold moon, with no sign of evolution since it was formed. ...
Lecture 1: Properties of the Solar System Properties of the Solar
... 8. Planet-satellite systems resemble the solar system. 9. The Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt of comets. 10. Planets contain ~99% of the solar system's AM but Sun contains >99% of solar system's mass. ...
... 8. Planet-satellite systems resemble the solar system. 9. The Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt of comets. 10. Planets contain ~99% of the solar system's AM but Sun contains >99% of solar system's mass. ...
Homework October 24-28
... C) most of Neptune's mass is gas and we cannot see gas. D )Neptune is so far from Earth and Venus is much closer. 8. Why does Earth orbit the Sun rather than any other body in the solar system? A)The mutual repulsions among all the planets hold Earth in its orbit. B)The Earth is closer to the Sun th ...
... C) most of Neptune's mass is gas and we cannot see gas. D )Neptune is so far from Earth and Venus is much closer. 8. Why does Earth orbit the Sun rather than any other body in the solar system? A)The mutual repulsions among all the planets hold Earth in its orbit. B)The Earth is closer to the Sun th ...
Gökküre - itü | fizik mühendisliği
... • Each element has a natural place determining its natural motion: Earth belongs to the Earth. The natural place of Water is arround earth. Natural place of Air is above Earth & Water. And Fire is to be above the Air. A stone falls down because it belongs to the Earth. Fire tends to rise up because ...
... • Each element has a natural place determining its natural motion: Earth belongs to the Earth. The natural place of Water is arround earth. Natural place of Air is above Earth & Water. And Fire is to be above the Air. A stone falls down because it belongs to the Earth. Fire tends to rise up because ...
Document
... ❶ In front of the class, explain the steps for assembling the solar system flip book: • Glue the photocopies of the planetary orbit sheets (Appendix 1) onto thick paper. • On each of the illustrations numbered 1 to 24, colour the Sun and four planets (Sun = yellow; Mercury = green; Venus = brown; Ea ...
... ❶ In front of the class, explain the steps for assembling the solar system flip book: • Glue the photocopies of the planetary orbit sheets (Appendix 1) onto thick paper. • On each of the illustrations numbered 1 to 24, colour the Sun and four planets (Sun = yellow; Mercury = green; Venus = brown; Ea ...
Your Birthday on Another Planet
... ❶ In front of the class, explain the steps for assembling the solar system flip book: • Glue the photocopies of the planetary orbit sheets (Appendix 1) onto thick paper. • On each of the illustrations numbered 1 to 24, colour the Sun and four planets (Sun = yellow; Mercury = green; Venus = brown; Ea ...
... ❶ In front of the class, explain the steps for assembling the solar system flip book: • Glue the photocopies of the planetary orbit sheets (Appendix 1) onto thick paper. • On each of the illustrations numbered 1 to 24, colour the Sun and four planets (Sun = yellow; Mercury = green; Venus = brown; Ea ...
Astrophysics 2012_2013 Grade 10 April 29, 2013
... 9. Which planets in our Solar System currently have ice/dust rings? 10. Which asteroid was once classified as a planet in the early 1800's? 11. Which planet is home to the largest mountain in the Solar System, Olympus Mons? 12. Which two planets rotate slower than they revolve around the sun (in oth ...
... 9. Which planets in our Solar System currently have ice/dust rings? 10. Which asteroid was once classified as a planet in the early 1800's? 11. Which planet is home to the largest mountain in the Solar System, Olympus Mons? 12. Which two planets rotate slower than they revolve around the sun (in oth ...
Glossary - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
... with light emitted by the gas of which they are composed (“emission” nebulae) or by starlight reflected from dust (“reflection” nebulae) or both; “dark” nebulae consist of clouds of gas and dust that are not so illuminated; “planetary” nebulae are shells of gas ejected by stars; spiral nebulae are g ...
... with light emitted by the gas of which they are composed (“emission” nebulae) or by starlight reflected from dust (“reflection” nebulae) or both; “dark” nebulae consist of clouds of gas and dust that are not so illuminated; “planetary” nebulae are shells of gas ejected by stars; spiral nebulae are g ...
Find the Sun9/16/2010 - Home
... would look from Pluto, then open that file and show them. Repeat with Mercury. Do the constellations look different when viewed from other planets? No. The stars are so far away compared to the distances between planets that there is no perceptible change in their relative positions. Demo: Open the ...
... would look from Pluto, then open that file and show them. Repeat with Mercury. Do the constellations look different when viewed from other planets? No. The stars are so far away compared to the distances between planets that there is no perceptible change in their relative positions. Demo: Open 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.