the sun
... of material left over from the formation of the solar system. Most asteroids can be found between Mars and Jupiter. Meteorite- a meteoroid that does not completely burn up when entering the atmosphere. ...
... of material left over from the formation of the solar system. Most asteroids can be found between Mars and Jupiter. Meteorite- a meteoroid that does not completely burn up when entering the atmosphere. ...
Ch. 28-Minor Bodies of Solar System
... large and do not burn up in atmosphere – Small w/ mass of less than kg – Large ones strike surface like large bomb, leave large craters • Stony, iron, or stony iron • Stony meteorites-similar in composition to rocks on Earth, carbon bearing compounds similar to living organisms • Iron-easier to find ...
... large and do not burn up in atmosphere – Small w/ mass of less than kg – Large ones strike surface like large bomb, leave large craters • Stony, iron, or stony iron • Stony meteorites-similar in composition to rocks on Earth, carbon bearing compounds similar to living organisms • Iron-easier to find ...
Chapter 8 The Parts of the Solar System Section 8.1 The Sun
... The four outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are much larger and more massive than the inner planets, and they do not have solid surfaces. Due their massive size, these four planets are called gas giants. Like the sun, the gas giants are composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The gas ...
... The four outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are much larger and more massive than the inner planets, and they do not have solid surfaces. Due their massive size, these four planets are called gas giants. Like the sun, the gas giants are composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The gas ...
Asteroid Belt
... President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its shoulders. "By 2025, we expect new spacecraft design ...
... President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its shoulders. "By 2025, we expect new spacecraft design ...
Document
... probably more important Equateur at 98° from orbital plane → collision with another planet soon after its formation? ...
... probably more important Equateur at 98° from orbital plane → collision with another planet soon after its formation? ...
1st Year Second Semester Examination - 2013 (EN -1202
... are glued together into larger pieces by the frozen gases. A nucleus appears to include complex carbon compounds and perhaps some free carbon, which make it very black in color. Most notably, at least when young, it contains many frozen gases, the most common being ordinary water. In the low pressur ...
... are glued together into larger pieces by the frozen gases. A nucleus appears to include complex carbon compounds and perhaps some free carbon, which make it very black in color. Most notably, at least when young, it contains many frozen gases, the most common being ordinary water. In the low pressur ...
The Reflector - Peterborough Astronomical Association
... You might also recall recent hype around the 1 km wide, Asteroid-2004 BL86, that zipped by Earth at a distance of 1.2 million km on January 26th this year. Unfortunately, we did not have a chance to see it as the weather did not cooperate. nasa, however, used radio dishes to “ping” signals off it to ...
... You might also recall recent hype around the 1 km wide, Asteroid-2004 BL86, that zipped by Earth at a distance of 1.2 million km on January 26th this year. Unfortunately, we did not have a chance to see it as the weather did not cooperate. nasa, however, used radio dishes to “ping” signals off it to ...
Constructing the Solar System: A Smashing Success!
... from asteroids, while some originated on the Moon or Mars. From their chemistry, we can infer the conditions under which they formed and group them with other meteorites with similar characteristics—which are likely to have come from the same parent body (i.e. asteroid). Figure 3: Two di↵erent types ...
... from asteroids, while some originated on the Moon or Mars. From their chemistry, we can infer the conditions under which they formed and group them with other meteorites with similar characteristics—which are likely to have come from the same parent body (i.e. asteroid). Figure 3: Two di↵erent types ...
CH28 Solar System - Van Buren Public Schools
... Uranus: The sideways Planet Uranus rotates on its sideways. Its axis of rotation, instead of being generally perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, like the other planets, lies nearly parallel to the plane of its orbit. Its rotational motion, therefore, has the appearance of a rolling ball, rathe ...
... Uranus: The sideways Planet Uranus rotates on its sideways. Its axis of rotation, instead of being generally perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, like the other planets, lies nearly parallel to the plane of its orbit. Its rotational motion, therefore, has the appearance of a rolling ball, rathe ...
Solar System Webquest - Planets, Moons, +
... 1. How many planets (not including Dwarf Planets) are there in our Solar System? ...
... 1. How many planets (not including Dwarf Planets) are there in our Solar System? ...
chapter12AsterioidsC..
... through Earth’s atmosphere • Meteor: The bright trail left by a meteorite • Meteoroid: rock traveling in space. • Meteorwrong: suspected meteorite that is not space rock fall. ...
... through Earth’s atmosphere • Meteor: The bright trail left by a meteorite • Meteoroid: rock traveling in space. • Meteorwrong: suspected meteorite that is not space rock fall. ...
Dvorak
... resonance. The acting of small divisors because of the MMR causes large perturbations and shift the asteroid to larger and larger eccentricities (still smaller than 0.1). Then a sudden (thousands of years) increase in eccentricities up to 0.3 and 0.4 leads to a region where the so called OVERLAPPING ...
... resonance. The acting of small divisors because of the MMR causes large perturbations and shift the asteroid to larger and larger eccentricities (still smaller than 0.1). Then a sudden (thousands of years) increase in eccentricities up to 0.3 and 0.4 leads to a region where the so called OVERLAPPING ...
Powerpoint
... • Start with CO2, H2O, N2 • Escape to space, reactions with rocks alter atmosphere • Mars, Venus, and Earth have very different histories for their atmospheres ...
... • Start with CO2, H2O, N2 • Escape to space, reactions with rocks alter atmosphere • Mars, Venus, and Earth have very different histories for their atmospheres ...
Asteroids4 Feb Asteroids, Comets, Minor Planets • Understanding composition of solar system
... Near Earth asteroid S‐type 35 x 15 x 13 km (size of Lansing) Density: 2.4gm/cm3 (rock) You would weigh 3 oz on Eros (little bag of potato chips) • 20 mph speed limit • NEAR spacecraft orbited for 1 year, then landed Feb. 2001. ...
... Near Earth asteroid S‐type 35 x 15 x 13 km (size of Lansing) Density: 2.4gm/cm3 (rock) You would weigh 3 oz on Eros (little bag of potato chips) • 20 mph speed limit • NEAR spacecraft orbited for 1 year, then landed Feb. 2001. ...
Chapter 7 Earth in Space.
... • The sun is at its lowest in the South sky and the shortest day of the year. • Sun rays directly hitting the Tropic of Capricorn. ...
... • The sun is at its lowest in the South sky and the shortest day of the year. • Sun rays directly hitting the Tropic of Capricorn. ...
Comets - Cloudfront.net
... These planetismals are made of mostly water ice with some CO₂ or Dry Ice, with traces of other gas ices They also contain small rocks and dust, including carbon compounds These are what become comets ...
... These planetismals are made of mostly water ice with some CO₂ or Dry Ice, with traces of other gas ices They also contain small rocks and dust, including carbon compounds These are what become comets ...
DEEP IMPACT and ROSETTA
... Problem: D/H ratio of ocean water differs from (barely known) D/H ratio of comets way-around: mixing of 2 or more sources with different D/H ratio, cometary source would have contributed about 30% ...
... Problem: D/H ratio of ocean water differs from (barely known) D/H ratio of comets way-around: mixing of 2 or more sources with different D/H ratio, cometary source would have contributed about 30% ...
Comets - Cloudfront.net
... These planetismals are made of mostly water ice with some CO₂ or Dry Ice, with traces of other gas ices They also contain small rocks and dust, including carbon compounds These are what become comets ...
... These planetismals are made of mostly water ice with some CO₂ or Dry Ice, with traces of other gas ices They also contain small rocks and dust, including carbon compounds These are what become comets ...
DStroupTalk4 - FSU High Energy Physics
... Atmosphere consists of molecules and atoms moving at various speeds Temperature of gas is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles, K=½mv² kT => larger mass => smaller speed at given temp. Atmospheric escape: gravity holds down any atmosphere of a celestial body Thin layers of the at ...
... Atmosphere consists of molecules and atoms moving at various speeds Temperature of gas is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles, K=½mv² kT => larger mass => smaller speed at given temp. Atmospheric escape: gravity holds down any atmosphere of a celestial body Thin layers of the at ...
Objects in the Kuiper belt are made mostly of rock and
... c) Objects in the Oort cloud contain large proportions of ice. d) Objects in the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane as the planets, but objects in the Oort cloud do not. 2. A rock found on Earth that crashed down from space is called ______. a) an impact b) meteorit ...
... c) Objects in the Oort cloud contain large proportions of ice. d) Objects in the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane as the planets, but objects in the Oort cloud do not. 2. A rock found on Earth that crashed down from space is called ______. a) an impact b) meteorit ...
Ch 12 slides - UNLV Physics
... What is Pluto like? •! Its moon Charon is nearly as large as Pluto itself (probably made by a major impact) •! Pluto is very cold (40 K) •! Pluto has a thin nitrogen atmosphere that will refreeze onto the surface as Pluto’s orbit takes it farther from the Sun. ...
... What is Pluto like? •! Its moon Charon is nearly as large as Pluto itself (probably made by a major impact) •! Pluto is very cold (40 K) •! Pluto has a thin nitrogen atmosphere that will refreeze onto the surface as Pluto’s orbit takes it farther from the Sun. ...
12_LectureOutlines
... • Coma is atmosphere that comes from heated nucleus • Plasma tail is gas escaping from coma, pushed by solar wind • Dust tail is pushed by photons ...
... • Coma is atmosphere that comes from heated nucleus • Plasma tail is gas escaping from coma, pushed by solar wind • Dust tail is pushed by photons ...
Inner Planets` Atmospheres
... Big comets and asteroids hitting the planet will deposit a lot of kinetic energy which becomes heat, blowing off a significant amount of atmosphere all at once. • This is a Big issue especially in dense areas (inner solar system), and dense times (soon after formation). ...
... Big comets and asteroids hitting the planet will deposit a lot of kinetic energy which becomes heat, blowing off a significant amount of atmosphere all at once. • This is a Big issue especially in dense areas (inner solar system), and dense times (soon after formation). ...
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... • Coma is atmosphere that comes from heated nucleus • Plasma tail is gas escaping from coma, pushed by solar wind • Dust tail is pushed by photons ...
... • Coma is atmosphere that comes from heated nucleus • Plasma tail is gas escaping from coma, pushed by solar wind • Dust tail is pushed by photons ...