The Comet`s Tale Assessment
... a) the time it takes for the comet to travel once around the Sun b) the shortest distance from the Sun to the comet along the comet’s path c) the number of times the comet orbits the Sun in a millennium d) the amount of time between sightings of the comet from Earth 4. What is a short-period comet? ...
... a) the time it takes for the comet to travel once around the Sun b) the shortest distance from the Sun to the comet along the comet’s path c) the number of times the comet orbits the Sun in a millennium d) the amount of time between sightings of the comet from Earth 4. What is a short-period comet? ...
ppt
... Assume a simple model of the greenhouse effect, where a cloud layer (with same surface area as the Earth) is completely transparent to optical radiation, and completely opaque to infrared radiation. Calculate by how much the surface temperature increases when the cloud layer is present. ...
... Assume a simple model of the greenhouse effect, where a cloud layer (with same surface area as the Earth) is completely transparent to optical radiation, and completely opaque to infrared radiation. Calculate by how much the surface temperature increases when the cloud layer is present. ...
Beyond Planet Earth: Activities for Grades 6-8
... When our solar system began to take shape some 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun and planets as we know them today did not exist. Instead, a large disk of gas and dust known as the solar nebula swirled around a developing Sun. Within this disk, countless small objects collided and stuck together, gradu ...
... When our solar system began to take shape some 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun and planets as we know them today did not exist. Instead, a large disk of gas and dust known as the solar nebula swirled around a developing Sun. Within this disk, countless small objects collided and stuck together, gradu ...
Powerpoint
... tails:Cyan for gas tail (controlled by the solar magnetic field), grey for dust tail (bends due to the comet’s motion). (Wikimedia Commons) ...
... tails:Cyan for gas tail (controlled by the solar magnetic field), grey for dust tail (bends due to the comet’s motion). (Wikimedia Commons) ...
8-4
... particles in the solar wind that in turn affect magnetic storms in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic storms often disrupt radio, telephone, and television signals. ...
... particles in the solar wind that in turn affect magnetic storms in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic storms often disrupt radio, telephone, and television signals. ...
Comet ISON - Lone Star Science with Mr. Zuber
... the daytime, are spectacularly beautiful, and very rare. • Scientists have the chance to study how comets are made by studying the atmosphere (tail) of ISON as the Sun boils it away, giving us more clues into how the early Solar System formed. ...
... the daytime, are spectacularly beautiful, and very rare. • Scientists have the chance to study how comets are made by studying the atmosphere (tail) of ISON as the Sun boils it away, giving us more clues into how the early Solar System formed. ...
Slide 1
... than a planet and larger than a meteoroid. Meteoroid – a small rocky object orbiting the Sun; smaller than an asteroid. Meteor – a bright streak of light in the sky caused by the entry into Earth’s atmosphere of a meteoroid or a small icy particle. Very large, bright ones are called fireballs and bo ...
... than a planet and larger than a meteoroid. Meteoroid – a small rocky object orbiting the Sun; smaller than an asteroid. Meteor – a bright streak of light in the sky caused by the entry into Earth’s atmosphere of a meteoroid or a small icy particle. Very large, bright ones are called fireballs and bo ...
Life in the Universe Lecture (G 345U)
... There are a few meteorites from Mars and the moon Lots of different meteorites ~100-200 types Theory is that all meteoroids started as chrondrites and then “processed” to become all else. As sun collapsed there were some solids and these were chrondrites. Very small dust grains. The pre solar materi ...
... There are a few meteorites from Mars and the moon Lots of different meteorites ~100-200 types Theory is that all meteoroids started as chrondrites and then “processed” to become all else. As sun collapsed there were some solids and these were chrondrites. Very small dust grains. The pre solar materi ...
Institute of Shock Physics: Computational Modelling
... Models of Asteroid Collisions and Impacts on Earth Planetary-scale impact research: ...
... Models of Asteroid Collisions and Impacts on Earth Planetary-scale impact research: ...
Fig. 23-CO, p.548
... Tail – the ions streaming away in the solar wind (can be millions of km long). Halley’s comet had a coma radius of 4500 km when it passed Earth during 1986. ...
... Tail – the ions streaming away in the solar wind (can be millions of km long). Halley’s comet had a coma radius of 4500 km when it passed Earth during 1986. ...
The Solar System - Solon City Schools
... Neptune is 30 AU from the sun. Diameter is 49,500 km. Rotates every 16.1 hours. Revolves around the sun every 165 years. Thick atmosphere of ...
... Neptune is 30 AU from the sun. Diameter is 49,500 km. Rotates every 16.1 hours. Revolves around the sun every 165 years. Thick atmosphere of ...
CVtpf 2-1 - Hackettstown School District
... comet a small body of rock, ice, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun Kuiper Belt a region of. the solar system that starts just beyond the orbft of Neptune and that contains dwarf p'ianets ...
... comet a small body of rock, ice, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun Kuiper Belt a region of. the solar system that starts just beyond the orbft of Neptune and that contains dwarf p'ianets ...
VII. Uranus - Napa Valley College
... — These granules pop into existence and stay for about 15 minutes to a half an hour. — Size: a few hundred km across. — We see them because the hot interior is brighter than the cool borders. — Convection cells in the photosphere (Aside — Modes of heat transport 1. Conduction: heat transport through ...
... — These granules pop into existence and stay for about 15 minutes to a half an hour. — Size: a few hundred km across. — We see them because the hot interior is brighter than the cool borders. — Convection cells in the photosphere (Aside — Modes of heat transport 1. Conduction: heat transport through ...
Killer Asteroids
... orbits around the Sun. It is believed that Trojans have been ‘locked’ in their orbits since early in the formation of the Solar System. To date, astronomers have found over 5 000 Trojans in Jupiter’s orbit, and only one in Earth’s orbit (2010 TK7). Beyond the Main Asteroid Belt, there are objects th ...
... orbits around the Sun. It is believed that Trojans have been ‘locked’ in their orbits since early in the formation of the Solar System. To date, astronomers have found over 5 000 Trojans in Jupiter’s orbit, and only one in Earth’s orbit (2010 TK7). Beyond the Main Asteroid Belt, there are objects th ...
Worksheet
... 5. Where were many of the comets whisked after the formed by the gas planets? b. Into the Kuiper Belt. 6. How many comets may be in the Kuiper Belt? c. Over 6 billion. 7. What happens to a comet as it approaches the Sun? c. All the frozen materials convert from ice to gaseous materials. 8. What is t ...
... 5. Where were many of the comets whisked after the formed by the gas planets? b. Into the Kuiper Belt. 6. How many comets may be in the Kuiper Belt? c. Over 6 billion. 7. What happens to a comet as it approaches the Sun? c. All the frozen materials convert from ice to gaseous materials. 8. What is t ...
Activity 1-2
... The protoplanet hypothesis begins about 5 x 109 years ago with a great cloud of gas and dust rotating slowly in space. The cloud is at least 10 x 10 9 km in diameter. As time passes, the cloud shrinks under the pull of its own gravitation or is made to collapse by the explosion of a passing star. Mo ...
... The protoplanet hypothesis begins about 5 x 109 years ago with a great cloud of gas and dust rotating slowly in space. The cloud is at least 10 x 10 9 km in diameter. As time passes, the cloud shrinks under the pull of its own gravitation or is made to collapse by the explosion of a passing star. Mo ...
Chapter 12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets What are
... • 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 ...
Chapter 1 Questions
... irregularities in the motions of Uranus and Neptune; however, these irregularities were later shown not to exist, and the mass of Pluto was discovered to be too small to have been responsible for such effects on these planets. ...
... irregularities in the motions of Uranus and Neptune; however, these irregularities were later shown not to exist, and the mass of Pluto was discovered to be too small to have been responsible for such effects on these planets. ...
Ingrid Mann Dust- plasma processes in the vicinity of planetary
... the impact-generated populations, for example through electric- and magnetic fields and radiation pressure. At the same time, the impact-generated ions, neutrals and dust particles affect the local space environment. Active asteroids are assumed to emit dust in a similar way as comets. This phenomen ...
... the impact-generated populations, for example through electric- and magnetic fields and radiation pressure. At the same time, the impact-generated ions, neutrals and dust particles affect the local space environment. Active asteroids are assumed to emit dust in a similar way as comets. This phenomen ...
Estimating how often Mass Extinctions due to Impacts Occur on the
... Many students will realize that the numbers of craters should be multiplied by 2, since we are observing only half of the Moon. Other students might get confused by this concept, or they may argue that only one side of the Moon “sweeps up” craters. In fact, the side of the Moon we do not see (the “f ...
... Many students will realize that the numbers of craters should be multiplied by 2, since we are observing only half of the Moon. Other students might get confused by this concept, or they may argue that only one side of the Moon “sweeps up” craters. In fact, the side of the Moon we do not see (the “f ...
Our Solar System
... rock or iron. Sizes range from 1km-940 km in diameter. Asteroids shine due to reflected sunlight. How big is 940km? Almost 585 miles across! Location: between Mars and Jupiter there is asteroid belt of rock, these are asteroids Movement: Most asteroids stay in this belt orbiting the Sun, but some ma ...
... rock or iron. Sizes range from 1km-940 km in diameter. Asteroids shine due to reflected sunlight. How big is 940km? Almost 585 miles across! Location: between Mars and Jupiter there is asteroid belt of rock, these are asteroids Movement: Most asteroids stay in this belt orbiting the Sun, but some ma ...
Remnants of Rock and Ice (Chapter 12) Asteroids (small rocky
... Asteroids (small rocky bodies) and comets (small icy bodies) are leftover planetesimals. Their compositions and orbits reveal a lot about solar system formation. The largest asteroid, Ceres, is around 1000 km in diameter, one-third the diameter of the Moon. The asteroids would only form an object 20 ...
... Asteroids (small rocky bodies) and comets (small icy bodies) are leftover planetesimals. Their compositions and orbits reveal a lot about solar system formation. The largest asteroid, Ceres, is around 1000 km in diameter, one-third the diameter of the Moon. The asteroids would only form an object 20 ...