Solar System Overview Solar System Overview Planets
... (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new ...
... (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (3) All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new ...
Solar System Overview Solar System Overview Planets
... "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects. This category is to be called "plutonian objects." ...
... "Small Solar System Bodies". The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects. This category is to be called "plutonian objects." ...
Lecture18
... •B) Comets never approach closer to the Sun than approximately Jupiter’s orbit, whereas some asteroids approach very close to the Sun •C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System •D) Come orbits are highly elliptic ...
... •B) Comets never approach closer to the Sun than approximately Jupiter’s orbit, whereas some asteroids approach very close to the Sun •C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System •D) Come orbits are highly elliptic ...
Lecture18 - UCSB Physics
... • B) Comets never approach closer to the Sun than approximately Jupiter’s orbit, whereas some asteroids approach very close to the Sun • C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System • D) Come orbits are highly ellip ...
... • B) Comets never approach closer to the Sun than approximately Jupiter’s orbit, whereas some asteroids approach very close to the Sun • C) Asteroids orbit the Sun continuously, whereas all comets approach the Sun’s vicinity only once before leaving the Solar System • D) Come orbits are highly ellip ...
Nice
... • Eccentricity variations of Neptune during 2:1 Saturn/Jupiter resonant crossing event led to scattering of the outer planetesimal disk • Natural depletion of disk • Many objects scattered by Neptune and Uranus high inclination objects • Objects scattered early have higher inclinations possible ...
... • Eccentricity variations of Neptune during 2:1 Saturn/Jupiter resonant crossing event led to scattering of the outer planetesimal disk • Natural depletion of disk • Many objects scattered by Neptune and Uranus high inclination objects • Objects scattered early have higher inclinations possible ...
Gravity and Orbital Motions
... Sun, since the Sun is about 330,000 times more massive than Earth. For an equal mass system, the center-of-mass would be located at the mid point of their mutual orbits. ...
... Sun, since the Sun is about 330,000 times more massive than Earth. For an equal mass system, the center-of-mass would be located at the mid point of their mutual orbits. ...
Neptune - Peterborough Astronomical Association
... Neptune is the 8th planet out from the Sun. It takes its name from the Roman god of the sea. The Romans simply copied their ancient Greek predecessors and transferred the Greek god, Poseidon, into their culture and gave him their name – Neptune. Like Uranus, Neptune is now classified as an ice gian ...
... Neptune is the 8th planet out from the Sun. It takes its name from the Roman god of the sea. The Romans simply copied their ancient Greek predecessors and transferred the Greek god, Poseidon, into their culture and gave him their name – Neptune. Like Uranus, Neptune is now classified as an ice gian ...
The NEW Solar System
... Somewhere along the line, you should have noticed that many (if not the vast majority) of the smaller objects found in the solar system have wildly eccentric orbits. In addition, its seems possible that early in the Sun’s own life, one or more partner stars may have been near enough to cause gravita ...
... Somewhere along the line, you should have noticed that many (if not the vast majority) of the smaller objects found in the solar system have wildly eccentric orbits. In addition, its seems possible that early in the Sun’s own life, one or more partner stars may have been near enough to cause gravita ...
The planets - Neptune - Primary Leap Worksheets.
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun, it is also the furthest. The planet was discovered on September 23, 1846. It takes 165 years to orbit the Sun. Neptune can be not be seen with the naked eye. The planet is slightly bigger than its near twin Uranus. Neptune is surrounded by ring arcs and has ...
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun, it is also the furthest. The planet was discovered on September 23, 1846. It takes 165 years to orbit the Sun. Neptune can be not be seen with the naked eye. The planet is slightly bigger than its near twin Uranus. Neptune is surrounded by ring arcs and has ...
ES1.Powerpoint.SolarSystem es1.powerpoint.solarsystem
... Neptune • 8th planet from sun • Triton largest moon • Great Dark Spot thought ...
... Neptune • 8th planet from sun • Triton largest moon • Great Dark Spot thought ...
Solutions
... 42. Comet Tails. Describe in your own words why comets have tails. Why do most comets have two distinct visible tails, and why do the tails go in different directions? Why is the third, invisible tail of small pebbles of interest to us on Earth? Comets have tails due to the sublimation of ice caus ...
... 42. Comet Tails. Describe in your own words why comets have tails. Why do most comets have two distinct visible tails, and why do the tails go in different directions? Why is the third, invisible tail of small pebbles of interest to us on Earth? Comets have tails due to the sublimation of ice caus ...
The Outer Solar System
... are violent wind storms that circle around Jupiter. The most famous storm is called the Great Red Spot. It has been churning for more than four hundred years and scientists don’t think it will be slowing down any time soon. Jupiter has its own system of moons. At last count Jupiter has sixty-three k ...
... are violent wind storms that circle around Jupiter. The most famous storm is called the Great Red Spot. It has been churning for more than four hundred years and scientists don’t think it will be slowing down any time soon. Jupiter has its own system of moons. At last count Jupiter has sixty-three k ...
What do you think about the origin of most of Jupiter`s moons?
... • Neptune moved rapidly outward. Its elliptical orbit settled down to circular by exchanging angular momentum with the Kuiper objects. ...
... • Neptune moved rapidly outward. Its elliptical orbit settled down to circular by exchanging angular momentum with the Kuiper objects. ...
Killer Asteroids
... (20 times as wide) and contains much more material (20 to 200 times as much). It is mainly composed of small bodies which are left over from the Solar System’s formation. It is home to at least three dwarf planets – Pluto, Makemake and Haumea (see Figure 2). Objects in the Kuiper Belt have stable or ...
... (20 times as wide) and contains much more material (20 to 200 times as much). It is mainly composed of small bodies which are left over from the Solar System’s formation. It is home to at least three dwarf planets – Pluto, Makemake and Haumea (see Figure 2). Objects in the Kuiper Belt have stable or ...
The Terrestrial Planets
... • Great Red Spot is gigantic hurricane-like storm • Has rings, but are made up of small, dark particles, not ice like Saturn’s ...
... • Great Red Spot is gigantic hurricane-like storm • Has rings, but are made up of small, dark particles, not ice like Saturn’s ...
The Pluto controversy: What`s a planet, anyway?
... fringes, out beyond Neptune. This region of icy bodies was named the Kuiper Belt in honor of the Dutchborn American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who predicted its existence. Pluto is one of its largest members. Akin to the asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, these bodies nevertheless made u ...
... fringes, out beyond Neptune. This region of icy bodies was named the Kuiper Belt in honor of the Dutchborn American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who predicted its existence. Pluto is one of its largest members. Akin to the asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, these bodies nevertheless made u ...
GENERATION OF HIGHLY INCLINED TRANS
... The trans-Neptunian region of the solar system exhibits an intricate dynamical structure, much of which can be explained by an instability-driven orbital history of the giant planets. However, the origins of a highly inclined, and in certain cases retrograde, population of trans-Neptunian objects re ...
... The trans-Neptunian region of the solar system exhibits an intricate dynamical structure, much of which can be explained by an instability-driven orbital history of the giant planets. However, the origins of a highly inclined, and in certain cases retrograde, population of trans-Neptunian objects re ...
Explore the Solar System - Museum of Science, Boston
... and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system objects, allowing students to see these objects up close and in three dimensions. This perspective also a ...
... and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system objects, allowing students to see these objects up close and in three dimensions. This perspective also a ...
Chapter 7 Study notes
... • Asteroids are rocky while comets are made of ice and dust • Asteroids orbit the Sun mostly in the asteroid belt while comets have a large elliptical path that goes beyond Pluto. ...
... • Asteroids are rocky while comets are made of ice and dust • Asteroids orbit the Sun mostly in the asteroid belt while comets have a large elliptical path that goes beyond Pluto. ...
Pluto
... • Pluto was discovered after a long search • Pluto and its moon, Charon, move together in a highly elliptical orbit steeply inclined to the plane of the ecliptic • They are the only worlds in the solar system not yet visited by spacecraft ...
... • Pluto was discovered after a long search • Pluto and its moon, Charon, move together in a highly elliptical orbit steeply inclined to the plane of the ecliptic • They are the only worlds in the solar system not yet visited by spacecraft ...
Other Objects in the Solar System
... Large natural objects that revolve around planets are called satellites or moons. Moons range in size, shape, terrain, and geological activity just like planets. Several planets have more than one moon. Probably the most famous satellite of any planet is Earth’s Moon. The moon has no atmosphere, and ...
... Large natural objects that revolve around planets are called satellites or moons. Moons range in size, shape, terrain, and geological activity just like planets. Several planets have more than one moon. Probably the most famous satellite of any planet is Earth’s Moon. The moon has no atmosphere, and ...
Introduction to Our Solar System
... What happened to Pluto? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. It was named after the Roman God of the underworld. At half the size of Mercury and two thirds the size of our own moon, it was considered the smallest planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomica ...
... What happened to Pluto? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. It was named after the Roman God of the underworld. At half the size of Mercury and two thirds the size of our own moon, it was considered the smallest planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomica ...
Astronomy Name ______KEY Solar System Objects Quiz Study
... 4. Meteorite rock/metal found on Earth that came from space 5. Asteroid large piece of rock/metal floating in space 6. Comet dirty snowball (ice and dust) orbiting Sun in very elliptical orbit; can be seen for weeks or months 3. Solar System Facts to know: 1. Order of planets from Sun. Mercury, Venu ...
... 4. Meteorite rock/metal found on Earth that came from space 5. Asteroid large piece of rock/metal floating in space 6. Comet dirty snowball (ice and dust) orbiting Sun in very elliptical orbit; can be seen for weeks or months 3. Solar System Facts to know: 1. Order of planets from Sun. Mercury, Venu ...
Scattered disc
The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant region of the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy minor planets, a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high as 0.8, inclinations as high as 40°, and perihelia greater than 30 astronomical units (4.5×109 km; 2.8×109 mi). These extreme orbits are thought to be the result of gravitational ""scattering"" by the gas giants, and the objects continue to be subject to perturbation by the planet Neptune.Although the closest scattered-disc objects approach the Sun at about 30–35 AU, their orbits can extend well beyond 100 AU. This makes scattered objects among the most distant and coldest objects in the Solar System. The innermost portion of the scattered disc overlaps with a torus-shaped region of orbiting objects traditionally called the Kuiper belt, but its outer limits reach much farther away from the Sun and farther above and below the ecliptic than the Kuiper belt proper.Because of its unstable nature, astronomers now consider the scattered disc to be the place of origin for most periodic comets in the Solar System, with the centaurs, a population of icy bodies between Jupiter and Neptune, being the intermediate stage in an object's migration from the disc to the inner Solar System. Eventually, perturbations from the giant planets send such objects towards the Sun, transforming them into periodic comets. Many Oort cloud objects are also thought to have originated in the scattered disc. Detached objects are not sharply distinct from scattered disc objects, and some such as Sedna have sometimes been considered to be included in this group.