The Universe in a Day - UC Berkeley Astronomy Department
... The Universe in a Day The Solar System does not form until 3pm. The first life (bacterial) appears on the Earth by 4pm. Our atmosphere begins to have free oxygen at 7 or 8 pm, and this promotes the development of creatures which can move more aggressively and eat each other. Life does not begin to ...
... The Universe in a Day The Solar System does not form until 3pm. The first life (bacterial) appears on the Earth by 4pm. Our atmosphere begins to have free oxygen at 7 or 8 pm, and this promotes the development of creatures which can move more aggressively and eat each other. Life does not begin to ...
Planet Rubric
... very steep in the southern hemisphere. Polar ice caps Once had liquid water on surface Possibilities of life ...
... very steep in the southern hemisphere. Polar ice caps Once had liquid water on surface Possibilities of life ...
We Are All Stardust: Nuclear Physics in the Cosmos
... temperature, density, composition, sound speed, from 5% of solar radius to the surface Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and other detectors measure solar neutrinos, weakly interacting particles created in nuclear reactions and radioactive decays in the solar core, which then fly right through the Sun an ...
... temperature, density, composition, sound speed, from 5% of solar radius to the surface Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and other detectors measure solar neutrinos, weakly interacting particles created in nuclear reactions and radioactive decays in the solar core, which then fly right through the Sun an ...
Nebula Theory - GSHS Mrs. Francomb
... The protoplanets were not just sitting still in space while condensation occurred. As they formed, the disk of the nebula was whirling around the core, as described above. The protoplanets continued this motion by revolving around the newly evolved Sun. In addition, the protoplanets, and the planets ...
... The protoplanets were not just sitting still in space while condensation occurred. As they formed, the disk of the nebula was whirling around the core, as described above. The protoplanets continued this motion by revolving around the newly evolved Sun. In addition, the protoplanets, and the planets ...
PHYS1002: Founda^ons of Astronomy
... • Note in this case we do not factor in any offset for the Earth’s rota0on about its axis. – The Sun’s posi0on in the Celes0al Sphere changes because of the Earth’s orbit not the Earth’s rot ...
... • Note in this case we do not factor in any offset for the Earth’s rota0on about its axis. – The Sun’s posi0on in the Celes0al Sphere changes because of the Earth’s orbit not the Earth’s rot ...
astro-ph/0502206 PDF
... year 50 trillion metric tons of protons (Hydrogen ions) reach the Sun's surface and are flung out into space by the solar wind. This is a small fraction of the Hydrogen "smoke" (protons + electrons) generated in the nuclear furnace at the Sun's core [18]. These findings resolve two problems Noble La ...
... year 50 trillion metric tons of protons (Hydrogen ions) reach the Sun's surface and are flung out into space by the solar wind. This is a small fraction of the Hydrogen "smoke" (protons + electrons) generated in the nuclear furnace at the Sun's core [18]. These findings resolve two problems Noble La ...
Formation of the Sun and Planets
... protoplanets, which grew to become the planets and moons that we find in our solar system today. Because of the gravitational sorting of material, the inner planets —Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars —formed from dense rock and metal. The outer planets —Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune —condensed f ...
... protoplanets, which grew to become the planets and moons that we find in our solar system today. Because of the gravitational sorting of material, the inner planets —Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars —formed from dense rock and metal. The outer planets —Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune —condensed f ...
Volcanoes and Igneous Activity Earth - Chapter 4
... A planet's orbit lies in an orbital plane • Similar to a flat sheet of paper • The orbital planes of the planets are inclined • Planes of seven planets lie within 3 degrees of the Sun's equator • Mercury's is inclined 7 degrees • Pluto's is inclined 17 degrees ...
... A planet's orbit lies in an orbital plane • Similar to a flat sheet of paper • The orbital planes of the planets are inclined • Planes of seven planets lie within 3 degrees of the Sun's equator • Mercury's is inclined 7 degrees • Pluto's is inclined 17 degrees ...
The affects of the Jovian planets
... • Uranus also is tilted on its axis 98 degrees. This makes its magnetic field follow the planet in a corkscrew form which affects the path of any object passing through its orbit. ...
... • Uranus also is tilted on its axis 98 degrees. This makes its magnetic field follow the planet in a corkscrew form which affects the path of any object passing through its orbit. ...
ppt
... order mHz: very long observations are needed. BiSON network (low-l modes) has data collected for 5000 days • Relative accuracy in frequencies ...
... order mHz: very long observations are needed. BiSON network (low-l modes) has data collected for 5000 days • Relative accuracy in frequencies ...
Lecture 22: The Family of the Sun
... The Trans-Neptunian Objects are a numerous class of small, icy bodies that orbit beyond Neptune. Composed mostly of ices: density 1.2–2 g/cc Icy Dwarf Planets (Pluto, Eris, Haumea, & Makemake) Kuiper Belt Objects ...
... The Trans-Neptunian Objects are a numerous class of small, icy bodies that orbit beyond Neptune. Composed mostly of ices: density 1.2–2 g/cc Icy Dwarf Planets (Pluto, Eris, Haumea, & Makemake) Kuiper Belt Objects ...
FAR, FAR AWAY - Museum of Science and Industry
... the top and bottom of both sides of the cardboard. Leave the ends open so you can tie the straps once the jetpack is on. ...
... the top and bottom of both sides of the cardboard. Leave the ends open so you can tie the straps once the jetpack is on. ...
UNIT C - apel slice
... well as moons around Jupiter. It was not until the mid-twentieth century, though, that people could launch vehicles into space. The Russian satellite Sputnik 1 was launched into Earth's upper atmosphere in 1957. A satellite is any body that orbits another. In the 1960s, Russian and United States spa ...
... well as moons around Jupiter. It was not until the mid-twentieth century, though, that people could launch vehicles into space. The Russian satellite Sputnik 1 was launched into Earth's upper atmosphere in 1957. A satellite is any body that orbits another. In the 1960s, Russian and United States spa ...
7. Energy Harvesting From Solar Wind and Galactic Cosmic Rays
... the upper atmosphere of the sun. It comprises of mostly electrons and protons along with a few heavier ions, and blows continuously from the surface of the Sun [1]. The solar wind may be considered as an extension of the outer atmosphere of the Sun into interplanetary space. The energy possessed by ...
... the upper atmosphere of the sun. It comprises of mostly electrons and protons along with a few heavier ions, and blows continuously from the surface of the Sun [1]. The solar wind may be considered as an extension of the outer atmosphere of the Sun into interplanetary space. The energy possessed by ...
Formation of the Solar System
... As core cools and solidifies, activity slows, and eventually stops (Moon) ...
... As core cools and solidifies, activity slows, and eventually stops (Moon) ...
Make a Solar System necklace!
... body with many craters and what seem like volcanoes. There may have been water there once, but now the clouds are composed of sulfuric acid. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky and is bright enough to cast shadows. Use the small yellow bead to represent Venus on your ...
... body with many craters and what seem like volcanoes. There may have been water there once, but now the clouds are composed of sulfuric acid. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky and is bright enough to cast shadows. Use the small yellow bead to represent Venus on your ...
Mallory, Course Implementation Using Solar System Simulator, Jan
... Simulator, please do the task below. You will have to find the answer to your question by Trial and Error, but that is an accepted part of Scientific Inquiry. After you read the sample questions below, select one of them to solve using only Solar System Sim. OR create a question yourself. Be sure yo ...
... Simulator, please do the task below. You will have to find the answer to your question by Trial and Error, but that is an accepted part of Scientific Inquiry. After you read the sample questions below, select one of them to solve using only Solar System Sim. OR create a question yourself. Be sure yo ...
solar photosphere and chromosphere
... A closer view – the dynamic atmosphere • The Sun shows many inhomogeneities, known since about 150 years • inhomogeneities are time dependent – dynamic • temperature rise to high coronal values only possible with non-radiative energy supply • most energy is needed for chromospheric heating • dynamic ...
... A closer view – the dynamic atmosphere • The Sun shows many inhomogeneities, known since about 150 years • inhomogeneities are time dependent – dynamic • temperature rise to high coronal values only possible with non-radiative energy supply • most energy is needed for chromospheric heating • dynamic ...
Gravitational potential energy
... heavy elements have not be created yet, Type II Supernovae occur at earlier times. They produce both O and Fe and so [O/Fe] is zero. At later times, Type I Supernovae make more heavy elements. they contribute to Fe, but not to O. So the ratio [O/Fe] decreases at later times, when the metallicity of ...
... heavy elements have not be created yet, Type II Supernovae occur at earlier times. They produce both O and Fe and so [O/Fe] is zero. At later times, Type I Supernovae make more heavy elements. they contribute to Fe, but not to O. So the ratio [O/Fe] decreases at later times, when the metallicity of ...
Journey to the Stars: Activities for Grades 6-8
... • What is the largest planet? Answer: Jupiter The smallest? Answer: Mercury The furthest from the Sun? Answer: Neptune The closest? Answer: Mercury • Which is larger: the Sun or the planets? Answer: The Sun. How much of a size difference do you think there is? Answers may vary depending on students’ ...
... • What is the largest planet? Answer: Jupiter The smallest? Answer: Mercury The furthest from the Sun? Answer: Neptune The closest? Answer: Mercury • Which is larger: the Sun or the planets? Answer: The Sun. How much of a size difference do you think there is? Answers may vary depending on students’ ...
Solar System
... Solar System Looks Like a Disk • As the planet’s distance from the sun increases; circumference of orbit increases & velocity decreases so period of orbit increases • Planets revolve in orbits that are tilted less than 7° to sun’s equator • Planets ALL orbit in same direction • As Sun rotates ...
... Solar System Looks Like a Disk • As the planet’s distance from the sun increases; circumference of orbit increases & velocity decreases so period of orbit increases • Planets revolve in orbits that are tilted less than 7° to sun’s equator • Planets ALL orbit in same direction • As Sun rotates ...
Our Solar System
... during the formation of the solar system as condensed chunks of ice and rock, which range in size from 1 to 10 km in diameter. To this day, hundreds of comets continue to orbit the Sun in highly elliptical orbits inclined at various angles from the ecliptic. Not until 1986 was a cometary nucleus fir ...
... during the formation of the solar system as condensed chunks of ice and rock, which range in size from 1 to 10 km in diameter. To this day, hundreds of comets continue to orbit the Sun in highly elliptical orbits inclined at various angles from the ecliptic. Not until 1986 was a cometary nucleus fir ...
Solar Empire I - A Star is Born
... 3. What is the name of the space telescope that is used by U.S. scientists to study stars? 4. Why is a space telescope necessary to investigate distant stars, what is the advantage over “land-based” telescopes? 5. What will happen to the star “Ida Corina” in the near future? How do we know? 6. What ...
... 3. What is the name of the space telescope that is used by U.S. scientists to study stars? 4. Why is a space telescope necessary to investigate distant stars, what is the advantage over “land-based” telescopes? 5. What will happen to the star “Ida Corina” in the near future? How do we know? 6. What ...
A New Model for Planet Formation The prevailing model for
... diffusing faster than heavier ones. The model connects planet mass to satellite system size via gravitational competition. ...
... diffusing faster than heavier ones. The model connects planet mass to satellite system size via gravitational competition. ...
Asteroids, Meteoroids and Comets
... Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites • Meteorite: • a meteoroid that reaches the surface of the Earth without being completely vaporized ...
... Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites • Meteorite: • a meteoroid that reaches the surface of the Earth without being completely vaporized ...
Heliosphere
The heliosphere is the bubble-like region of space dominated by the Sun, which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto. Plasma ""blown"" out from the Sun, known as the solar wind, creates and maintains this bubble against the outside pressure of the interstellar medium, the hydrogen and helium gas that permeates the Milky Way Galaxy. The solar wind flows outward from the Sun until encountering the termination shock, where motion slows abruptly. The Voyager spacecraft have actively explored the outer reaches of the heliosphere, passing through the shock and entering the heliosheath, a transitional region which is in turn bounded by the outermost edge of the heliosphere, called the heliopause. The overall shape of the heliosphere is controlled by the interstellar medium, through which it is traveling, as well as the Sun, and does not appear to be perfectly spherical. The limited data available and unexplored nature of these structures have resulted in many theories.On September 12, 2013, NASA announced that Voyager 1 had exited the heliosphere on August 25, 2012, when it measured a sudden increase in plasma density of about forty times. Because the heliopause marks one boundary between the Sun's solar wind and the rest of the galaxy, a spacecraft such as Voyager 1 which has departed the heliosphere can be said to have reached interstellar space.