The Universe: Secrets of the Sun (History Channel production)
... 5. The fusion of two hydrogen atoms produces helium particles with extra mass; this mass is given off as __________________________. 6. Particles of light and heat are called _________________________; once they leave the Sun’s surface they take ________________ to reach Earth. 7. The Sun originated ...
... 5. The fusion of two hydrogen atoms produces helium particles with extra mass; this mass is given off as __________________________. 6. Particles of light and heat are called _________________________; once they leave the Sun’s surface they take ________________ to reach Earth. 7. The Sun originated ...
The Sun
... • Huge cloud of gas heated by sun’s magnetic field ~2,000,000°C • Prevents most of the atomic particles from sun escaping into space • Atomic particles that escape cause solar wind ...
... • Huge cloud of gas heated by sun’s magnetic field ~2,000,000°C • Prevents most of the atomic particles from sun escaping into space • Atomic particles that escape cause solar wind ...
UCI OBSERVATORY VISITOR NIGHTS Solar System Crossword
... made of small pieces of ice and dust 3. The largest planet in the Solar System 5. The Sun is like a leopard because it often has these 10. Astronomers use the Hubble Space ____ to study planets 12. The Sun is not a planet, but is this 14. This planet could float in a (large!) bathtub 17. We have sen ...
... made of small pieces of ice and dust 3. The largest planet in the Solar System 5. The Sun is like a leopard because it often has these 10. Astronomers use the Hubble Space ____ to study planets 12. The Sun is not a planet, but is this 14. This planet could float in a (large!) bathtub 17. We have sen ...
The Sun
... • The Sun has several layers: the core, the radiation zone, the convection zone, and the photosphere (which is the surface of the Sun). • In the nuclear reactions that occur at the core about 700 million tons of hydrogen is converted to helium every second, and since helium is about 7% lighter, thi ...
... • The Sun has several layers: the core, the radiation zone, the convection zone, and the photosphere (which is the surface of the Sun). • In the nuclear reactions that occur at the core about 700 million tons of hydrogen is converted to helium every second, and since helium is about 7% lighter, thi ...
Chapter 23 Vocabulary
... 4. Jupiter- in our solar system, the fifth planet from the sun; largest planet, mostly gas and liquid 5. comet- moss of frozen gasses and rock particles that orbits the sun, often developing a bright tail when it passes near the sun 6. Oort Cloud- cloud of comets surrounding the solar system outside ...
... 4. Jupiter- in our solar system, the fifth planet from the sun; largest planet, mostly gas and liquid 5. comet- moss of frozen gasses and rock particles that orbits the sun, often developing a bright tail when it passes near the sun 6. Oort Cloud- cloud of comets surrounding the solar system outside ...
Some Common Misconceptions about Seasons
... That the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets exactly in the west every day (rather than rising in the southeast in winter and northeast in summer, and setting in the southwest in winter and northwest in summer). That seasons change because Earth’s tilt itself changes (rather than the directio ...
... That the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets exactly in the west every day (rather than rising in the southeast in winter and northeast in summer, and setting in the southwest in winter and northwest in summer). That seasons change because Earth’s tilt itself changes (rather than the directio ...
Structure of the Sun
... 2) During eclipses it glows a reddish color, this color is given off by the hydrogen 3) Temperatures range from 4,000 – 50,000 degrees C 4) In upward movements, gas regularly forms narrow jets of hot gas that shoot outward to form the chromospheres and then fade way within a few minutes. a. They can ...
... 2) During eclipses it glows a reddish color, this color is given off by the hydrogen 3) Temperatures range from 4,000 – 50,000 degrees C 4) In upward movements, gas regularly forms narrow jets of hot gas that shoot outward to form the chromospheres and then fade way within a few minutes. a. They can ...
Space Science Chapter 4 Reading Guide BIG IDEA: Our Sun is
... 7. Why do astronomers need to use special methods to detect star systems? ...
... 7. Why do astronomers need to use special methods to detect star systems? ...
THE SUN - Mother Teresa Regional School
... light from the photosphere and it no longer produces the glare that keeps you from seeing the sun’s faint, outer layers. The glow that you see during a solar eclipse is from the chromosphere, which is the middle layer of the sun. The Greek word “chroma” means color. So the chromosphere is the colo ...
... light from the photosphere and it no longer produces the glare that keeps you from seeing the sun’s faint, outer layers. The glow that you see during a solar eclipse is from the chromosphere, which is the middle layer of the sun. The Greek word “chroma” means color. So the chromosphere is the colo ...
Formation of solar system11 Feb Homework 4 • Preparation for Midterm exam (4 March)
... • Small objects (10km) with periods of 100’s years to 1000’s years. • Visible when near the sun. Sunlight boils off gas and frees dust. ...
... • Small objects (10km) with periods of 100’s years to 1000’s years. • Visible when near the sun. Sunlight boils off gas and frees dust. ...
Solar Geometry - TeachEngineering
... and heat (infrared), are emitted from the sun’s surface. The sun is about 93 million miles (149 million km) from Earth, so energy from the sun — electromagnetic radiation — takes eight minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. The Earth intercepts less than one billionth of the sun’s total radiated ene ...
... and heat (infrared), are emitted from the sun’s surface. The sun is about 93 million miles (149 million km) from Earth, so energy from the sun — electromagnetic radiation — takes eight minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. The Earth intercepts less than one billionth of the sun’s total radiated ene ...
Document
... • The Sun’s energy comes from nuclear fusion – the merging of hydrogen nuclei into helium. • Each fusion reaction releases only a little bit of energy, but it happens a lot. • A helium nucleus has less mass than the four protons (hydrogen nuclei) that fuse to create it. • This difference in mass is ...
... • The Sun’s energy comes from nuclear fusion – the merging of hydrogen nuclei into helium. • Each fusion reaction releases only a little bit of energy, but it happens a lot. • A helium nucleus has less mass than the four protons (hydrogen nuclei) that fuse to create it. • This difference in mass is ...
STUDY GUIDE – UNIT 3: EARTH IN SPACE
... revolution, WINTER: sun at zenith 23½ S, Tropic of Capricorn, tilted away from sun, winter solstice = Dec. 21st. short days, long nights, sun low in sky, sunrise S of E, sunset S of W, SUMMER: sun at zenith 23 1/2 N, Tropic of Cancer, tilt toward the sun, summer solstice = June 21st, long days, s ...
... revolution, WINTER: sun at zenith 23½ S, Tropic of Capricorn, tilted away from sun, winter solstice = Dec. 21st. short days, long nights, sun low in sky, sunrise S of E, sunset S of W, SUMMER: sun at zenith 23 1/2 N, Tropic of Cancer, tilt toward the sun, summer solstice = June 21st, long days, s ...
23 4 Minor Members of the Solar System
... held together by frozen gases Most comets travel in elongated orbits, taking them past Pluto and take hundreds of thousands of years to go around the sun. Coma – glowing head of a comet, caused by the solar energy vaporizing frozen gases A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilomete ...
... held together by frozen gases Most comets travel in elongated orbits, taking them past Pluto and take hundreds of thousands of years to go around the sun. Coma – glowing head of a comet, caused by the solar energy vaporizing frozen gases A small glowing nucleus with a diameter of only a few kilomete ...
Comet Hayukatake
... Comet’s tail always points away from the Sun • In the vacuum of space the only thing pushing on the tail is the solar wind and the light coming from the Sun. The tail has to always point away from the Sun, regardless of how the comet moving. • Charged particles in the solar wind exert a force on th ...
... Comet’s tail always points away from the Sun • In the vacuum of space the only thing pushing on the tail is the solar wind and the light coming from the Sun. The tail has to always point away from the Sun, regardless of how the comet moving. • Charged particles in the solar wind exert a force on th ...
The Voyagers opened a new frontier — the worlds of the outer solar
... flock of smaller icy moons. That was followed by bland-looking Uranus, a planet that rolls around the Sun on its side. It boasts a set of dark rings and its own collection of icy worlds. Voyager’s close flyby of Neptune showed storms in its upper atmosphere, and revealed the mottled surface of the u ...
... flock of smaller icy moons. That was followed by bland-looking Uranus, a planet that rolls around the Sun on its side. It boasts a set of dark rings and its own collection of icy worlds. Voyager’s close flyby of Neptune showed storms in its upper atmosphere, and revealed the mottled surface of the u ...
our solar system
... the Earth has oceans the Earth is unique from other planets because it supports ...
... the Earth has oceans the Earth is unique from other planets because it supports ...
Lecture102102 - FSU High Energy Physics
... used 11,000 phototubes in a tank of 50,000 tons of ultrapure water took first pictures of Sun with neutrinos ...
... used 11,000 phototubes in a tank of 50,000 tons of ultrapure water took first pictures of Sun with neutrinos ...
The Sun
... Sunspots What theondifference between a flare and a prominence? These are is areas WKHVXQ¶VVXUIDFH flaredarker flashes off of the sun’s surface, while a thatAappear because they are of to the sun’s surface. a lower temperature than surrounding areas. ...
... Sunspots What theondifference between a flare and a prominence? These are is areas WKHVXQ¶VVXUIDFH flaredarker flashes off of the sun’s surface, while a thatAappear because they are of to the sun’s surface. a lower temperature than surrounding areas. ...
Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System
... Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System The following table shows the average distances from the sun for each planet. The first measurements are in miles and the second measurements are in astronomical units. An astronomical unit is defined as the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is ab ...
... Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System The following table shows the average distances from the sun for each planet. The first measurements are in miles and the second measurements are in astronomical units. An astronomical unit is defined as the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is ab ...
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.