Where Are We Going?
... Sun. What do you notice about the sizes of the orbits? Compare the orbits near the Sun with those farther away from the Sun. If you were the commander of a spacebus that traveled among the planets, would you rather travel between the Inner Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) or the Outer Planets ( ...
... Sun. What do you notice about the sizes of the orbits? Compare the orbits near the Sun with those farther away from the Sun. If you were the commander of a spacebus that traveled among the planets, would you rather travel between the Inner Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) or the Outer Planets ( ...
Formation of the Solar System
... a. Students use the model to describe that gravity is a predominantly inward-pulling force that can keep smaller/less massive objects in orbit around larger/more massive objects. b. Students use the model to describe that gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around large ...
... a. Students use the model to describe that gravity is a predominantly inward-pulling force that can keep smaller/less massive objects in orbit around larger/more massive objects. b. Students use the model to describe that gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around large ...
Colburn Earth Science Museum - Asheville Museum of Science
... across hemispheres depending on the season. It is even believed that it snows on Pluto! These new findings shed light and present new evidence to the complexity of Pluto. Pluto is the largest body in a region of our solar system called the Kuiper belt. Similar to the asteroid belt (but much larger), ...
... across hemispheres depending on the season. It is even believed that it snows on Pluto! These new findings shed light and present new evidence to the complexity of Pluto. Pluto is the largest body in a region of our solar system called the Kuiper belt. Similar to the asteroid belt (but much larger), ...
What Is a Planet?
... instance, Earth is big enough that it eventually sweeps up or flings away any body that strays too close, such as a near-Earth asteroid. At the same time, Earth protects its moon from being swept up or scattered away. Each of the four giant planets rules over a sizable brood of orbiting satellites. J ...
... instance, Earth is big enough that it eventually sweeps up or flings away any body that strays too close, such as a near-Earth asteroid. At the same time, Earth protects its moon from being swept up or scattered away. Each of the four giant planets rules over a sizable brood of orbiting satellites. J ...
Math Notes - UNC Physics and Astronomy
... Ceres is the first discovered and largest member of the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt We continue to discover new asteroids, both in and out of the asteroid belt, to the present day. Planetary moons We continue to discover new moons around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to the present ...
... Ceres is the first discovered and largest member of the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt We continue to discover new asteroids, both in and out of the asteroid belt, to the present day. Planetary moons We continue to discover new moons around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to the present ...
SolarSystemScaleProject_05
... on a bicycle moving at a velocity of 20 km/hr? How long would that same trip take if you walked at a steady pace of 5 km/hr? What general conclusion can you make based on these calculations? 8. Use the distance between each planet and the Sun to calculate the circumference (C) of each orbit. Compare ...
... on a bicycle moving at a velocity of 20 km/hr? How long would that same trip take if you walked at a steady pace of 5 km/hr? What general conclusion can you make based on these calculations? 8. Use the distance between each planet and the Sun to calculate the circumference (C) of each orbit. Compare ...
PHYS178 Planets
... • Diameters (density only 2000 kg/m3) what does it mean? • Bright polar cap on Charon • Spectrum of Pluto CH4, CO and N2 (likely N2 and CO in volatile form: T~40K) • Charon probably no atmosphere (features of water ice) ...
... • Diameters (density only 2000 kg/m3) what does it mean? • Bright polar cap on Charon • Spectrum of Pluto CH4, CO and N2 (likely N2 and CO in volatile form: T~40K) • Charon probably no atmosphere (features of water ice) ...
Inti didn`t form in the X wind (and neither did most CAIs)
... Outside 15 AU, planets cannot grow before gas dissipates; no gas = no damping of eccentricities ...
... Outside 15 AU, planets cannot grow before gas dissipates; no gas = no damping of eccentricities ...
Unit 10 Lesson 5 The Gas Giant Planets
... • Saturn’s most spectacular feature is a planetary ring system that circles the planet’s equator. • A planetary ring system is a disk of material that circles a planet and consists of orbiting particles. • Saturn’s ring system has many individual rings that form complex bands. Between bands are gaps ...
... • Saturn’s most spectacular feature is a planetary ring system that circles the planet’s equator. • A planetary ring system is a disk of material that circles a planet and consists of orbiting particles. • Saturn’s ring system has many individual rings that form complex bands. Between bands are gaps ...
Week 6 Notes The Outer Planets
... a. Scientists think that __NEPTUNE__ is slowly __SHRINKING__ causing the interior to __HEAT__ up A. Discovery of Neptune a. The discovery of Neptune was a result of a __MATHEMATICAL__ prediction B. Exploring Neptune a. The __GREAT__ __DARK__ __SPOT__ was the size of __EARTH__ and was probably __GIAN ...
... a. Scientists think that __NEPTUNE__ is slowly __SHRINKING__ causing the interior to __HEAT__ up A. Discovery of Neptune a. The discovery of Neptune was a result of a __MATHEMATICAL__ prediction B. Exploring Neptune a. The __GREAT__ __DARK__ __SPOT__ was the size of __EARTH__ and was probably __GIAN ...
Integrated Science
... True or False Because Earth’s orbit around the sun is an ellipse, and Earth is not always the same distance from the sun, one AU is defined as the average distance from Earth to the sun. ...
... True or False Because Earth’s orbit around the sun is an ellipse, and Earth is not always the same distance from the sun, one AU is defined as the average distance from Earth to the sun. ...
Migrating Planets - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
... rized mechanisms that would cause had been detected.) The star is Upgiant planets to migrate inward silon Andromedae; it is approxiUPSILON ANDROMEDAE SYSTEM is believed to from distant birthplace orbits.If diskinclude three Jupiter-mass companions orbiting the mately 40 light-years from our soprotop ...
... rized mechanisms that would cause had been detected.) The star is Upgiant planets to migrate inward silon Andromedae; it is approxiUPSILON ANDROMEDAE SYSTEM is believed to from distant birthplace orbits.If diskinclude three Jupiter-mass companions orbiting the mately 40 light-years from our soprotop ...
Comets & Meteors (10)
... Asteroids are composed primarily of what two main ingredients: metals and … ...
... Asteroids are composed primarily of what two main ingredients: metals and … ...
Review Sheet
... Asteroids are material left over from the formation of the Solar System and never formed into a planet. Asteroids are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. ...
... Asteroids are material left over from the formation of the Solar System and never formed into a planet. Asteroids are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. ...
Solar System
... Mercury, the second smallest planet, is the closest planet to the Sun. Its average distance is approximately 36 million miles. Mercury's diameter is 3,032 miles, and its volume and mass are about one-eighteenth that of Earth. Mercury is approximately as dense as Earth and denser than of any of the o ...
... Mercury, the second smallest planet, is the closest planet to the Sun. Its average distance is approximately 36 million miles. Mercury's diameter is 3,032 miles, and its volume and mass are about one-eighteenth that of Earth. Mercury is approximately as dense as Earth and denser than of any of the o ...
Solar System Formation
... -1900 Moulton & Chamberlin : Critic of the KantLaplace model: angular momentum Problem -1916 Chamberlin : close encounter with a star takes matter from the Sun=>Formation of a spiral nebulae=>cooling of the nebulae and collisional accretion of planetesimals -1917 Jeans : another problem with Laplace ...
... -1900 Moulton & Chamberlin : Critic of the KantLaplace model: angular momentum Problem -1916 Chamberlin : close encounter with a star takes matter from the Sun=>Formation of a spiral nebulae=>cooling of the nebulae and collisional accretion of planetesimals -1917 Jeans : another problem with Laplace ...
UBD - Solar System
... affect the movement, apparent motion (due to Earth’s conditions on the planet itself and other objects in the rotation), and conditions on the planet itself and other solar system? objects in the solar system. ...
... affect the movement, apparent motion (due to Earth’s conditions on the planet itself and other objects in the rotation), and conditions on the planet itself and other solar system? objects in the solar system. ...
Study Guide
... Comets also come from the _______________________________. The Kuiper Belt begins just beyond the orbit of ___________________ to at least 6,000,000,000 miles from the Sun. _______________________________ (comets that return every __________ years of less) come from the Kuiper Belt. ...
... Comets also come from the _______________________________. The Kuiper Belt begins just beyond the orbit of ___________________ to at least 6,000,000,000 miles from the Sun. _______________________________ (comets that return every __________ years of less) come from the Kuiper Belt. ...
The Universe
... a. Students use the model to describe that gravity is a predominantly inward-pulling force that can keep smaller/less massive objects in orbit around larger/more massive objects. b. Students use the model to describe that gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around large ...
... a. Students use the model to describe that gravity is a predominantly inward-pulling force that can keep smaller/less massive objects in orbit around larger/more massive objects. b. Students use the model to describe that gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around large ...
Solar System World Book at NASA A solar system is a group of
... astronomer Johannes Kepler in the early 1600's. The sun is slightly off to the side of the center of each ellipse at a point called a focus. The focus is actually a point inside the sun—but off its center—called the barycenter of the solar system. The inner four planets consist chiefly of iron and r ...
... astronomer Johannes Kepler in the early 1600's. The sun is slightly off to the side of the center of each ellipse at a point called a focus. The focus is actually a point inside the sun—but off its center—called the barycenter of the solar system. The inner four planets consist chiefly of iron and r ...
morby-DDPW03
... The divergent migration of Jupiter and Saturn drives secular resonances across the terrestrial planets region and the asteroid belt. If this migration takes as long as a few My, this: i) Makes the terrestrial planets too eccentric or even unstable ...
... The divergent migration of Jupiter and Saturn drives secular resonances across the terrestrial planets region and the asteroid belt. If this migration takes as long as a few My, this: i) Makes the terrestrial planets too eccentric or even unstable ...
Beyond Pluto - Assets - Cambridge University Press
... on his model for the formation of the planets and once again mentioned the likely existence of a vast reservoir of potential comets beyond the orbit of Neptune. About the same time as Edgeworth’s musings, the Dutch-born astronomer Gerard Kuiper was also considering the existence of tiny worlds beyon ...
... on his model for the formation of the planets and once again mentioned the likely existence of a vast reservoir of potential comets beyond the orbit of Neptune. About the same time as Edgeworth’s musings, the Dutch-born astronomer Gerard Kuiper was also considering the existence of tiny worlds beyon ...
Space - SSI General Science
... • 1. What are the outer planets also known as? • 2. What is the common structure of the outer planets? • 3. Why do the outer planets have so many moons? • 4. What is the hottest planet in the solar system? • 5. The millions of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter are called ______________. ...
... • 1. What are the outer planets also known as? • 2. What is the common structure of the outer planets? • 3. Why do the outer planets have so many moons? • 4. What is the hottest planet in the solar system? • 5. The millions of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter are called ______________. ...
the outer solar system
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun at a distance of about 2.9 billion km (1.8 billion miles) or 19.19 AU. • One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours (the time it takes for Uranus to rotate or spin once). Uranus makes a complete orbit around the sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth ...
... • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun at a distance of about 2.9 billion km (1.8 billion miles) or 19.19 AU. • One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours (the time it takes for Uranus to rotate or spin once). Uranus makes a complete orbit around the sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth ...
Astronomy - Ascent Academies of Utah Blogging System Sites
... • Most asteroids revolve around the sun between the orbits ...
... • Most asteroids revolve around the sun between the orbits ...
Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt /ˈkaɪpər/ or /'køypǝr/ (as in Dutch), sometimes called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive. Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies, or remnants from the Solar System's formation. Although many asteroids are composed primarily of rock and metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed ""ices""), such as methane, ammonia and water. The Kuiper belt is home to three officially recognized dwarf planets: Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake. Some of the Solar System's moons, such as Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe, are also thought to have originated in the region.The Kuiper belt was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, though he did not actually predict its existence. In 1992, 1992 QB1 was discovered, the first Kuiper belt object (KBO) since Pluto. Since its discovery, the number of known KBOs has increased to over a thousand, and more than 100,000 KBOs over 100 km (62 mi) in diameter are thought to exist. The Kuiper belt was initially thought to be the main repository for periodic comets, those with orbits lasting less than 200 years. However, studies since the mid-1990s have shown that the belt is dynamically stable, and that comets' true place of origin is the scattered disc, a dynamically active zone created by the outward motion of Neptune 4.5 billion years ago; scattered disc objects such as Eris have extremely eccentric orbits that take them as far as 100 AU from the Sun.The Kuiper belt should not be confused with the hypothesized Oort cloud, which is a thousand times more distant and is not flat. The objects within the Kuiper belt, together with the members of the scattered disc and any potential Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).Pluto is likely the largest and most-massive member of the Kuiper belt and the largest and the second-most-massive known TNO, surpassed only by Eris in the scattered disc. Originally considered a planet, Pluto's status as part of the Kuiper belt caused it to be reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. It is compositionally similar to many other objects of the Kuiper belt, and its orbital period is characteristic of a class of KBOs, known as ""plutinos"", that share the same 2:3 resonance with Neptune.