Small Solar System Bodies
... to as a large orbital inclination). They also typically have orbits that are far from being perfectly circular (technically referred to as having a large orbital eccentricity). All of these distinguishing characteristics are scientifically interesting in that they suggest a different origin from the ...
... to as a large orbital inclination). They also typically have orbits that are far from being perfectly circular (technically referred to as having a large orbital eccentricity). All of these distinguishing characteristics are scientifically interesting in that they suggest a different origin from the ...
The Outer Worlds
... • Uranus’s axis of rotation lies nearly in the plane of its orbit. • This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side • Along its 84-year orbit, north and south poles alter ...
... • Uranus’s axis of rotation lies nearly in the plane of its orbit. • This unusual orientation may be the result of a collision with a planet-like object early in the history of solar system. Such a collision could have knocked Uranus on its side • Along its 84-year orbit, north and south poles alter ...
Touring Our Solar System
... Short orbital periods are thought to orbit in a region called the Kuiper belt Most Kuiper belt comets move in almost circular orbits A spherical shell around the solar system is called an Oort cloud Tiny portions of oort clouds pass into the inner solar system The most famous short-period comet is H ...
... Short orbital periods are thought to orbit in a region called the Kuiper belt Most Kuiper belt comets move in almost circular orbits A spherical shell around the solar system is called an Oort cloud Tiny portions of oort clouds pass into the inner solar system The most famous short-period comet is H ...
Document
... • 104 to 105 objects (with 106 to 107 km average separations) • Orbits are fairly circular, most between Mars and Jupiter; some orbits in resonance with Jupiter; some Earth-crossing ...
... • 104 to 105 objects (with 106 to 107 km average separations) • Orbits are fairly circular, most between Mars and Jupiter; some orbits in resonance with Jupiter; some Earth-crossing ...
formation of the solar system
... small asteroids. Very large asteroids (few hundred kilometers in radius – much less than ½ Moon’s radius. Comets are small icy bodies that spend most of their lives beyond the orbit of Pluto. When one dives into the inner solar system, it grows a spectacular tail. Many billions of ...
... small asteroids. Very large asteroids (few hundred kilometers in radius – much less than ½ Moon’s radius. Comets are small icy bodies that spend most of their lives beyond the orbit of Pluto. When one dives into the inner solar system, it grows a spectacular tail. Many billions of ...
Geochemistry & Lab
... The characteristics of the solar system 1. The sun occupies 99.8% of the total mass, but only 2% of the angular momentum 2. Seen from the sky far above the north pole, all the planets revolve around the Sun anticlockwise on the same plane. 3. They turn on their axis in the same direction with the ...
... The characteristics of the solar system 1. The sun occupies 99.8% of the total mass, but only 2% of the angular momentum 2. Seen from the sky far above the north pole, all the planets revolve around the Sun anticlockwise on the same plane. 3. They turn on their axis in the same direction with the ...
Neptune Facts Mr J Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was the first planet to get its existence predicted by mathematical calculations before it was actually seen through a telescope on Sept. 23, 1846. Irregularities in the orbit of Uranus led French astronomer Alexis Bouvard to suggest that the gravitation ...
... Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It was the first planet to get its existence predicted by mathematical calculations before it was actually seen through a telescope on Sept. 23, 1846. Irregularities in the orbit of Uranus led French astronomer Alexis Bouvard to suggest that the gravitation ...
Astronomy 103
... 12 Oct: Mars Close-up 14 Oct: Jovian Planets 19 Oct: Asteroids, comets, etc 21 Oct: Planet formation 26 Oct: Extra-Solar Planets ...
... 12 Oct: Mars Close-up 14 Oct: Jovian Planets 19 Oct: Asteroids, comets, etc 21 Oct: Planet formation 26 Oct: Extra-Solar Planets ...
ppt
... resembles each other in mass and size more than any other planet-satellite pair in the solar system. • The distance is also the smallest, 19,640 km • Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Both keep the same face towa ...
... resembles each other in mass and size more than any other planet-satellite pair in the solar system. • The distance is also the smallest, 19,640 km • Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Both keep the same face towa ...
Solar System Exam: Name:
... ____57. Potential planet X's, recently, have been icy-rocky dwarf planets such as Sedna, Quaoar, and Xena, classified by modern astronomy as....? A. Trans-Neptunian Objects B. Kuiper Belt originates C. Oort Cloud originates D. both B & C. ____58. The largest object within the asteroid belt: A. Phobo ...
... ____57. Potential planet X's, recently, have been icy-rocky dwarf planets such as Sedna, Quaoar, and Xena, classified by modern astronomy as....? A. Trans-Neptunian Objects B. Kuiper Belt originates C. Oort Cloud originates D. both B & C. ____58. The largest object within the asteroid belt: A. Phobo ...
Asteroids, meteorites, and comets
... The outer edge of our Solar System is not empty. There are many, many huge spheres of ice and rock out near Pluto's orbit. Astronomers call this huge group of planetoids "Kuiper Belt Objects", or "KBOs" for short. The Kuiper Belt is a bit like the asteroid belt, but much farther from the Sun. See ho ...
... The outer edge of our Solar System is not empty. There are many, many huge spheres of ice and rock out near Pluto's orbit. Astronomers call this huge group of planetoids "Kuiper Belt Objects", or "KBOs" for short. The Kuiper Belt is a bit like the asteroid belt, but much farther from the Sun. See ho ...
The Ordered Solar System
... screen. "Order It Up" is a computer game about solar system statistics in which the players put planets in order on the basis of various statistics (i.e. mass, # of moons, etc.). Players must complete several puzzles to finish the game and scores are kept with a jumbled photo of a planet that un-jum ...
... screen. "Order It Up" is a computer game about solar system statistics in which the players put planets in order on the basis of various statistics (i.e. mass, # of moons, etc.). Players must complete several puzzles to finish the game and scores are kept with a jumbled photo of a planet that un-jum ...
Neptune - Midland ISD
... Triton. Part of its surface resembles the rind of a cantaloupe. Ice volcanoes spout what is probably a mixture of liquid nitrogen, methane and dust, which instantly freezes and then snows back down to the surface. Triton's icy surface reflects so much of what little sunlight reaches it that the moon ...
... Triton. Part of its surface resembles the rind of a cantaloupe. Ice volcanoes spout what is probably a mixture of liquid nitrogen, methane and dust, which instantly freezes and then snows back down to the surface. Triton's icy surface reflects so much of what little sunlight reaches it that the moon ...
Our Solar System
... ▫ Haumea (trans-Neptunian, suspected) ▫ Makemake (trans-Neptunian, suspected) ...
... ▫ Haumea (trans-Neptunian, suspected) ▫ Makemake (trans-Neptunian, suspected) ...
ppt version
... Small Icy Bodies Pluto is the largest of a class of icy bodies: • Found only in the outer solar system • Densities of 1.2 to 2 g/cc (like ices) ...
... Small Icy Bodies Pluto is the largest of a class of icy bodies: • Found only in the outer solar system • Densities of 1.2 to 2 g/cc (like ices) ...
The Nebular Theory - Teacher Site Home
... lightweight gases are boiled away, • Outer protoplanets - the lightweight gases did not boil away so the appear ...
... lightweight gases are boiled away, • Outer protoplanets - the lightweight gases did not boil away so the appear ...
Our Solar System!!! - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
... (right) does not show billions of stars, but rather billions of galaxies! ...
... (right) does not show billions of stars, but rather billions of galaxies! ...
A journey through the solar system - Natural History Museum of Los
... (right) does not show billions of stars, but rather billions of galaxies! ...
... (right) does not show billions of stars, but rather billions of galaxies! ...
Slide 1
... Asteroids • Asteroid Belt – Area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found. • The asteroid belt extends about 150 million km between the two planets. • Asteroids might exist here because the massive gravity of Jupiter did not allow a planet to form at this position. • As ...
... Asteroids • Asteroid Belt – Area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found. • The asteroid belt extends about 150 million km between the two planets. • Asteroids might exist here because the massive gravity of Jupiter did not allow a planet to form at this position. • As ...
Pluto - Hofstra
... distance from New York to Mumbai, India - making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth. This stunning image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, 2015, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was ...
... distance from New York to Mumbai, India - making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth. This stunning image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, 2015, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was ...
The “Not-Quite-Planet” Pluto …and Friends!
... distance from New York to Mumbai, India - making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth. This stunning image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, 2015, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was ...
... distance from New York to Mumbai, India - making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth. This stunning image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, 2015, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was ...
Solar System
... Average Density of Planets • Density is mass divided by volume – How heavy per volume • Terrestrial Planets more dense than Jovian gas giants • Problem is moon is not as dense (3.4gm/cm3) as Earth (5.5) ...
... Average Density of Planets • Density is mass divided by volume – How heavy per volume • Terrestrial Planets more dense than Jovian gas giants • Problem is moon is not as dense (3.4gm/cm3) as Earth (5.5) ...
2010_03_09 LP18 & 19 Jupiter Saturn Uranus
... first place? How do we know what the atmospheres are made of? How do we know that compounds are in an atmosphere, and not their components? Is/was there life on the giant planets or their moons? What makes the colors? Do the colors/stripes change over time? RINGS?!?!?!??!?!?!?! Temperature? ...
... first place? How do we know what the atmospheres are made of? How do we know that compounds are in an atmosphere, and not their components? Is/was there life on the giant planets or their moons? What makes the colors? Do the colors/stripes change over time? RINGS?!?!?!??!?!?!?! Temperature? ...
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.