what are Dwarf or minor planets and how did they form?
... Smaller than pluto and Eris Mike Brown Icy world that orbits far from the Sun ...
... Smaller than pluto and Eris Mike Brown Icy world that orbits far from the Sun ...
Astronomy
... kg/m3) are as large or larger than Jupiter (1330 kg/m 3) and Saturn (690 kg/m3). Both planets have a higher concentration of heavy elements that Jupiter or Saturn which is unexpected. Their great distances from the sun is also surprising. That far out there should have not been enough material to fo ...
... kg/m3) are as large or larger than Jupiter (1330 kg/m 3) and Saturn (690 kg/m3). Both planets have a higher concentration of heavy elements that Jupiter or Saturn which is unexpected. Their great distances from the sun is also surprising. That far out there should have not been enough material to fo ...
Worksheet 1
... d. small icy bodies in the extreme outer parts of the Solar System that are disturbed into orbits that bring them closer to the Sun e. luminous clouds in the Earth’s upper atmosphere created when a small asteroid is captured by the Earth’s gravitational force 27. The asteroid belt lies between the o ...
... d. small icy bodies in the extreme outer parts of the Solar System that are disturbed into orbits that bring them closer to the Sun e. luminous clouds in the Earth’s upper atmosphere created when a small asteroid is captured by the Earth’s gravitational force 27. The asteroid belt lies between the o ...
Solar System in Your Pocket
... of models. Referring to playthings, such as toy cars and dolls and/or a glove being a model of the Earth, can be useful references for talking about scale models and limitations to models. Pull out a folded up completed sample of the solar system model. Point out that the planets never appear in a s ...
... of models. Referring to playthings, such as toy cars and dolls and/or a glove being a model of the Earth, can be useful references for talking about scale models and limitations to models. Pull out a folded up completed sample of the solar system model. Point out that the planets never appear in a s ...
The Formation of the Solar System
... be rare, occurring on average once every few hundred thousand years. • One of the most recent large impacts was in 1908 in Siberia (meteoroid was 30 m across - equal to a 10-megaton nuclear detonation). • Most meteoroids are rocky, although a few are composed of iron and ...
... be rare, occurring on average once every few hundred thousand years. • One of the most recent large impacts was in 1908 in Siberia (meteoroid was 30 m across - equal to a 10-megaton nuclear detonation). • Most meteoroids are rocky, although a few are composed of iron and ...
Inventory of the Solar System
... Saturn has one large satellite Titan with its dense and organic-rich atmosphere together with numerous much smaller satellites. ...
... Saturn has one large satellite Titan with its dense and organic-rich atmosphere together with numerous much smaller satellites. ...
Asteroids,Comets, Meteor ppt.
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
Asteroids,Comets, Meteor ppt.
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
CHAPTER 6: The Solar System
... Do not hit the Earth… they burn up Haven’t been able to study them until recently Tails vaporize as they get close to the Sun and we use Spectroscopic study to study tails. ...
... Do not hit the Earth… they burn up Haven’t been able to study them until recently Tails vaporize as they get close to the Sun and we use Spectroscopic study to study tails. ...
Discovering the Edge of the Solar System
... existence of such a region in 1943, so it’s also sometimes called the “EdgeworthKuiper belt.” (In 1930, just six months after Pluto’s discovery, University of Chicago astronomer Frederick Leonard also mentioned the possibility that more Pluto-sized bodies might exist, but the name “Leonard-Edgeworth ...
... existence of such a region in 1943, so it’s also sometimes called the “EdgeworthKuiper belt.” (In 1930, just six months after Pluto’s discovery, University of Chicago astronomer Frederick Leonard also mentioned the possibility that more Pluto-sized bodies might exist, but the name “Leonard-Edgeworth ...
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... craters or vents through which water vapor and the dust/stones dragged by it escape, to eventually spread and form head and tail of the comet. ...
... craters or vents through which water vapor and the dust/stones dragged by it escape, to eventually spread and form head and tail of the comet. ...
Clearing stage: Oort cloud formation
... craters or vents through which water vapor and the dust/stones dragged by it escape, to eventually spread and form head and tail of the comet. ...
... craters or vents through which water vapor and the dust/stones dragged by it escape, to eventually spread and form head and tail of the comet. ...
Solar System Notes - Miller`s Science Classroom
... The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud are regions of space. The known icy worlds and comets in both regions are much smaller than Earth's moon. ...
... The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud are regions of space. The known icy worlds and comets in both regions are much smaller than Earth's moon. ...
PHAS 2B17 Physics of the Solar System
... • It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive. • Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies, or remnants from the Solar System's formation. While the asteroid belt is composed primarily of rock and metal, the Kuiper objec ...
... • It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive. • Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies, or remnants from the Solar System's formation. While the asteroid belt is composed primarily of rock and metal, the Kuiper objec ...
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 ...
STUDY QUESTIONS #13 THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What
... THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What characteristics about Pluto make it stand out as being very different from the other planets? ...
... THE OUTER PLANETS 1. What characteristics about Pluto make it stand out as being very different from the other planets? ...
THE FRIGID REALM
... Triton orbits in a retrograde sense, an oddity, different than all other large moons. Its surface has been reprocessed, and appears to contain active nitrogen geysers. The amount of surface activity is surprising, given its temperature. Nereid possesses one of the most elongated orbits of any known ...
... Triton orbits in a retrograde sense, an oddity, different than all other large moons. Its surface has been reprocessed, and appears to contain active nitrogen geysers. The amount of surface activity is surprising, given its temperature. Nereid possesses one of the most elongated orbits of any known ...
Answer as a group before you watch the video
... oval) and determines how fast they orbit. Planets __________________ to the Sun move/orbit faster than planets farther from the Sun because the gravitational attraction is greater. When a planet is farther from the Sun, the gravitational attraction between them decreases and the planet moves/orbits ...
... oval) and determines how fast they orbit. Planets __________________ to the Sun move/orbit faster than planets farther from the Sun because the gravitational attraction is greater. When a planet is farther from the Sun, the gravitational attraction between them decreases and the planet moves/orbits ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
... supports nebular theory • Interpreted as age of solar system, meaning date of first formation of solid material in primordial cloud surrounding infant Sun • Processed meteorites are slightly but definitely (up to 0.1 billion years) younger. They came from parent bodies that underwent subsequent evol ...
... supports nebular theory • Interpreted as age of solar system, meaning date of first formation of solid material in primordial cloud surrounding infant Sun • Processed meteorites are slightly but definitely (up to 0.1 billion years) younger. They came from parent bodies that underwent subsequent evol ...
Ten Important Comet Facts
... 3. Comets are remnants from the cold, outer regions of the solar system. They are generally thought to come from two areas - the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. Both of these are areas where materials left over from the formation of our solar system have condensed into icy objects. Both regions exte ...
... 3. Comets are remnants from the cold, outer regions of the solar system. They are generally thought to come from two areas - the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. Both of these are areas where materials left over from the formation of our solar system have condensed into icy objects. Both regions exte ...
Is Pluto a planet or a Kuiper Belt comet?
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
... • Kuiper Belt objects have been found that approach Pluto’s size. • Kuiper Belt comets have similar orbital resonances with Neptune. • Kuiper Belt comets can have moons. • Triton (a captured moon) is even larger than Pluto. ...
Overview of the Solar System
... • the sizes of the all planets are known – angular size • masses of all the planets known – the ones with observable moons, can use Newton’s Laws – use perturbations used for Mercury and Venus (modern methods use satellites) • immense size of the solar system – Kuiper Belt 50 AU from the sun • plane ...
... • the sizes of the all planets are known – angular size • masses of all the planets known – the ones with observable moons, can use Newton’s Laws – use perturbations used for Mercury and Venus (modern methods use satellites) • immense size of the solar system – Kuiper Belt 50 AU from the sun • plane ...
ASTR100 Class 01
... Which explanation for the asteroid belt seems the most plausible? A. The belt is where all the asteroids happened to form. B. The belt is the remnant of a large terrestrial planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter. C. The belt is where all the asteroids happened to survive. But WHY didn’t the ...
... Which explanation for the asteroid belt seems the most plausible? A. The belt is where all the asteroids happened to form. B. The belt is the remnant of a large terrestrial planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter. C. The belt is where all the asteroids happened to survive. But WHY didn’t the ...
Neptune - Mid-Pacific Institute
... Magnetic Field is off-centered and at a large angle to it’s rotation axis ...
... Magnetic Field is off-centered and at a large angle to it’s rotation axis ...
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.