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... • Pluto will never hit Neptune, even though their orbits cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
... • Pluto will never hit Neptune, even though their orbits cross, because of 3:2 orbital resonance • Neptune orbits three times during the time Pluto orbits twice ...
27-4
... 19. Neptune is the ______________________ planet from the sun and is similar to Uranus in size and mass. 20. Neptune’s existence was ______________________ before it was actually discovered. 21. How was Neptune’s existence predicted before the planet was actually discovered? ________________________ ...
... 19. Neptune is the ______________________ planet from the sun and is similar to Uranus in size and mass. 20. Neptune’s existence was ______________________ before it was actually discovered. 21. How was Neptune’s existence predicted before the planet was actually discovered? ________________________ ...
Chapter13_New
... The perihelion distances of scattered disk objects are close enough to Neptune's orbit that they will eventually experience an encounter with Neptune and move into the planetary system. stellar Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) – A small, icy solar system body in an orbit beyond Neptune. ...
... The perihelion distances of scattered disk objects are close enough to Neptune's orbit that they will eventually experience an encounter with Neptune and move into the planetary system. stellar Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) – A small, icy solar system body in an orbit beyond Neptune. ...
Earth The Moon`s surface
... Close-ups of Comets Halley and Borrelly This historic photograph of the black, irregularly shaped nucleus of Comet Halley was obtained by the Giotto spacecraft from a distance of about 1000 km. The bright areas are jets of material escaping from the surface. The length of the nucleus is 10 km, and ...
... Close-ups of Comets Halley and Borrelly This historic photograph of the black, irregularly shaped nucleus of Comet Halley was obtained by the Giotto spacecraft from a distance of about 1000 km. The bright areas are jets of material escaping from the surface. The length of the nucleus is 10 km, and ...
Scale of the Solar System
... THE SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM What’s out there and where exactly is it? ...
... THE SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM What’s out there and where exactly is it? ...
The Solar System
... sunlight and revolves in a stable orbit around the sun – large enough that its own gravity pulls it into a ...
... sunlight and revolves in a stable orbit around the sun – large enough that its own gravity pulls it into a ...
Ch 12 slides - UNLV Physics
... Not a gas giant like other outer planets. Has an icy composition like a comet. Has a very elliptical, inclined orbit. Pluto has more in common with comets than with the eight major planets ...
... Not a gas giant like other outer planets. Has an icy composition like a comet. Has a very elliptical, inclined orbit. Pluto has more in common with comets than with the eight major planets ...
Rings, Moons, etc
... If a large moon, held together by gravity, gets too close to Saturn, tidal force breaks it into pieces, at a radius called the Roche Limit. Rings inside Roche Limit => pieces can’t reassemble into moon. Not clear whether rings are as old as Saturn or much younger (about 100 million years). Collision ...
... If a large moon, held together by gravity, gets too close to Saturn, tidal force breaks it into pieces, at a radius called the Roche Limit. Rings inside Roche Limit => pieces can’t reassemble into moon. Not clear whether rings are as old as Saturn or much younger (about 100 million years). Collision ...
Frigid Pluto is just the tip of the iceberg in the solar system`s still
... extremely red. Astronomers also have unearthed evidence of water ice on some KBOs, like Charon, and even more-volatile substances like nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide ices, just as on Pluto. Most of the KBOs studied so far appear to rotate on their axes within a few hours, although some might ...
... extremely red. Astronomers also have unearthed evidence of water ice on some KBOs, like Charon, and even more-volatile substances like nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide ices, just as on Pluto. Most of the KBOs studied so far appear to rotate on their axes within a few hours, although some might ...
The outer planets
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
The Solar System
... alone. There are other objects in its orbital path. • Pluto’s orbit is not stable. It crosses Neptune’s orbit. • Pluto is much smaller and made of rock, more like the inner planets than the outer planets. ...
... alone. There are other objects in its orbital path. • Pluto’s orbit is not stable. It crosses Neptune’s orbit. • Pluto is much smaller and made of rock, more like the inner planets than the outer planets. ...
The Solar System
... alone. There are other objects in its orbital path. • Pluto’s orbit is not stable. It crosses Neptune’s orbit. • Pluto is much smaller and made of rock, more like the inner planets than the outer planets. ...
... alone. There are other objects in its orbital path. • Pluto’s orbit is not stable. It crosses Neptune’s orbit. • Pluto is much smaller and made of rock, more like the inner planets than the outer planets. ...
ppt
... this second largest planet apart. • 2nd largest planet and 2nd largest mass. • 96% H, 3% He, less dense than water. • Rocky core is embedded in an outer core of water, methane, and ammonia. • Above the core is liquid hydrogen 21,000 km deep • Rocks, dust, and ice orbiting the planet form several lar ...
... this second largest planet apart. • 2nd largest planet and 2nd largest mass. • 96% H, 3% He, less dense than water. • Rocky core is embedded in an outer core of water, methane, and ammonia. • Above the core is liquid hydrogen 21,000 km deep • Rocks, dust, and ice orbiting the planet form several lar ...
Smaller Bodies of the Solar System
... _______ supposedly left over from the formation of the solar system proposed as source for long-period comets and a replenisher of the Oort Cloud. beyond Neptune (extending from 30 AU out to around 100 AU). occasionally disturbed by gravitational interactions these objects are sent hurtling into ...
... _______ supposedly left over from the formation of the solar system proposed as source for long-period comets and a replenisher of the Oort Cloud. beyond Neptune (extending from 30 AU out to around 100 AU). occasionally disturbed by gravitational interactions these objects are sent hurtling into ...
Chapter 25.4: The Outer Solar System CPC 1. List the names of the
... True or False? If false, please correct the statement. 14. _______________ ...
... True or False? If false, please correct the statement. 14. _______________ ...
Pluto and Comets
... Pluto has never been visited by a spacecraft (the New Horizons probe is on its way and will arrive in 2015) so there are no clear images of its surface. At left are Hubble Space Telescope global maps of Pluto (smaller insets are actual images) that show bright and dark areas visible as the dwarf pla ...
... Pluto has never been visited by a spacecraft (the New Horizons probe is on its way and will arrive in 2015) so there are no clear images of its surface. At left are Hubble Space Telescope global maps of Pluto (smaller insets are actual images) that show bright and dark areas visible as the dwarf pla ...
answer key
... 18. What do meteorites reveal about the age of the solar system? Using radiometric dating, we know that almost all meteorites are between 4.4 and 4.6 billion years old. These numbers are nearly identical to the age of the oldest rocks found on earth. ...
... 18. What do meteorites reveal about the age of the solar system? Using radiometric dating, we know that almost all meteorites are between 4.4 and 4.6 billion years old. These numbers are nearly identical to the age of the oldest rocks found on earth. ...
The Outer Planets - Mother Teresa Regional School
... Neptune was discovered as a result of mathematical predictions. Like the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, the Great Dark spot about the size of Earth is also thought to be a giant storm on Neptune. Astronomers have discovered at least 13 moons orbiting Neptune. The largest being Triton. Triton’s sou ...
... Neptune was discovered as a result of mathematical predictions. Like the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, the Great Dark spot about the size of Earth is also thought to be a giant storm on Neptune. Astronomers have discovered at least 13 moons orbiting Neptune. The largest being Triton. Triton’s sou ...
ASTRO 102/104 Practice Exam #3
... A) Jupiter absorbs the same amount of energy from the sun at all latitudes. B) Jupiters many moons reflect additional energy to the poles. C) The surface temperature on Jupiter is determined more by internal heat than by solar radiation. D) The strong magnic field ensure that there temerpature at th ...
... A) Jupiter absorbs the same amount of energy from the sun at all latitudes. B) Jupiters many moons reflect additional energy to the poles. C) The surface temperature on Jupiter is determined more by internal heat than by solar radiation. D) The strong magnic field ensure that there temerpature at th ...
Solar System Review Sheet KEY
... Tterrestrial planets (small, rocky, dense); the gas giants all are made of liquid/gas hydrogen and helium; all are large. The dwarf planets are all very small; most are very far from the sun and are very cold (other than Ceres). ...
... Tterrestrial planets (small, rocky, dense); the gas giants all are made of liquid/gas hydrogen and helium; all are large. The dwarf planets are all very small; most are very far from the sun and are very cold (other than Ceres). ...
At this point of its orbit, any solar satellite such as a comet or a
... This beautiful event occurs when the Earth passes through a trail of debris along a comet’s orbit, and the many bits of material burn up in the atmosphere. ...
... This beautiful event occurs when the Earth passes through a trail of debris along a comet’s orbit, and the many bits of material burn up in the atmosphere. ...
MSWord
... This beautiful event occurs when the Earth passes through a trail of debris along a comet’s orbit, and the many bits of material burn up in the atmosphere. ...
... This beautiful event occurs when the Earth passes through a trail of debris along a comet’s orbit, and the many bits of material burn up in the atmosphere. ...
Structure & Formation of the Solar System
... • The jovian planets Four of Jupiter’s largest satellites. have more than a These were discovered by Galileo dozen satellites each. Galilei and together are called the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. ...
... • The jovian planets Four of Jupiter’s largest satellites. have more than a These were discovered by Galileo dozen satellites each. Galilei and together are called the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. ...
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.