27.4 The Outer Planets (p.701
... Jupiter orbits the Sun once every ___ Earth years, however it _________ faster than Earth once every 9 hrs. and 50 mins. Jupiter has over ___ moons Jupiter’s _______ _____ ______, is a storm similar to hurricanes found on Earth. However, it is larger than ________ and it has been in existence for at ...
... Jupiter orbits the Sun once every ___ Earth years, however it _________ faster than Earth once every 9 hrs. and 50 mins. Jupiter has over ___ moons Jupiter’s _______ _____ ______, is a storm similar to hurricanes found on Earth. However, it is larger than ________ and it has been in existence for at ...
Solar system intro and formation
... Jovian solid cores ~ 10-15 MEarth . Strong gravity => swept up and retained large gas envelopes. ...
... Jovian solid cores ~ 10-15 MEarth . Strong gravity => swept up and retained large gas envelopes. ...
What else is in our solar system, besides the sun, the
... colored orange. The four outer planets are blue. Neptune's few known Trojan asteroids are yellow, while Jupiter's are pink. The scattered objects between the Sun and the Kuiper belt are known as centaurs. The scale is in astronomical units. The pronounced gap at the bottom is due to obscuration by t ...
... colored orange. The four outer planets are blue. Neptune's few known Trojan asteroids are yellow, while Jupiter's are pink. The scattered objects between the Sun and the Kuiper belt are known as centaurs. The scale is in astronomical units. The pronounced gap at the bottom is due to obscuration by t ...
The Solar System
... • It is similar is composition to some moons in the outer solar system and its orbit is similar to a group of objects called “Kuiper Belt Objects” or KBOs ...
... • It is similar is composition to some moons in the outer solar system and its orbit is similar to a group of objects called “Kuiper Belt Objects” or KBOs ...
answers
... 1.74 x 106m/(108) = 0.0174 m = 1.74 cm. A small bouncy ball or glass ‘boulder’. c) How big is its orbit? Will it fit in the classroom? Don’t forget to double the radius. 7.6 x 108/(108) = 7.6 m It may just barely fit diagonally. d) The Sun has a radius of 6.96 x 108 m. How big should it be? What cou ...
... 1.74 x 106m/(108) = 0.0174 m = 1.74 cm. A small bouncy ball or glass ‘boulder’. c) How big is its orbit? Will it fit in the classroom? Don’t forget to double the radius. 7.6 x 108/(108) = 7.6 m It may just barely fit diagonally. d) The Sun has a radius of 6.96 x 108 m. How big should it be? What cou ...
Uranus, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt
... 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 • Both rotate in lockstep: Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Bot ...
... 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 • Both rotate in lockstep: Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Bot ...
Uranus: Atmosphere
... 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 • Both rotate in lockstep: Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Bot ...
... 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 • Both rotate in lockstep: Charon’s orbit period is the same as its rotational period, and also the same as the Pluto’s rotation period (6.3 days) – Bot ...
Document
... D) Pluto seems to be just one of a large number of icy worlds orbiting at the outer edge of the planetary system. 4. Which of the following statements is a CORRECT description of the planet Pluto? A) The planet is composed mostly of ice, with only a small fraction of rock. B) The planet has a satell ...
... D) Pluto seems to be just one of a large number of icy worlds orbiting at the outer edge of the planetary system. 4. Which of the following statements is a CORRECT description of the planet Pluto? A) The planet is composed mostly of ice, with only a small fraction of rock. B) The planet has a satell ...
Comets - Cloudfront.net
... changes the orbit of some of these icy planetismals so that they go closer to the Sun. When the icy planetismal, a comet nucleus, usually about 10 km in diameter reaches Jupiter’s orbit it begins to melt, creating a cloud of gas and dust called a coma grows to as much as 1,000,000 km across. Sunligh ...
... changes the orbit of some of these icy planetismals so that they go closer to the Sun. When the icy planetismal, a comet nucleus, usually about 10 km in diameter reaches Jupiter’s orbit it begins to melt, creating a cloud of gas and dust called a coma grows to as much as 1,000,000 km across. Sunligh ...
How big is our Solar System?
... a curved tail called the antitail. • The gas tail always points directly away from the Sun, as the ionized gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than is dust. ...
... a curved tail called the antitail. • The gas tail always points directly away from the Sun, as the ionized gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than is dust. ...
What should I study for the Chapter 27 – Solar System Test
... 10. A planet that is very hot because of the greenhouse effect is VENUS 11. JUPITER/SATURN’s stripes are due to its strong winds in the upper atmosphere. 12. The planet that is covered in red sand because of the rust in the soil is MARS 13. Methane gives URANUS/NEPTUNE its blue-green color. (two ans ...
... 10. A planet that is very hot because of the greenhouse effect is VENUS 11. JUPITER/SATURN’s stripes are due to its strong winds in the upper atmosphere. 12. The planet that is covered in red sand because of the rust in the soil is MARS 13. Methane gives URANUS/NEPTUNE its blue-green color. (two ans ...
ES1.Powerpoint.SolarSystem es1.powerpoint.solarsystem
... • Orbits very slowly • Moon, Charon, is very close to Pluto and about the same size • 2006-”plutoid” ...
... • Orbits very slowly • Moon, Charon, is very close to Pluto and about the same size • 2006-”plutoid” ...
Solar System Powerpoint by Katonya Beaubouef
... • Smaller and warmer • Have rocky surfaces • Have no more than 2 moons ...
... • Smaller and warmer • Have rocky surfaces • Have no more than 2 moons ...
Solar System Scavenger Hunt Directions: Use the links in at my
... 26. Why are the Galilean Moons called the “Galilean Moons”? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Which Galilean Moons has active volcanoes? ________________________________________ 28. Which Galil ...
... 26. Why are the Galilean Moons called the “Galilean Moons”? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Which Galilean Moons has active volcanoes? ________________________________________ 28. Which Galil ...
Solar System: Cloze Activity - VCI
... The planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the Sun): ____________________________, Venus, Earth, Mars, ____________________________ (the biggest planet in our Solar System), Saturn (with large, orbiting rings), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). A belt of asteroids (many minor plane ...
... The planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the Sun): ____________________________, Venus, Earth, Mars, ____________________________ (the biggest planet in our Solar System), Saturn (with large, orbiting rings), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). A belt of asteroids (many minor plane ...
Lecture14: Solar System Debris
... Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 kg/m3 , suggesting that it is composed of ice and rock. • Its radius and mass are not accurately known - it is so small even HST does not ...
... Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 kg/m3 , suggesting that it is composed of ice and rock. • Its radius and mass are not accurately known - it is so small even HST does not ...
1000 Yard Solar System Model Worksheet
... (1,200,000). This is the size in *feet*. We want the size in inches. So multiply the answer by 12 to get inches. The Sun has been computed for you as a check of your math. (bonus: notice a pattern to the answers? how can you simplify this step?) 5) You will be assigned to a team. Each team should fi ...
... (1,200,000). This is the size in *feet*. We want the size in inches. So multiply the answer by 12 to get inches. The Sun has been computed for you as a check of your math. (bonus: notice a pattern to the answers? how can you simplify this step?) 5) You will be assigned to a team. Each team should fi ...
the outer planets - J. Seguin Science
... _Neptune____, and __Pluto___. Four of these planets’ (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) atmospheres consist mainly of the gases _Helium_____ and __Hydrogen___. For this reason, they are called the gas ___Giants__. The gas giants appear to lack _solid_ surfaces, however, as the gases become more ...
... _Neptune____, and __Pluto___. Four of these planets’ (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) atmospheres consist mainly of the gases _Helium_____ and __Hydrogen___. For this reason, they are called the gas ___Giants__. The gas giants appear to lack _solid_ surfaces, however, as the gases become more ...
asteroids, comets - MSU Solar Physics
... Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 kg/m3 , suggesting that it is composed of ice and rock. • Its radius and mass are not accurately known - it is so small even HST does not ...
... Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most other planets. Pluto is smaller than 7 satellites in the solar system. It has an average density of about 1900 kg/m3 , suggesting that it is composed of ice and rock. • Its radius and mass are not accurately known - it is so small even HST does not ...
Discovery Uranus visible with naked eye(faint) discovered in 1781
... reclassified 2006 as dwarf planet orbit “crosses” Neptune’s orbit [Figure 13.19] orbital resonance makes + geometry makes collision impossible mass (of Pluto + Charon) ~ 1/6 Earth’s moon eclipses + intensity variation to map surface [Fig 13.20,21] determine sizes Pluto’s radius ~ 2300 km, Charon ~ 1 ...
... reclassified 2006 as dwarf planet orbit “crosses” Neptune’s orbit [Figure 13.19] orbital resonance makes + geometry makes collision impossible mass (of Pluto + Charon) ~ 1/6 Earth’s moon eclipses + intensity variation to map surface [Fig 13.20,21] determine sizes Pluto’s radius ~ 2300 km, Charon ~ 1 ...
Pluto
... • Pluto was discovered after a long search • Pluto and its moon, Charon, move together in a highly elliptical orbit steeply inclined to the plane of the ecliptic • They are the only worlds in the solar system not yet visited by spacecraft ...
... • Pluto was discovered after a long search • Pluto and its moon, Charon, move together in a highly elliptical orbit steeply inclined to the plane of the ecliptic • They are the only worlds in the solar system not yet visited by spacecraft ...
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.