Simon P. Balm Astronomy 5, Test #1, Sample Questions
... 24. Astronomy has shown us that the fundamental laws of physics are A) the same in our solar system but different beyond the solar system B) the same everywhere in the universe C) completely random and unpredictable D) different on other planets in our solar system ...
... 24. Astronomy has shown us that the fundamental laws of physics are A) the same in our solar system but different beyond the solar system B) the same everywhere in the universe C) completely random and unpredictable D) different on other planets in our solar system ...
the planets - St John Brebeuf
... 1) Our solar system is full of planets, moons, asteroids and comets, all of which revolve around the Sun at the center. 2) When a star forms from a nebula, gravity pulls most of the material into the new star, but some may also clump together to form objects in a solar system. a) ...
... 1) Our solar system is full of planets, moons, asteroids and comets, all of which revolve around the Sun at the center. 2) When a star forms from a nebula, gravity pulls most of the material into the new star, but some may also clump together to form objects in a solar system. a) ...
the planets - St John Brebeuf
... 1) Our solar system is full of planets, moons, asteroids and comets, all of which revolve around the Sun at the center. 2) When a star forms from a nebula, gravity pulls most of the material into the new star, but some may also clump together to form objects in a solar system. This is the Nebular Th ...
... 1) Our solar system is full of planets, moons, asteroids and comets, all of which revolve around the Sun at the center. 2) When a star forms from a nebula, gravity pulls most of the material into the new star, but some may also clump together to form objects in a solar system. This is the Nebular Th ...
Power Point - Solar System
... All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun. Examples – Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Kuiper ...
... All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun. Examples – Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Kuiper ...
Origin of the Solar System
... stays towards the center. – In our solar system, this was the formation of our inner solid and outer gaseous planets. ...
... stays towards the center. – In our solar system, this was the formation of our inner solid and outer gaseous planets. ...
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites
... Frost Line: Also known as the snow line is an imaginary line that refers to a specific spot in the solar nebula where it is cold enough for hydrogen compounds to freeze. This line separates the terrestrial planets from the Jovian planets. Inside the frost line, these gases would not be frozen and t ...
... Frost Line: Also known as the snow line is an imaginary line that refers to a specific spot in the solar nebula where it is cold enough for hydrogen compounds to freeze. This line separates the terrestrial planets from the Jovian planets. Inside the frost line, these gases would not be frozen and t ...
Models of the Solar System
... LAW #3: The square of a planet’s sidereal period around the Sun is directly proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis. This law relates the amount of time for the planet to complete one orbit around the Sun to the planet’s average distance from the Sun. If we measure the orbital periods (P) in ...
... LAW #3: The square of a planet’s sidereal period around the Sun is directly proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis. This law relates the amount of time for the planet to complete one orbit around the Sun to the planet’s average distance from the Sun. If we measure the orbital periods (P) in ...
Scale model of solar system
... to scale down the solar system to a ten-billionth the size. In other words, we’re going to make it 10 billion times smaller than it actually is. Size Actual Mass Actual Distance Actual Guess Size Guess Mass guess distance Sun -----------Bowling -------------- 1,000,000 ---------------0 ball pennies ...
... to scale down the solar system to a ten-billionth the size. In other words, we’re going to make it 10 billion times smaller than it actually is. Size Actual Mass Actual Distance Actual Guess Size Guess Mass guess distance Sun -----------Bowling -------------- 1,000,000 ---------------0 ball pennies ...
Slide 1
... 6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System Now known: Solar system has 165 moons, one star, eight planets (added Uranus and Neptune), eight asteroids and more than 100 Kuiper belt objects more than 300 km in diameter, smaller asteroids, comets, and meteoroids ...
... 6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System Now known: Solar system has 165 moons, one star, eight planets (added Uranus and Neptune), eight asteroids and more than 100 Kuiper belt objects more than 300 km in diameter, smaller asteroids, comets, and meteoroids ...
Homework #1 10 points Question #1 (2 pts) Even in ancient times
... the geocentric model, in which all planets and the Sun orbit the Earth on circular orbits. Ignore the epicycles, i.e. assume that the distance from a planet to the Earth does not change with time. There are actually two different explanations, each is sufficient for the full credit. • In this model ...
... the geocentric model, in which all planets and the Sun orbit the Earth on circular orbits. Ignore the epicycles, i.e. assume that the distance from a planet to the Earth does not change with time. There are actually two different explanations, each is sufficient for the full credit. • In this model ...
Team 1:The Outer Planets and Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
... Neptune is a cold, blue planet and its atmosphere contains visible clouds Scientists think that Neptune is slowly shrinking causing its core to heat up It has at least 13 moons going around it Its largest moon is called Triton which has its own thin atmosphere ...
... Neptune is a cold, blue planet and its atmosphere contains visible clouds Scientists think that Neptune is slowly shrinking causing its core to heat up It has at least 13 moons going around it Its largest moon is called Triton which has its own thin atmosphere ...
Astro Ch 19 planets
... • 7th planet from Sun, 3rd largest • Has winds from 90-360 mph • Tipped on side from a collision a long time ago with another planet-sized body • The blue-green appearance of its atmosphere is from methane and high-altitude smog. These gases absorb red and reflect blue-green wavelengths. ...
... • 7th planet from Sun, 3rd largest • Has winds from 90-360 mph • Tipped on side from a collision a long time ago with another planet-sized body • The blue-green appearance of its atmosphere is from methane and high-altitude smog. These gases absorb red and reflect blue-green wavelengths. ...
solar system - New Concept
... Epimetheus and Janus, just inside the orbit of Mimas, are continually exchanging orbits with one another in a "waltz" -- they are called the coorbital satellites. ...
... Epimetheus and Janus, just inside the orbit of Mimas, are continually exchanging orbits with one another in a "waltz" -- they are called the coorbital satellites. ...
History of Astronomy
... • The period of time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun is directly related to its distance from the sun. ...
... • The period of time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun is directly related to its distance from the sun. ...
Ch 21 Directed Reading Pg 644 – 673
... 6. the amount of time an object takes to orbit around another body once 7. the motion of a body orbiting another body in space 8. the amount of time that a planet takes to go around the sun once 9. the amount of time that an object takes to rotate once ...
... 6. the amount of time an object takes to orbit around another body once 7. the motion of a body orbiting another body in space 8. the amount of time that a planet takes to go around the sun once 9. the amount of time that an object takes to rotate once ...
the young astronomers newsletter
... Ophiuchus. Later in the month it comes close to about 5o of the rising Venus. Venus is beginning to exert itself in the west, after sunset. It will very slowly rise higher as the weeks go by. Later in the fall and winter it will be the prominent evening “star”. THE ORIONID METEOR SHOWER The Orionid ...
... Ophiuchus. Later in the month it comes close to about 5o of the rising Venus. Venus is beginning to exert itself in the west, after sunset. It will very slowly rise higher as the weeks go by. Later in the fall and winter it will be the prominent evening “star”. THE ORIONID METEOR SHOWER The Orionid ...
Life - Physics
... them, we have found life! • Note this will be life in general, like bacterial and plant life, not intelligent life. • So, what do we look for? ...
... them, we have found life! • Note this will be life in general, like bacterial and plant life, not intelligent life. • So, what do we look for? ...
Keplers Laws WS Solns, 1
... When using your calculator with BIG numbers that involve exponents, make sure to utilize parenthesis properly, making sure to pay attention to the ORDER OF OPERATIONS (remember PEMDAS) If you solve Kepler’s 3rd Law for R, it will involve a cube to do this on your calculator. ...
... When using your calculator with BIG numbers that involve exponents, make sure to utilize parenthesis properly, making sure to pay attention to the ORDER OF OPERATIONS (remember PEMDAS) If you solve Kepler’s 3rd Law for R, it will involve a cube to do this on your calculator. ...
Planets in astrology
Planets in astrology have a meaning different from the modern astronomical understanding of what a planet is. Before the age of telescopes, the night sky was thought to consist of two very similar components: fixed stars, which remained motionless in relation to each other, and ""wandering stars"" (Ancient Greek: ἀστέρες πλανῆται asteres planetai), which moved relative to the fixed stars over the course of the year.To the Greeks and the other earliest astronomers, this group comprised the five planets visible to the naked eye, and excluded the Earth. Although strictly the term ""planet"" applied only to those five objects, the term was latterly broadened, particularly in the Middle Ages, to include the Sun and the Moon (sometimes referred to as ""Lights""), making a total of seven planets. Astrologers retain this definition today.To ancient astrologers, the planets represented the will of the gods and their direct influence upon human affairs. To modern astrologers the planets represent basic drives or urges in the unconscious, or energy flow regulators representing dimensions of experience. They express themselves with different qualities in the twelve signs of the zodiac and in the twelve houses. The planets are also related to each other in the form of aspects.Modern astrologers differ on the source of the planets' influence. Hone writes that the planets exert it directly through gravitation or another, unknown influence. Others hold that the planets have no direct influence in themselves, but are mirrors of basic organizing principles in the universe. In other words, the basic patterns of the universe repeat themselves everywhere, in fractal-like fashion, and ""as above so below"". Therefore, the patterns that the planets make in the sky reflect the ebb and flow of basic human impulses. The planets are also associated, especially in the Chinese tradition, with the basic forces of nature.Listed below are the specific meanings and domains associated with the astrological planets since ancient times, with the main focus on the Western astrological tradition. The planets in Hindu astrology are known as the Navagraha or ""nine realms"". In Chinese astrology, the planets are associated with the life forces of yin and yang and the five elements, which play an important role in the Chinese form of geomancy known as Feng Shui.