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... giants (Jupiter, Saturn …) They are unlike in all regards, Composition (made of gas) Size (much larger than Earth) distance from Sun (much further away) Temperature (much colder) (other reasons…?) 2. The planet(s) most similar to Earth is…. Venus or Mars ...
... giants (Jupiter, Saturn …) They are unlike in all regards, Composition (made of gas) Size (much larger than Earth) distance from Sun (much further away) Temperature (much colder) (other reasons…?) 2. The planet(s) most similar to Earth is…. Venus or Mars ...
Chapter 20: The Solar System
... 59-61. Answer the following blanks with the correct word: meteor, meteoroid or meteorite. ______________________ A meteoroid that has passed through the atmosphere and hit Earth’s surface. ______________________ A chunk of rock or dust in space. ______________________ A streak of light cause by the ...
... 59-61. Answer the following blanks with the correct word: meteor, meteoroid or meteorite. ______________________ A meteoroid that has passed through the atmosphere and hit Earth’s surface. ______________________ A chunk of rock or dust in space. ______________________ A streak of light cause by the ...
Space - SSI General Science
... • 1. What are the outer planets also known as? • 2. What is the common structure of the outer planets? • 3. Why do the outer planets have so many moons? • 4. What is the hottest planet in the solar system? • 5. The millions of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter are called ______________. ...
... • 1. What are the outer planets also known as? • 2. What is the common structure of the outer planets? • 3. Why do the outer planets have so many moons? • 4. What is the hottest planet in the solar system? • 5. The millions of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter are called ______________. ...
“Solar System Study Guide”
... 21. _____________-formed when the sun (solar wind/radiation) pushes the coma in the opposite direction and debris left behind in the comets orbit 22. _____________- A piece of rock that is similar to the material that formed our planets 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through spa ...
... 21. _____________-formed when the sun (solar wind/radiation) pushes the coma in the opposite direction and debris left behind in the comets orbit 22. _____________- A piece of rock that is similar to the material that formed our planets 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through spa ...
Parallels: Proto-Planetary Disks and rings
... • 51 Pegasi b: The first planet around a star like the Sun. Astronomers found it using the Observatoire de Haute-Provence in France, a ground-based facility. This planet is also known as a “hot Jupiter” because it appears to be a very warm gas-giant-type world. • Kepler 186-f: the first Earth-size p ...
... • 51 Pegasi b: The first planet around a star like the Sun. Astronomers found it using the Observatoire de Haute-Provence in France, a ground-based facility. This planet is also known as a “hot Jupiter” because it appears to be a very warm gas-giant-type world. • Kepler 186-f: the first Earth-size p ...
PHYS 178 – Assignment 5 Sketchy Answers
... The craters are less well-defined on Jupiter’s moons (e.g. Callisto) because the ice is warmer, and it slumps/flows over long periods of time. The ice on the surfaces of (non-tidally heated) moons around Saturn is cold and more rock-like. The craters on Rhea, for example, resemble those on the Moon ...
... The craters are less well-defined on Jupiter’s moons (e.g. Callisto) because the ice is warmer, and it slumps/flows over long periods of time. The ice on the surfaces of (non-tidally heated) moons around Saturn is cold and more rock-like. The craters on Rhea, for example, resemble those on the Moon ...
The Solar System
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
Solar System Review - answer key
... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto) 5. Describe the shape of the orbit of the planets in our Solar System. The planets orbit around the sun in an elliptical, but nearly circular, pattern. 6. Why are dwarf planets and plutoids not considered planets? Planets must orb ...
... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto) 5. Describe the shape of the orbit of the planets in our Solar System. The planets orbit around the sun in an elliptical, but nearly circular, pattern. 6. Why are dwarf planets and plutoids not considered planets? Planets must orb ...
The Planets Go Around the Sun
... The planets revolve around the sun, hurrah; hurrah The planets revolve around the sun, hurrah; hurrah The planets revolve around the sun and spin on their axis every one. And they all go spinning, around and around . . .They go. ...
... The planets revolve around the sun, hurrah; hurrah The planets revolve around the sun, hurrah; hurrah The planets revolve around the sun and spin on their axis every one. And they all go spinning, around and around . . .They go. ...
The International Astronomical Union Defines
... Contemporary observations are changing our understanding of planetary systems, and it is important that our nomenclature for objects reflect our current understanding. This applies, in particular, to the designation "planets". The word "planet" originally described "wanderers" that were known only a ...
... Contemporary observations are changing our understanding of planetary systems, and it is important that our nomenclature for objects reflect our current understanding. This applies, in particular, to the designation "planets". The word "planet" originally described "wanderers" that were known only a ...
27.4 Directed Reading Guide
... _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 17. What do Jupiter’s unique bands of orange, gray, blue, and white indicate? ______________________________ ...
... _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 17. What do Jupiter’s unique bands of orange, gray, blue, and white indicate? ______________________________ ...
Slides
... direction (counter-clockwise) and on the same plane. They spin in a “direct sense” – that is, they spin in the same direction as they orbit the sun. (The gravity of the sun keeps the planets in their orbits) The two exceptions are Venus and Uranus. These differences are believed to stem from c ...
... direction (counter-clockwise) and on the same plane. They spin in a “direct sense” – that is, they spin in the same direction as they orbit the sun. (The gravity of the sun keeps the planets in their orbits) The two exceptions are Venus and Uranus. These differences are believed to stem from c ...
Life on Billions of Planets
... This artist's impression shows a sunset as seen from the super-Earth planet Gliese 667 Cc ...
... This artist's impression shows a sunset as seen from the super-Earth planet Gliese 667 Cc ...
The “Not-Quite-Planet” Pluto …and Friends!
... Eris: Was the first known Kuiper Belt Object Larger than Pluto! ...
... Eris: Was the first known Kuiper Belt Object Larger than Pluto! ...
Document
... A) An observation of a "star" near Jupiter that moved from night to night with respect to the background stars. B) A dark spot moving across the face of the Sun that he noted was probably an unknown planet, now known to have been Neptune. C) Periodic changes in the motion of Uranus, which he had bee ...
... A) An observation of a "star" near Jupiter that moved from night to night with respect to the background stars. B) A dark spot moving across the face of the Sun that he noted was probably an unknown planet, now known to have been Neptune. C) Periodic changes in the motion of Uranus, which he had bee ...
Unit 2 -- Our Solar System
... Gas Planets • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • Outer regions were rich in icy, lighter elements. • They grew large and could capture hydrogen and helium in their gravitational force • Became gas planets rich in hydrogen and helium with dense, frozen cores. ...
... Gas Planets • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • Outer regions were rich in icy, lighter elements. • They grew large and could capture hydrogen and helium in their gravitational force • Became gas planets rich in hydrogen and helium with dense, frozen cores. ...
The Solar System Mr J and Miss Mac The Solar System is made up
... away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around this parent ...
... away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around this parent ...
Chapter 7 Our Planetary System What does the solar system look
... –! Those patterns give us insight into the general processes that govern planets –! Studying other worlds in this way tells us about our own Earth ...
... –! Those patterns give us insight into the general processes that govern planets –! Studying other worlds in this way tells us about our own Earth ...
Ch. 3 The Solar System - Hillsdale Community Schools
... and all other planets orbiting around the Earth. •WRONG!! ...
... and all other planets orbiting around the Earth. •WRONG!! ...
A. Objects in the Universe
... Earth Systems Science: All students will understand that Earth operates as a set of complex, dynamic, and interconnected systems, and is a part of the allencompassing system of the universe. (5.4) Objects in the Universe: Our universe has been expanding and evolving for 13.7 billion years under the ...
... Earth Systems Science: All students will understand that Earth operates as a set of complex, dynamic, and interconnected systems, and is a part of the allencompassing system of the universe. (5.4) Objects in the Universe: Our universe has been expanding and evolving for 13.7 billion years under the ...
File - Mrs. MacGowan 6-2
... They are 140 moons that orbit the eight planets in the solar system. The moons rather then the planets don’t orbit the sun they about the planet they are nearest too. The planet that used to be considered a planet is Pluto which is now considered a dwarf planet because of its size and the fact that ...
... They are 140 moons that orbit the eight planets in the solar system. The moons rather then the planets don’t orbit the sun they about the planet they are nearest too. The planet that used to be considered a planet is Pluto which is now considered a dwarf planet because of its size and the fact that ...
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.