For stars
... object appears to us on Earth. Absolute Magnitude, M: How bright a star actually is, its intrinsic brightness. (determine a star’s absolute brightness by imagining moving it to 10 pc away from the observer) ...
... object appears to us on Earth. Absolute Magnitude, M: How bright a star actually is, its intrinsic brightness. (determine a star’s absolute brightness by imagining moving it to 10 pc away from the observer) ...
Ex3-Planets,F10
... Surface processes. If the moon or planet has an ocean or atmosphere, the surface may be significantly modified by the influence of wind, running water, ice, waves or gravity. One very important consideration in studying the history of a planetary surface is to determine the age of the surface unde ...
... Surface processes. If the moon or planet has an ocean or atmosphere, the surface may be significantly modified by the influence of wind, running water, ice, waves or gravity. One very important consideration in studying the history of a planetary surface is to determine the age of the surface unde ...
The star Betelgeuse is about 500 light years away from us. If this star
... c. composed of helium gas, like stars d. filled with hot radiation The big bang a. cannot be disproven as a scientific idea b. created the earth 4.5 billion years ago c. is the initial expansion of space d. was the emergence of the solar system from a black hole Our solar system is located in the a) ...
... c. composed of helium gas, like stars d. filled with hot radiation The big bang a. cannot be disproven as a scientific idea b. created the earth 4.5 billion years ago c. is the initial expansion of space d. was the emergence of the solar system from a black hole Our solar system is located in the a) ...
Earth in space - gravity, eclipses
... moon is strongest on the side of the Earth that happens to be facing the moon, simply because it is closer. This attraction causes the water on this “near side” of Earth to be pulled toward the moon. As gravitational force acts to draw the water closer to the moon, inertia attempts to keep the water ...
... moon is strongest on the side of the Earth that happens to be facing the moon, simply because it is closer. This attraction causes the water on this “near side” of Earth to be pulled toward the moon. As gravitational force acts to draw the water closer to the moon, inertia attempts to keep the water ...
Jupiter and Saturn
... The History of Jupiter • Jupiter formed from the colder gases of the outer solar nebula, where ices were able to condense • It became massive enough to trap hydrogen and helium gas directly from the solar nebula • The hydrogen takes the form of liquid metallic hydrogen, which is a very good electri ...
... The History of Jupiter • Jupiter formed from the colder gases of the outer solar nebula, where ices were able to condense • It became massive enough to trap hydrogen and helium gas directly from the solar nebula • The hydrogen takes the form of liquid metallic hydrogen, which is a very good electri ...
Astro 101 Final F15 - Nicholls State University
... d. The force from the planets’ fast rotation rates made them fly off. ____ 24. It would be difficult for humans to survive on the surface of Mars for long periods of time because: a. there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere. b. the range in temperature between day and night is too large. c. ther ...
... d. The force from the planets’ fast rotation rates made them fly off. ____ 24. It would be difficult for humans to survive on the surface of Mars for long periods of time because: a. there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere. b. the range in temperature between day and night is too large. c. ther ...
SRMP Solar System Curriculum - American Museum of Natural History
... In this activity, students will recreate the analysis that Galileo performed after observing and recording the moons of Jupiter. His daily record allowed for the determination of the timing of the orbits, and is not trivial without a computer. Hand out a Moons of Jupiter sheet to all students along ...
... In this activity, students will recreate the analysis that Galileo performed after observing and recording the moons of Jupiter. His daily record allowed for the determination of the timing of the orbits, and is not trivial without a computer. Hand out a Moons of Jupiter sheet to all students along ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of Astronomy, by George
... to-morrow, who is not to be allowed to read, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler, how he was able—by observations taken from a moving platform, the earth, of the directions of a moving object, Mars—to deduce the exact shape of the path of each of these planets, and their actual positions o ...
... to-morrow, who is not to be allowed to read, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler, how he was able—by observations taken from a moving platform, the earth, of the directions of a moving object, Mars—to deduce the exact shape of the path of each of these planets, and their actual positions o ...
Astronomy 100 Name(s):
... Exercise 9: Using the Sky (the planetarium software) The Sky is a software package published by Software Bisque. It, along with CCD Soft, will be used to guide our telescope remotely (we’ll use the Telescope → Link → Establish command. This lab is designed to help you understand how the software wor ...
... Exercise 9: Using the Sky (the planetarium software) The Sky is a software package published by Software Bisque. It, along with CCD Soft, will be used to guide our telescope remotely (we’ll use the Telescope → Link → Establish command. This lab is designed to help you understand how the software wor ...
The Solar Nebula
... inner rocky terrestrials and the outer gaseous Jovians, plus Pluto, which fits into neither category. In order to understand the composition of the Solar System, we need to understand how it formed. In this Module we will look at how stars and planets form, and in particular note some of the differe ...
... inner rocky terrestrials and the outer gaseous Jovians, plus Pluto, which fits into neither category. In order to understand the composition of the Solar System, we need to understand how it formed. In this Module we will look at how stars and planets form, and in particular note some of the differe ...
Catching Planets in Formation with GMT
... star and planet formation studies •GMTNIRS - Probing stellar astrophysics, disk kinematics and disk and even planet composition, radial velocity studies •Tiger - Imaging disks and planets in disks, composition •GMTIFS - Imaging young planets, disks •GMTNIRS / GMACS - Studying free floating planets a ...
... star and planet formation studies •GMTNIRS - Probing stellar astrophysics, disk kinematics and disk and even planet composition, radial velocity studies •Tiger - Imaging disks and planets in disks, composition •GMTIFS - Imaging young planets, disks •GMTNIRS / GMACS - Studying free floating planets a ...
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems
... || Suppose that on earth you can jump straight up a distance of 50 cm. Can you escape from a 4.0-km-diameter asteroid with a mass of 1.0 * 1014 kg? ||| A projectile is fired straight away from the moon from a base on the far side of the moon, away from the earth. What is the projectile’s escape spee ...
... || Suppose that on earth you can jump straight up a distance of 50 cm. Can you escape from a 4.0-km-diameter asteroid with a mass of 1.0 * 1014 kg? ||| A projectile is fired straight away from the moon from a base on the far side of the moon, away from the earth. What is the projectile’s escape spee ...
Exploring_Gravity_ LessonPlan
... Construct the Gravity Well(s). Divide your students into groups of 2-4 and distribute Gravity Well materials and copies of Constructing the Gravity Well. When your Gravity Wells are complete, distribute one copy to each student of the Exploring Gravity Student Worksheet (Black Line Master). Have stu ...
... Construct the Gravity Well(s). Divide your students into groups of 2-4 and distribute Gravity Well materials and copies of Constructing the Gravity Well. When your Gravity Wells are complete, distribute one copy to each student of the Exploring Gravity Student Worksheet (Black Line Master). Have stu ...
AY5 Announcements
... • This is a chargeless, nearly massless particle which has a tiny crossection for interaction with other types of matter. The mean free path in lead is five light years. • Neutrinos were first postulated in 1932 to account for missing angular momentum and energy in betadecay reactions (when a prot ...
... • This is a chargeless, nearly massless particle which has a tiny crossection for interaction with other types of matter. The mean free path in lead is five light years. • Neutrinos were first postulated in 1932 to account for missing angular momentum and energy in betadecay reactions (when a prot ...
Solar System: Small Bodies
... Many asteroids, once called minor planets, are chunks of rock with odd shapes. They are too small to have been rounded into spheres by __________. Other asteroids are nickel steel. At least a few other asteroids are cores of dead comets. Main belt asteroids are made of primitive material from the ea ...
... Many asteroids, once called minor planets, are chunks of rock with odd shapes. They are too small to have been rounded into spheres by __________. Other asteroids are nickel steel. At least a few other asteroids are cores of dead comets. Main belt asteroids are made of primitive material from the ea ...
Four Great Satellite Observatories Hubble Space Telescope
... • Pluto has a thin nitrogen atmosphere that will refreeze onto the surface as Pluto’s orbit takes it farther from the Sun. ...
... • Pluto has a thin nitrogen atmosphere that will refreeze onto the surface as Pluto’s orbit takes it farther from the Sun. ...
PHAS 2B17 Physics of the Solar System
... • Icy leftover planetesimals of the outer solar system. • Today comets exist mainly in the Kuiper belt and the Oort Cloud. • The strong gravity of the Jovian planets cleared most of the comets in between Jupiter and Neptune sent to a collision course with other planets, or ejected to the Kuiper Be ...
... • Icy leftover planetesimals of the outer solar system. • Today comets exist mainly in the Kuiper belt and the Oort Cloud. • The strong gravity of the Jovian planets cleared most of the comets in between Jupiter and Neptune sent to a collision course with other planets, or ejected to the Kuiper Be ...
Jupiter and its Moons Fromm
... Astronomers cannot directly measure many of the things they study, such as the masses and distances of the planets and their moons. Nevertheless, we can deduce some properties of celestial bodies from their motions despite the fact that we cannot directly measure them. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus h ...
... Astronomers cannot directly measure many of the things they study, such as the masses and distances of the planets and their moons. Nevertheless, we can deduce some properties of celestial bodies from their motions despite the fact that we cannot directly measure them. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus h ...
Astronomers Find Extremely Large Planet
... young forming stars. The fact that the FLAMINGOS survey only found silhouette disks in clusters and not peppered thoughout the immense volume of the molecular clouds supports the point of view that such clusters of stars are the birthplace for most of the stars in our galaxy. “It’s surprising that t ...
... young forming stars. The fact that the FLAMINGOS survey only found silhouette disks in clusters and not peppered thoughout the immense volume of the molecular clouds supports the point of view that such clusters of stars are the birthplace for most of the stars in our galaxy. “It’s surprising that t ...
Asteroid Terms - OSIRIS
... characters in our solar system, including an asteroid that has its own moon and even one that is shaped like a dog bone! For each letter of the alphabet, we will showcase an asteroid in our solar system and demonstrate its orbit around the Sun. Visit the Galleries page of AsteroidMission.org – home ...
... characters in our solar system, including an asteroid that has its own moon and even one that is shaped like a dog bone! For each letter of the alphabet, we will showcase an asteroid in our solar system and demonstrate its orbit around the Sun. Visit the Galleries page of AsteroidMission.org – home ...
History of Astronomy
... exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the man of to-morrow, who is not to be allowed to read, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler, how he was able--by observations taken from a moving platform, the earth, of the directions of a moving object, Mars--to deduce the exact shape of the pat ...
... exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the man of to-morrow, who is not to be allowed to read, in the original Latin of the brilliant Kepler, how he was able--by observations taken from a moving platform, the earth, of the directions of a moving object, Mars--to deduce the exact shape of the pat ...
Orrery
An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model. It may also represent the relative sizes of these bodies; but since accurate scaling is often not practical due to the actual large ratio differences, a subdued approximation may be used instead. Though the Greeks had working planetaria, the first orrery that was a planetarium of the modern era was produced in 1704, and one was presented to Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery — whence came the name. They are typically driven by a clockwork mechanism with a globe representing the Sun at the centre, and with a planet at the end of each of the arms.