Observational Astronomy - Spring 2014 Homework 7
... • Spacecraft take hundreds to thousands of watts of power, so it would take really large solar cells to power a spacecraft at Neptune, too large to be practical. For this reason, deep-space missions are nuclear powered. 3. What process powers the stars? What element does the Sun consume for fuel and ...
... • Spacecraft take hundreds to thousands of watts of power, so it would take really large solar cells to power a spacecraft at Neptune, too large to be practical. For this reason, deep-space missions are nuclear powered. 3. What process powers the stars? What element does the Sun consume for fuel and ...
1 - Astronomy
... explained why the planets never move far from the ecliptic, but treated Mercury and Venus as special cases in order to explain their small elongations. 3. Ptolemy’s model meets the first two criteria for a scientific model fairly well but it is much less successful with the third. 4. The Ptolemaic m ...
... explained why the planets never move far from the ecliptic, but treated Mercury and Venus as special cases in order to explain their small elongations. 3. Ptolemy’s model meets the first two criteria for a scientific model fairly well but it is much less successful with the third. 4. The Ptolemaic m ...
Old Midterm
... A) the entire planets are made of mostly metal B) radioactivity created metals in the core from the decay of Uranium C) convection carried the metals to the core D) metals sank to the center during a time when the interiors were molten throughout E) metals condensed first in the solar nebula and the ...
... A) the entire planets are made of mostly metal B) radioactivity created metals in the core from the decay of Uranium C) convection carried the metals to the core D) metals sank to the center during a time when the interiors were molten throughout E) metals condensed first in the solar nebula and the ...
Solar System - Delta Education
... draw their own scale maps. Students use their maps to compare and discuss the relative distances of the objects from one another. ACTIVITY 8 Students construct a 7.5-m (25-ft) classroom model of the Solar System, using their planet models from Activity 6. They place their planet models at scaled dis ...
... draw their own scale maps. Students use their maps to compare and discuss the relative distances of the objects from one another. ACTIVITY 8 Students construct a 7.5-m (25-ft) classroom model of the Solar System, using their planet models from Activity 6. They place their planet models at scaled dis ...
Week 9
... • Orderly patterns of motion? – Solar nebula spun faster as it contracted because of conservation of angular momentum – Collisions between gas & dust particles caused the nebula to flatten into a disk ...
... • Orderly patterns of motion? – Solar nebula spun faster as it contracted because of conservation of angular momentum – Collisions between gas & dust particles caused the nebula to flatten into a disk ...
sunearthmoonstudyguideanskey
... moon takes the same amount of time to rotate and revolve. Why does the Sun appear larger than any other stars? ...
... moon takes the same amount of time to rotate and revolve. Why does the Sun appear larger than any other stars? ...
Earth in Space and Beyond - Westmoreland Central School
... – Earth is stationary (not rotating or revolving) and all celestial objects move around it at fixed distances from it. – Widely accepted because it explained all of the daily motions of the Sun, planets, & stars. – The retrograde motion (backwards) of some planets was explained by showing they move ...
... – Earth is stationary (not rotating or revolving) and all celestial objects move around it at fixed distances from it. – Widely accepted because it explained all of the daily motions of the Sun, planets, & stars. – The retrograde motion (backwards) of some planets was explained by showing they move ...
Barycenter of Solar System Earth-Moon barycenter? Moon orbits
... • Run Demo 4 – 1 to 1 scale – Note: we can remove Earth orbit just in case ...
... • Run Demo 4 – 1 to 1 scale – Note: we can remove Earth orbit just in case ...
Earth
... and Antarctica. The World Ocean is broken down into three major oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, a region of strong magnetic forces that extends upward from about 140 km in the upper atmosphere. In the magnetosphere, the magnetic field of t ...
... and Antarctica. The World Ocean is broken down into three major oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, a region of strong magnetic forces that extends upward from about 140 km in the upper atmosphere. In the magnetosphere, the magnetic field of t ...
`Sun, shine! Moon, glow! Stars, twinkle!` Day 4
... Just right for life! When God made our solar system He did it just right. Earth is about 150 million km (93 million miles) away from the sun. This is exactly the right distance to hold the temperature between 0°C and 40°C on most of the earth. This is the temperature needed to sustain most life. If ...
... Just right for life! When God made our solar system He did it just right. Earth is about 150 million km (93 million miles) away from the sun. This is exactly the right distance to hold the temperature between 0°C and 40°C on most of the earth. This is the temperature needed to sustain most life. If ...
Kepler assignment 2012
... How does the T2/R3 ratio for Jupiter (from table) compare to the T2/R3 ratio found in (c) (i.e., the slope of the line e) How does the T2/R3 ratio for Jupiter you’ve calculated compare to the T2/R3 ratio found using the following equation? (G=6.67x10-11 N*m2/kg2 and MJupiter = 1.9 x 1027 kg) Questio ...
... How does the T2/R3 ratio for Jupiter (from table) compare to the T2/R3 ratio found in (c) (i.e., the slope of the line e) How does the T2/R3 ratio for Jupiter you’ve calculated compare to the T2/R3 ratio found using the following equation? (G=6.67x10-11 N*m2/kg2 and MJupiter = 1.9 x 1027 kg) Questio ...
chapter 7 - Stonebraemandarin
... has rings a gas giant at least has rings 27 moons rotates on its side ...
... has rings a gas giant at least has rings 27 moons rotates on its side ...
Movements of Objects in Space
... 3. The Earth and all the other planets are orbiting the Sun, all in the same direction, and all in roughly the same plane (i.e. it's like they are all laid out on a large dinner plate with the Sun at the center). The outer planets orbit more slowly than the inner planets. 4. The stars appear station ...
... 3. The Earth and all the other planets are orbiting the Sun, all in the same direction, and all in roughly the same plane (i.e. it's like they are all laid out on a large dinner plate with the Sun at the center). The outer planets orbit more slowly than the inner planets. 4. The stars appear station ...
Sun
... Living in the solar system, we have the chance to study, at close range, perhaps the most common type of cosmic object—a star. Our Sun is a star, and a fairly average star at that, but with one unique feature: it is very close to us—some 300,000 times closer than our next nearest neighbor, Alpha Cen ...
... Living in the solar system, we have the chance to study, at close range, perhaps the most common type of cosmic object—a star. Our Sun is a star, and a fairly average star at that, but with one unique feature: it is very close to us—some 300,000 times closer than our next nearest neighbor, Alpha Cen ...
apparent magnitude
... releases thermal energy to its outer layers. This release of energy helps the warm gases rise and the cool gases sink, which sets up the wind patterns in the atmosphere that create the belts of clouds. Voyager 2 images also revealed that Neptune has a set of ...
... releases thermal energy to its outer layers. This release of energy helps the warm gases rise and the cool gases sink, which sets up the wind patterns in the atmosphere that create the belts of clouds. Voyager 2 images also revealed that Neptune has a set of ...
Video review
... 1. _______________ is greater in volume than all of the other planets combined. 2. In the most distant part of Pluto’s eccentric orbit, its atmosphere turns from gas to ___________. 3. The largest planetary storm system is Jupiter’s ________________________. 4. Cassini used a ______________ from Ven ...
... 1. _______________ is greater in volume than all of the other planets combined. 2. In the most distant part of Pluto’s eccentric orbit, its atmosphere turns from gas to ___________. 3. The largest planetary storm system is Jupiter’s ________________________. 4. Cassini used a ______________ from Ven ...
Assessment Photo Album
... Their job is to research their planet and take notes. Then, they are to create a Frame about their planet to present to the class in an oral presentation. Students created a Rubric prior to the activity to determine their score on this activity. ...
... Their job is to research their planet and take notes. Then, they are to create a Frame about their planet to present to the class in an oral presentation. Students created a Rubric prior to the activity to determine their score on this activity. ...
Day_14
... According to Kepler’s second law, a planet with an orbit like Earth’s would: A. move faster when further from the Sun. B. move slower when closer to the Sun. C. experience a dramatic change in orbital speed from month to month. D. experience very little change in orbital speed over the course of th ...
... According to Kepler’s second law, a planet with an orbit like Earth’s would: A. move faster when further from the Sun. B. move slower when closer to the Sun. C. experience a dramatic change in orbital speed from month to month. D. experience very little change in orbital speed over the course of th ...
Astronomy Chap 1
... 2. Describe how a shadow changes position and shape as the Sun moves across the daytime sky. 3. Are celestial objects like stars and planets in the daytime sky? 4. What is the relationship between latitude and the angular height of the Sun? 5. Explain how angular height of the Sun in different parts ...
... 2. Describe how a shadow changes position and shape as the Sun moves across the daytime sky. 3. Are celestial objects like stars and planets in the daytime sky? 4. What is the relationship between latitude and the angular height of the Sun? 5. Explain how angular height of the Sun in different parts ...
Origins: Earth is Born - LathamWHS13-14
... 4. Why is it that the inner planets are all made out of heavier elements, while the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are all made out of lighter elements? What happened to the lighter elements? ...
... 4. Why is it that the inner planets are all made out of heavier elements, while the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are all made out of lighter elements? What happened to the lighter elements? ...
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.