3rd Grade Teacher Guide - The University of Texas at Dallas
... The Apollo spacecraft took about 3 days to get to the Moon. At that speed, it would take them about a million years to get to the nearest star from our own star, the Sun. You may want to ask your students why scientists have sent spacecraft to every planet in our solar system, but not to another sta ...
... The Apollo spacecraft took about 3 days to get to the Moon. At that speed, it would take them about a million years to get to the nearest star from our own star, the Sun. You may want to ask your students why scientists have sent spacecraft to every planet in our solar system, but not to another sta ...
August 2016
... sea of salty water lies under Ganymede’s curst. The same seems to be true of Europa and Callisto. Also Galileo’s infared spectrometer showed traces of salt on Ganymede’s surface consistent with brine making its way to the surface by means of eruptions. It’s been suggested that Ganymede’s seas are la ...
... sea of salty water lies under Ganymede’s curst. The same seems to be true of Europa and Callisto. Also Galileo’s infared spectrometer showed traces of salt on Ganymede’s surface consistent with brine making its way to the surface by means of eruptions. It’s been suggested that Ganymede’s seas are la ...
DIY Solar system
... The Solar System also contains the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter and is similar to the terrestrial planets as it mostly contains objects composed of rock and metal. Beyond Neptune’s orbit lies the Kuiper belt, which contains objects composed mostly of ices. Some of these objects ...
... The Solar System also contains the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter and is similar to the terrestrial planets as it mostly contains objects composed of rock and metal. Beyond Neptune’s orbit lies the Kuiper belt, which contains objects composed mostly of ices. Some of these objects ...
where it is, how big it
... The four large Galilean moons are named after other people in Zeus’ life, most are his lovers. Jupiter is considered one of the gas planets. The gas planets are the planets in our solar system which do not have solid surfaces, their gaseous material simply gets denser with depth. What we see when l ...
... The four large Galilean moons are named after other people in Zeus’ life, most are his lovers. Jupiter is considered one of the gas planets. The gas planets are the planets in our solar system which do not have solid surfaces, their gaseous material simply gets denser with depth. What we see when l ...
Solar System - Bishop Seabury Academy
... • The magnetic fields of terrestrial planets are produced by metals such as iron in the liquid state • The stronger fields of the Jovian planets are generated by liquid metallic hydrogen or by water with ionized molecules dissolved in it ...
... • The magnetic fields of terrestrial planets are produced by metals such as iron in the liquid state • The stronger fields of the Jovian planets are generated by liquid metallic hydrogen or by water with ionized molecules dissolved in it ...
Terrestrial or Inner Planets
... • Planetary magnetic fields are produced by the motion of electrically conducting liquids inside the planet • This mechanism is called a ...
... • Planetary magnetic fields are produced by the motion of electrically conducting liquids inside the planet • This mechanism is called a ...
Copernican Revolution Part 1
... Therefore, heavenly motion must be in circles and uniform* (circle only shape that is perfect) Emphasized complex phenomena result from simple ones About perfection from Plato’s Phaedo : The instance taken there is the mathematical relation of equality, and the contrast is drawn between the absolu ...
... Therefore, heavenly motion must be in circles and uniform* (circle only shape that is perfect) Emphasized complex phenomena result from simple ones About perfection from Plato’s Phaedo : The instance taken there is the mathematical relation of equality, and the contrast is drawn between the absolu ...
Solar System/Planet Formation
... Most planets have low obliquity Large outer planets have ~solar composition Small inner planets enriched in heavy elements Impact craters on virtually every planetary body “Debris” in asteroid belt, Kuiper belt Meteorites have common age: ~4.6 Ga ...
... Most planets have low obliquity Large outer planets have ~solar composition Small inner planets enriched in heavy elements Impact craters on virtually every planetary body “Debris” in asteroid belt, Kuiper belt Meteorites have common age: ~4.6 Ga ...
astronomy ch 2 - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... the scientific revolution that dethroned Earth from its location at the center of the universe Copernicus’s argument that the planets orbit the Sun why the direction of motion of the planets on the celestial sphere sometimes appears to change that Kepler’s determination of the shapes of planetary or ...
... the scientific revolution that dethroned Earth from its location at the center of the universe Copernicus’s argument that the planets orbit the Sun why the direction of motion of the planets on the celestial sphere sometimes appears to change that Kepler’s determination of the shapes of planetary or ...
Astronomy Notes - Science with Ms. Peralez
... Inner planets: those with orbits between the sun and the asteroid belt. Outer planets: orbit outside the asteroid belt. Terrestrial planets: made mainly of rocky material ...
... Inner planets: those with orbits between the sun and the asteroid belt. Outer planets: orbit outside the asteroid belt. Terrestrial planets: made mainly of rocky material ...
Mission to Planet X - The Education Fund
... planets. Since the mobile we make in this unit has planets that are to scale but not distances to scale, this video is perfect for teaching that aspect. Students will be amazed at the vast distance between the outlying planets Kids Astronomy: The Solar System This interactive site gives users a chan ...
... planets. Since the mobile we make in this unit has planets that are to scale but not distances to scale, this video is perfect for teaching that aspect. Students will be amazed at the vast distance between the outlying planets Kids Astronomy: The Solar System This interactive site gives users a chan ...
Lecture 15 - Physics 1025 Introductory Astronomy
... the solar system) show signs of past volcanism, dark patches with bright rims, dark plumes and a N 2 crust on the polar cap. The other major moon Neired orbits 30˚ out of the equatorial plane. There are also numerous smaller moons, 50 to 200 km across, orbiting in the equatorial plane. Pluto: was di ...
... the solar system) show signs of past volcanism, dark patches with bright rims, dark plumes and a N 2 crust on the polar cap. The other major moon Neired orbits 30˚ out of the equatorial plane. There are also numerous smaller moons, 50 to 200 km across, orbiting in the equatorial plane. Pluto: was di ...
Terrestrial Planets Jovian Planets Dwarf Planets
... ver since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning about the nine planets of our solar system. That all changed starting in the late 1990s, when astronomers began to argue about whether Pluto was a planet. In a highly controversial decision, the International Astronomical Union ultimate ...
... ver since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning about the nine planets of our solar system. That all changed starting in the late 1990s, when astronomers began to argue about whether Pluto was a planet. In a highly controversial decision, the International Astronomical Union ultimate ...
Space and the Solar System
... system are not usually made to scale. • Scale diagrams showing how far apart the planets are from each other would not fit on a page in a book. • The same is true of the size of the planets. The sun’s width is 10 times that of Jupiter. If drawings were to scale, the entire solar system would not fit ...
... system are not usually made to scale. • Scale diagrams showing how far apart the planets are from each other would not fit on a page in a book. • The same is true of the size of the planets. The sun’s width is 10 times that of Jupiter. If drawings were to scale, the entire solar system would not fit ...
PHY2083 ASTRONOMY
... For Kepler’s laws, we treated the stars etc. as point masses, and assumed that they were spherically ...
... For Kepler’s laws, we treated the stars etc. as point masses, and assumed that they were spherically ...
Teachers Notes - Edinburgh International Science Festival
... would explain these movements. One theory, which was popular for a long time, was the geocentric or Earth centred model. Scientists suggested that the sun, moon, planets and stars were in orbit around the Earth to explain the movements they observed in the sky. Another theory suggested was the helio ...
... would explain these movements. One theory, which was popular for a long time, was the geocentric or Earth centred model. Scientists suggested that the sun, moon, planets and stars were in orbit around the Earth to explain the movements they observed in the sky. Another theory suggested was the helio ...
Planets-for-blog
... Collaborating with your neighbor, put these words in order from smallest to largest: Galaxy, Planet, Solar System, Moon, Universe ...
... Collaborating with your neighbor, put these words in order from smallest to largest: Galaxy, Planet, Solar System, Moon, Universe ...
Document
... So why don’t we have eclipses every month at full and new moon? ✤ The plane of the moon’s orbit around the earth is tilted relative to the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun Light from Sun ...
... So why don’t we have eclipses every month at full and new moon? ✤ The plane of the moon’s orbit around the earth is tilted relative to the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun Light from Sun ...
Canis Major
... love with Merope, one of the Seven Sisters who form the Pleiades, but Merope would have nothing to do with him. Orion's tragic life ended when he stepped on Scorpius, the scorpion. The gods felt sorry for him, so they put him and his dogs in the sky as constellations and all of the animals he hunted ...
... love with Merope, one of the Seven Sisters who form the Pleiades, but Merope would have nothing to do with him. Orion's tragic life ended when he stepped on Scorpius, the scorpion. The gods felt sorry for him, so they put him and his dogs in the sky as constellations and all of the animals he hunted ...
Introductory Physics I (54
... A) at inferior conjunction, when Mars laps the Earth and passes between us and the Sun. B) at superior conjunction, when Mars lies on the far side of the Sun. C) at quadrature, when Mars lies exactly 90 degrees east or west of the Sun. D) at greatest elongation, when Mars can get up to 47 degrees fr ...
... A) at inferior conjunction, when Mars laps the Earth and passes between us and the Sun. B) at superior conjunction, when Mars lies on the far side of the Sun. C) at quadrature, when Mars lies exactly 90 degrees east or west of the Sun. D) at greatest elongation, when Mars can get up to 47 degrees fr ...
Star Sizes
... Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky. The reason for this is that it is relatively close at only 8.6 light years away. Remember the next nearest star is 4.3 light years away. Sirius is about twice as massive as the Sun but it is 25 times as luminous. It can be found in the constellation Ca ...
... Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky. The reason for this is that it is relatively close at only 8.6 light years away. Remember the next nearest star is 4.3 light years away. Sirius is about twice as massive as the Sun but it is 25 times as luminous. It can be found in the constellation Ca ...
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.