honey, i shrunk the solar system
... have each student close their left eye, extend one arm, and cover the X mark with their thumb. Once the X is covered have the students open the left eye and close the right. The thumb will appear to move back and forth due to parallax. Parallax allows the brain to see two slightly different images ( ...
... have each student close their left eye, extend one arm, and cover the X mark with their thumb. Once the X is covered have the students open the left eye and close the right. The thumb will appear to move back and forth due to parallax. Parallax allows the brain to see two slightly different images ( ...
Earth, Moon and Sun
... - the moon is Earth’s nearest neighbor in space - the moon is 1/4 the size of the Earth - the moon revolves around the Earth - the moon is dusty and lifeless - the temperatures on the moon are either extremely hot or extremely cold - it takes the moon about 30 days to make one complete revolution ar ...
... - the moon is Earth’s nearest neighbor in space - the moon is 1/4 the size of the Earth - the moon revolves around the Earth - the moon is dusty and lifeless - the temperatures on the moon are either extremely hot or extremely cold - it takes the moon about 30 days to make one complete revolution ar ...
Solar System Exam
... 7. This planet takes the longest to rotate once on its axis. 8. Loops of gas, on the sun, that link different sunspots together. 9. What are the 3 layers to the sun’s interior. 10. What are the 3 layers to the sun atmosphere 11. This is another name for a “shooting star” 12. The explosion of a sunsp ...
... 7. This planet takes the longest to rotate once on its axis. 8. Loops of gas, on the sun, that link different sunspots together. 9. What are the 3 layers to the sun’s interior. 10. What are the 3 layers to the sun atmosphere 11. This is another name for a “shooting star” 12. The explosion of a sunsp ...
Study Guide for 1ST Astronomy Exam
... Describe the characteristics of the inferior and superior planets as regards their apparent motion in the sky. (Motion, elongation, configuration while retrograde…) Work with and identify planetary configurations of opposition, conjunction, quadrature and maximum elongation. Describe the basic ...
... Describe the characteristics of the inferior and superior planets as regards their apparent motion in the sky. (Motion, elongation, configuration while retrograde…) Work with and identify planetary configurations of opposition, conjunction, quadrature and maximum elongation. Describe the basic ...
morby-DDPW03
... mechanism…) is still evolving (Nice 2005, 2007, 20xx….) •The Nice 2007 model is quite appealing because it links gas-disk-driven dynamics with planetesimal-driven dynamics. It also explains why we do not have a hot Jupiter here •In the Nice 20xx model, even the delay becomes generic •There is no tra ...
... mechanism…) is still evolving (Nice 2005, 2007, 20xx….) •The Nice 2007 model is quite appealing because it links gas-disk-driven dynamics with planetesimal-driven dynamics. It also explains why we do not have a hot Jupiter here •In the Nice 20xx model, even the delay becomes generic •There is no tra ...
How to Find a Habitable Planet
... • These same reactions should yield the same energy anywhere, given similar chemical abundances ...
... • These same reactions should yield the same energy anywhere, given similar chemical abundances ...
Lecture 3
... hypothesis accordingly. But, since it was not permissible to ignore, those eight minutes pointed the road to a complete reformation in astronomy.” ...
... hypothesis accordingly. But, since it was not permissible to ignore, those eight minutes pointed the road to a complete reformation in astronomy.” ...
uc6ss. - Math/Science Nucleus
... The remainder of the Sun is its interior or core. The core consists largely of plasma composed of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms. Deep within the core, the temperature is approximately 15 million degrees centigrade. It has been calculated that a pinhead of material at core temperature would be lethal ...
... The remainder of the Sun is its interior or core. The core consists largely of plasma composed of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms. Deep within the core, the temperature is approximately 15 million degrees centigrade. It has been calculated that a pinhead of material at core temperature would be lethal ...
AST 105 HW #6 Solution
... ones inside that limit. Furthermore, this large size of the "Jovian planet seed" allowed it to gather hydrogen/helium gas and make truly He planets. 12. How do we think the Moon formed, and what evidence supports this hypothesis? We think that the Moon formed when a large impactor struck Earth wit ...
... ones inside that limit. Furthermore, this large size of the "Jovian planet seed" allowed it to gather hydrogen/helium gas and make truly He planets. 12. How do we think the Moon formed, and what evidence supports this hypothesis? We think that the Moon formed when a large impactor struck Earth wit ...
(SNT): The Origin of Our Solar System
... Testing the Solar Nebula Theory • Astronomers search the present solar system for evidence of the past – using physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. • We are going to compile a list of our solar system’s most significant characteristics that are potential clues on how it formed. • For the Solar ...
... Testing the Solar Nebula Theory • Astronomers search the present solar system for evidence of the past – using physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. • We are going to compile a list of our solar system’s most significant characteristics that are potential clues on how it formed. • For the Solar ...
AST 101 Final Exam DO NOT open the exam until
... 20.) You are watching TV in the year 3014, and an ad for a new weight less plan comes on. The plan has you go to the distant planet ”Weightlossian”, which is larger in size than the Earth, but has a much smaller mass than the Earth. The advertisement boasts that you’ll have shed pounds the moment yo ...
... 20.) You are watching TV in the year 3014, and an ad for a new weight less plan comes on. The plan has you go to the distant planet ”Weightlossian”, which is larger in size than the Earth, but has a much smaller mass than the Earth. The advertisement boasts that you’ll have shed pounds the moment yo ...
Solving the Mystery of Massive Star Birth
... Like people, stars are born, they grow old and they die. Small and medium-sized stars, we know, are born in enormous clouds of cold gas and cosmic dust known as nebulae. Occasionally, something will disturb the gas in these clouds. For example, the pull of a passing star’s gravity or the violent exp ...
... Like people, stars are born, they grow old and they die. Small and medium-sized stars, we know, are born in enormous clouds of cold gas and cosmic dust known as nebulae. Occasionally, something will disturb the gas in these clouds. For example, the pull of a passing star’s gravity or the violent exp ...
Name of Planet
... with a big telescope (5 inches tall 2 inches wide). • He named it Pluto, the god of the underworld. He also made it the 9th planet of the solar system till 2006. ...
... with a big telescope (5 inches tall 2 inches wide). • He named it Pluto, the god of the underworld. He also made it the 9th planet of the solar system till 2006. ...
Defrosting North Polar Dunes
... groundwater processes. At the resolution of this image, it is just barely possible to discern an interwoven pattern of lines on the highland surrounding the valley, but it is not possible to tell whether this is a pattern of surficial debris (sand or dust), as might be expected with the amount of cr ...
... groundwater processes. At the resolution of this image, it is just barely possible to discern an interwoven pattern of lines on the highland surrounding the valley, but it is not possible to tell whether this is a pattern of surficial debris (sand or dust), as might be expected with the amount of cr ...
6 Scale Model of the Solar System
... in New Mexico is 455 miles. Using this distance to represent the Sun to Pluto distance (40 AU), and assuming that the Sun is located at the start of I-25 here in Las Cruces and Pluto is located along the Colorado-New Mexico border, you will determine: • the scaled locations of each of the planets in ...
... in New Mexico is 455 miles. Using this distance to represent the Sun to Pluto distance (40 AU), and assuming that the Sun is located at the start of I-25 here in Las Cruces and Pluto is located along the Colorado-New Mexico border, you will determine: • the scaled locations of each of the planets in ...
6 Scale Model of the Solar System
... in New Mexico is 455 miles. Using this distance to represent the Sun to Pluto distance (40 AU), and assuming that the Sun is located at the start of I-25 here in Las Cruces and Pluto is located along the Colorado-New Mexico border, you will determine: • the scaled locations of each of the planets in ...
... in New Mexico is 455 miles. Using this distance to represent the Sun to Pluto distance (40 AU), and assuming that the Sun is located at the start of I-25 here in Las Cruces and Pluto is located along the Colorado-New Mexico border, you will determine: • the scaled locations of each of the planets in ...
Contents Mercury, page 2 Venus, page 3 Earth
... Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows. Because Venus is an ...
... Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows. Because Venus is an ...
The Detection and Properties of Planetary Systems
... • How do planetary systems form? • Is this a common or an infrequent event? • How unique are the properties of our own solar system? • Are these qualities important for life to form? Up until now we have had only one laboratory to test planet formation theories. We need more! ...
... • How do planetary systems form? • Is this a common or an infrequent event? • How unique are the properties of our own solar system? • Are these qualities important for life to form? Up until now we have had only one laboratory to test planet formation theories. We need more! ...
Our Solar System
... • Has a Great Red Spot from a storm system that is more than 400 years old • Pressure is so great it would crush a spaceship. • Orbit Period 12 years • 9 hours and 54 min=1 Jupiter day (shortest day) ...
... • Has a Great Red Spot from a storm system that is more than 400 years old • Pressure is so great it would crush a spaceship. • Orbit Period 12 years • 9 hours and 54 min=1 Jupiter day (shortest day) ...
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.