The wonders of our universe
... The Earth is part of our solar system. At the centre of this is the sun, which is the solar system’s star. Our solar system consists of the sun and objects connected to it by gravity – eight planets and some moons. The four smaller planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are made of rock and metal ...
... The Earth is part of our solar system. At the centre of this is the sun, which is the solar system’s star. Our solar system consists of the sun and objects connected to it by gravity – eight planets and some moons. The four smaller planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are made of rock and metal ...
Celestial Events of the Month of May, 2014
... May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower: The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust pa ...
... May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower: The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust pa ...
Another New Year`s Day Celebration
... and perihelion is only about 3,100,000 miles (5,000,000 km). This also tells us the Sun’s displacement from the center of Earth’s orbit is about 1.6 million miles, about six times the Earth-Moon distance. So, the variation in distance from perihelion to aphelion will change the apparent size of the ...
... and perihelion is only about 3,100,000 miles (5,000,000 km). This also tells us the Sun’s displacement from the center of Earth’s orbit is about 1.6 million miles, about six times the Earth-Moon distance. So, the variation in distance from perihelion to aphelion will change the apparent size of the ...
Astronomy Quiz Units 1 to 3
... If the Earth were the size of a tennis ball, there would be 2.23 x 1010cm (22.3 billion cm) between Earth and the nearest star. b. How many kilometers would that distance be? 2.23 x 1010 cm (22.3 billion cm) is equivalent to 2.23 x 108 m and 2.23 x 105 km. 7. Describe the celestial sphere in a few s ...
... If the Earth were the size of a tennis ball, there would be 2.23 x 1010cm (22.3 billion cm) between Earth and the nearest star. b. How many kilometers would that distance be? 2.23 x 1010 cm (22.3 billion cm) is equivalent to 2.23 x 108 m and 2.23 x 105 km. 7. Describe the celestial sphere in a few s ...
UCCS PES 1050 Astronomy 1 WK Spring 2012 Assignment 1 name
... We do not see lunar eclipses every time the Moon is full because: the Moon is usually on the wrong side of the Earth to be seen. the Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. sometimes lunar eclipses occur when the Moon is in a different phase. the Moon often produces so m ...
... We do not see lunar eclipses every time the Moon is full because: the Moon is usually on the wrong side of the Earth to be seen. the Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. sometimes lunar eclipses occur when the Moon is in a different phase. the Moon often produces so m ...
Name - MIT
... 2) You find a rock that you believe to be a meteorite. You date it using the Rb87-Sr87 dating system where Rb87 decays to Sr87. You calculate its formation age and find it to be 6.5 billion years old. Which is the unlikeliest possible explanation for this age? A) B) C) D) E) ...
... 2) You find a rock that you believe to be a meteorite. You date it using the Rb87-Sr87 dating system where Rb87 decays to Sr87. You calculate its formation age and find it to be 6.5 billion years old. Which is the unlikeliest possible explanation for this age? A) B) C) D) E) ...
Space Test Essay Questions
... different seasons. Include how & why the angle of sunlight is different during each of the 4 seasons. You may draw, label, and describe OR write in paragraph form. 2. Why don’t we see a lunar and solar eclipse EVERY month? Describe in detail how lunar and solar eclipses happen AND what is seen from ...
... different seasons. Include how & why the angle of sunlight is different during each of the 4 seasons. You may draw, label, and describe OR write in paragraph form. 2. Why don’t we see a lunar and solar eclipse EVERY month? Describe in detail how lunar and solar eclipses happen AND what is seen from ...
Unit 1: Earth History 1. Distinguish among eons
... 1. Describe the soil and erosion on the Moon. 2. Understand solar and lunar eclipses. Be able to label a diagram of each. 3. Describe the formation of the solar system? 4. Explain the f ...
... 1. Describe the soil and erosion on the Moon. 2. Understand solar and lunar eclipses. Be able to label a diagram of each. 3. Describe the formation of the solar system? 4. Explain the f ...
ASTR120 Homework 1 − Solutions
... For this problem, we want to use the distance = speed x time relation. We know the speed of light and the distance to the Sun, so we can solve for the time it takes light to get from the Sun to the Earth. distance = speed x time ...
... For this problem, we want to use the distance = speed x time relation. We know the speed of light and the distance to the Sun, so we can solve for the time it takes light to get from the Sun to the Earth. distance = speed x time ...
Dynamics of the Earth
... Consequence: Celestial coordinates keep changing. The celestial pole traces a circular path with period 26,000 yr => precession of equinoxes 360o/26,000 yr = 50”/yr along ecliptic. Celestial coordinates must be updated to current epoch. Also, motion of Sun/Moon above and below equatorial plane => nu ...
... Consequence: Celestial coordinates keep changing. The celestial pole traces a circular path with period 26,000 yr => precession of equinoxes 360o/26,000 yr = 50”/yr along ecliptic. Celestial coordinates must be updated to current epoch. Also, motion of Sun/Moon above and below equatorial plane => nu ...
Science Curriculum Map
... 8.8 Earth and space. The student knows characteristics of the universe. The student is expected to: (A) describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification; (B) recognize that the Sun is a medium-sized ...
... 8.8 Earth and space. The student knows characteristics of the universe. The student is expected to: (A) describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification; (B) recognize that the Sun is a medium-sized ...
Lecture 1
... Earth, Venus, Mars • Primarily composed of rocks • In the Solar System (ONLY) orbital radii is less than that for giant planets • Much more massive terrestrial planets could exist (> 10 Earth masses), though none are present in the Solar System ...
... Earth, Venus, Mars • Primarily composed of rocks • In the Solar System (ONLY) orbital radii is less than that for giant planets • Much more massive terrestrial planets could exist (> 10 Earth masses), though none are present in the Solar System ...
Discussion Based Assessments: For the Discussion Based
... Create a movie to attach to the written description and have your creature read their letter of introduction. Place your information in a PowerPoint Presentation. Create a booklet with different pages or a scrapbook type format. Build the creature and take a photograph of it and attach the written l ...
... Create a movie to attach to the written description and have your creature read their letter of introduction. Place your information in a PowerPoint Presentation. Create a booklet with different pages or a scrapbook type format. Build the creature and take a photograph of it and attach the written l ...
Lecture 6 Review
... 2) Uranus was discovered accidentally by Herschel in 1781. Neptune was discovered in 1846 from perturbations to the orbit of Uranus. Pluto was discovered in 1930 - orbit quite elliptical and at an angle to the ecliptic. 3) Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto ...
... 2) Uranus was discovered accidentally by Herschel in 1781. Neptune was discovered in 1846 from perturbations to the orbit of Uranus. Pluto was discovered in 1930 - orbit quite elliptical and at an angle to the ecliptic. 3) Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto ...
Glossary - Sky Science
... into closer orbit around the sun. Named for Dutch astronomer Jan H. Oort. Orbit: the path of one body around another. In our solar system, each planet has its own distinctive orbit around the sun, and moons orbit most of the planets. The orbits of all the planets are slightly elliptical. Pluto's orb ...
... into closer orbit around the sun. Named for Dutch astronomer Jan H. Oort. Orbit: the path of one body around another. In our solar system, each planet has its own distinctive orbit around the sun, and moons orbit most of the planets. The orbits of all the planets are slightly elliptical. Pluto's orb ...
Lecture 36: Strange New Worlds
... Many of the planets are on very eccentric (elliptical) orbits, unlike in our Solar System Planetary Migration is a way to explain how gas giants can be so close to their stars and on eccentric orbits. Current techniques are mostly biased against finding systems like our own, but that is starting to ...
... Many of the planets are on very eccentric (elliptical) orbits, unlike in our Solar System Planetary Migration is a way to explain how gas giants can be so close to their stars and on eccentric orbits. Current techniques are mostly biased against finding systems like our own, but that is starting to ...
Astronomy 101 Test 1 Review FOUNDATIONS Scientists use the
... Galileo used a telescope to discover that there were four moons orbiting Jupiter, and that Venus has a cycle of phases consistent with an orbit around the Sun rather than Earth. Thus the Earth was shown not to be the center of all things. He also discovered sunspots and thus solar rotation. His fin ...
... Galileo used a telescope to discover that there were four moons orbiting Jupiter, and that Venus has a cycle of phases consistent with an orbit around the Sun rather than Earth. Thus the Earth was shown not to be the center of all things. He also discovered sunspots and thus solar rotation. His fin ...
Our Solar System
... distance to the Moon from Earth… that is pretty close) It is believed that the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other species was caused by an asteroid impact of some sort, 65 million years ago. A huge undersea crater off of Mexico is believed to the the impact site. A great deal of an element c ...
... distance to the Moon from Earth… that is pretty close) It is believed that the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other species was caused by an asteroid impact of some sort, 65 million years ago. A huge undersea crater off of Mexico is believed to the the impact site. A great deal of an element c ...
HE Solar System is made up of the sun and its a family of eight
... ope degree from where they said it was. This planet has a diameter of about 33,000 miles and is at a distance of 2,800,000,000 miles from the sun around which-it revolves in 108years. I t cannot be seen by the naked eye on account of its distance. Neptune is accompanied by one. satellite which, like ...
... ope degree from where they said it was. This planet has a diameter of about 33,000 miles and is at a distance of 2,800,000,000 miles from the sun around which-it revolves in 108years. I t cannot be seen by the naked eye on account of its distance. Neptune is accompanied by one. satellite which, like ...
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.