Supplemental Resources - Morehead Planetarium and Science
... 4d. Explain what we see when we look at the Milky Way. The Milky Way Galaxy is our home in the universe. At night, all the stars we see are part of the Milky Way. On a clear night we can see the band of the Milky Way, the fuzzy light that runs across the sky. This band is made up of gas, dust, and m ...
... 4d. Explain what we see when we look at the Milky Way. The Milky Way Galaxy is our home in the universe. At night, all the stars we see are part of the Milky Way. On a clear night we can see the band of the Milky Way, the fuzzy light that runs across the sky. This band is made up of gas, dust, and m ...
Comets…
... Small objects in the Solar System Meteors, Comets, : we see them without a telescope Asteroids: small rocky objects mostly between Mars and Jupiter – too faint to see without a telescope Kuiper belt objects: even fainter objects beyond Pluto, debris left over from solar system formation Image of co ...
... Small objects in the Solar System Meteors, Comets, : we see them without a telescope Asteroids: small rocky objects mostly between Mars and Jupiter – too faint to see without a telescope Kuiper belt objects: even fainter objects beyond Pluto, debris left over from solar system formation Image of co ...
The Solar System By Ali Raouidah - Beyond Earth
... observations of the sky. (Galileo had recorded it as a fixed star during observations with his small telescope in 1612 and 1613.) When Uranus didn't travel exactly as astronomers expected it to, a French mathematician, Urbain Joseph Le Verrier, proposed the position and mass of another as yet unknow ...
... observations of the sky. (Galileo had recorded it as a fixed star during observations with his small telescope in 1612 and 1613.) When Uranus didn't travel exactly as astronomers expected it to, a French mathematician, Urbain Joseph Le Verrier, proposed the position and mass of another as yet unknow ...
Scaling the Solar System
... 3. Take another one of the seven balls and divide it into seven. One of those is the MOON. 4. You can also do a distance scale with this model...but MARS is far! If you used 3lbs of dough for this model, the distance between EARTH and MARS would be 7 city blocks! ...
... 3. Take another one of the seven balls and divide it into seven. One of those is the MOON. 4. You can also do a distance scale with this model...but MARS is far! If you used 3lbs of dough for this model, the distance between EARTH and MARS would be 7 city blocks! ...
Lecture11 - UCSB Physics
... The Kuiper Belt: The gravitational influence of the Jovian planets pushed small, icy objects to the outer reaches of the solar system past Neptune. The result shown in this artist’s conception is the Kuiper belt, a ring populated by trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto, icy planetesimals, and dust. ...
... The Kuiper Belt: The gravitational influence of the Jovian planets pushed small, icy objects to the outer reaches of the solar system past Neptune. The result shown in this artist’s conception is the Kuiper belt, a ring populated by trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto, icy planetesimals, and dust. ...
16 October 2006
... Other isotopes of uranium are not found on earth, although some have half-lives in the millions of years. • Elements heavier than uranium do not occur naturally at all on earth. The longest-lived example is an isotope of plutonium with a half-life of 80 million years. • Of the hundreds of isotopes w ...
... Other isotopes of uranium are not found on earth, although some have half-lives in the millions of years. • Elements heavier than uranium do not occur naturally at all on earth. The longest-lived example is an isotope of plutonium with a half-life of 80 million years. • Of the hundreds of isotopes w ...
The Sun - Moodle
... High speed electrons and electrically charged particles called ___________ that stream our into space Flows outward to the rest of the solar system Section 2 Solar Activity Page 761 Sunspots are relatively cool areas on the surface created by strong magnetic fields The sun spins on its axis but dif ...
... High speed electrons and electrically charged particles called ___________ that stream our into space Flows outward to the rest of the solar system Section 2 Solar Activity Page 761 Sunspots are relatively cool areas on the surface created by strong magnetic fields The sun spins on its axis but dif ...
Midterm Study Guide
... 63. What is the difference between a covalent and ionic bond? 64. What are 4 processes that form minerals? ...
... 63. What is the difference between a covalent and ionic bond? 64. What are 4 processes that form minerals? ...
Lecture11 - UCSB Physics
... The Kuiper Belt: The gravitational influence of the Jovian planets pushed small, icy objects to the outer reaches of the solar system past Neptune. The result shown in this artist’s conception is the Kuiper belt, a ring populated by trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto, icy planetesimals, and dust. ...
... The Kuiper Belt: The gravitational influence of the Jovian planets pushed small, icy objects to the outer reaches of the solar system past Neptune. The result shown in this artist’s conception is the Kuiper belt, a ring populated by trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto, icy planetesimals, and dust. ...
1. Our Earth and Our Solar System
... Objects that make up the universe such as the sun, stars, planets, moon etc are known as heavenly bodies. The heavenly bodies that twinkle are called stars. These heavenly bodies have their own light. The sun is the closest star to the earth. All heavenly bodies get light from the sun. We cannot see ...
... Objects that make up the universe such as the sun, stars, planets, moon etc are known as heavenly bodies. The heavenly bodies that twinkle are called stars. These heavenly bodies have their own light. The sun is the closest star to the earth. All heavenly bodies get light from the sun. We cannot see ...
Johannes Kepler
... He claimed that the motions observed in the sky were due to the motions of the However, Brahe tried to Earth…and that the Earth had more than disprove Copernicus’s one motion. heliocentric theory by He also believed that the orbits of the planets were circular. Copernicus was able to estimat ...
... He claimed that the motions observed in the sky were due to the motions of the However, Brahe tried to Earth…and that the Earth had more than disprove Copernicus’s one motion. heliocentric theory by He also believed that the orbits of the planets were circular. Copernicus was able to estimat ...
Lecture 3 - Night Sky and Motion of the Earth around the Sun
... 2) The rotation of the Earth is tilted relative to its orbit ...
... 2) The rotation of the Earth is tilted relative to its orbit ...
Questions - HCC Learning Web
... Determine the gravitational force that you exert on another person 3.0 m away. State the assumptions that you have made. ...
... Determine the gravitational force that you exert on another person 3.0 m away. State the assumptions that you have made. ...
Temperature and Formation of our Solar System
... Asteroids and Comets • Planetesimals beyond the orbit of Mars failed to accumulate into a protoplanet due to the large gravitational field of Jupiter constantly disturbing their motion. These are in the asteroid belt and also include the Trojan asteroids. • Planetesimals further out were “kicked” i ...
... Asteroids and Comets • Planetesimals beyond the orbit of Mars failed to accumulate into a protoplanet due to the large gravitational field of Jupiter constantly disturbing their motion. These are in the asteroid belt and also include the Trojan asteroids. • Planetesimals further out were “kicked” i ...
Nebula Theory
... Kepler, was the first astronomer to mathematically prove Copernicus’s new heliocentric model was possible. ...
... Kepler, was the first astronomer to mathematically prove Copernicus’s new heliocentric model was possible. ...
Kepler Notes
... 2) A line drawn from any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas over equal time. 3) Very complex, but in short, the square of a planets period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. (the period squared = semimajor axis cubed) ...
... 2) A line drawn from any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas over equal time. 3) Very complex, but in short, the square of a planets period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. (the period squared = semimajor axis cubed) ...
July 2013 - Joliet Junior College
... The Big Dipper is high and slightly to the west in the evening sky. Its handle is pointing down toward the horizon and to Arcturus which is in the constellation of Bootes. Below Bootes is Virgo, the constellation where Saturn is currently located. The three stars of the Summer Triangle are now in th ...
... The Big Dipper is high and slightly to the west in the evening sky. Its handle is pointing down toward the horizon and to Arcturus which is in the constellation of Bootes. Below Bootes is Virgo, the constellation where Saturn is currently located. The three stars of the Summer Triangle are now in th ...
TEST1-WHITE Modern scientific theories are NOT: Testable
... d. He discovered that the Sun was not at the center of the Milky Way e. His telescope revealed the four moons of Jupiter, a model solar system 11. Which of the following is a contribution to astronomy made by Galileo? a. The astronomical telescope can show us far more detail than the eye b. Jupiter ...
... d. He discovered that the Sun was not at the center of the Milky Way e. His telescope revealed the four moons of Jupiter, a model solar system 11. Which of the following is a contribution to astronomy made by Galileo? a. The astronomical telescope can show us far more detail than the eye b. Jupiter ...
3. 1 Astronomy before Copernicus 3. 2 Nicolaus Copernicus 3. 3
... Because Copernicus kept uniform circular motion, his model did not pre ict th motions of the planets well, but it did offer a simpl e explanation of retrograde motion of planets without using large epicycles (circles on circles). He did have to include small epicycles to account for some observed pl ...
... Because Copernicus kept uniform circular motion, his model did not pre ict th motions of the planets well, but it did offer a simpl e explanation of retrograde motion of planets without using large epicycles (circles on circles). He did have to include small epicycles to account for some observed pl ...
Unit 10 Lesson 5 The Gas Giant Planets
... composed mostly of nitrogen, with traces of methane and ethane. • Titan has a crust of ice, with lakes and ponds filled mostly with liquid methane. How is Uranus unique? • The atmosphere of Uranus is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It also contains methane. • The methane absorbs red light, w ...
... composed mostly of nitrogen, with traces of methane and ethane. • Titan has a crust of ice, with lakes and ponds filled mostly with liquid methane. How is Uranus unique? • The atmosphere of Uranus is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. It also contains methane. • The methane absorbs red light, w ...
Are those stars or Suns
... subject which has been addressed by historians using cotemporary sources including Shakespeare’s plays. There is no known right answer. Some experts even believe that the telescope had been invented 50 years before it had and most people knew what could be seen through one! At the other extreme othe ...
... subject which has been addressed by historians using cotemporary sources including Shakespeare’s plays. There is no known right answer. Some experts even believe that the telescope had been invented 50 years before it had and most people knew what could be seen through one! At the other extreme othe ...
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.