Homework #3 - UCLA - Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
... The Moon spins on its axis exactly one time per month. Over the course of its orbit around the Earth (which takes exactly one month), at some points it is going faster than others, meaning either its spin rate is a little faster or a little slower than its orbit, allowing us to see slightly more tha ...
... The Moon spins on its axis exactly one time per month. Over the course of its orbit around the Earth (which takes exactly one month), at some points it is going faster than others, meaning either its spin rate is a little faster or a little slower than its orbit, allowing us to see slightly more tha ...
Sun, Earth, Moon Relationship
... Orbits of the planets around the sun are ellipses, with the sun at one of the foci. ...
... Orbits of the planets around the sun are ellipses, with the sun at one of the foci. ...
Terrestrial Bodies of the Solar System
... than at the distance of Earth? Could that explain the enormous difference in temperature? ...
... than at the distance of Earth? Could that explain the enormous difference in temperature? ...
Unit 8 Chapter 27 The Planets of the Solar System
... The Kuiper belt contains 100’s of objects in a area beyond Neptune’s orbit. They are called TNO or Transneptune objects. Some are the size of Pluto and some are smaller chunks of ice. A few objects named Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are being considered as dwarf planets ...
... The Kuiper belt contains 100’s of objects in a area beyond Neptune’s orbit. They are called TNO or Transneptune objects. Some are the size of Pluto and some are smaller chunks of ice. A few objects named Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are being considered as dwarf planets ...
Semester #1 – GeoScience Review Guide – Final Exam Scale
... 778,000,000 km from the sun. On your scale model, how many cm was Jupiter from the sun? 3. Is this a true or false statement? 104 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 4. What is 1,430,500,000 km expressed as in scientific notation? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately _______________________. 6 ...
... 778,000,000 km from the sun. On your scale model, how many cm was Jupiter from the sun? 3. Is this a true or false statement? 104 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 4. What is 1,430,500,000 km expressed as in scientific notation? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately _______________________. 6 ...
Historical View
... • Around that term, there was a symbolic astronomical event. A bright comet appeared in 1577. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) could successfully obtain a parallax. He found that the comet existed at least four times farther away than the Moon. In addition, he suggested that the comet moved around the Sun on ...
... • Around that term, there was a symbolic astronomical event. A bright comet appeared in 1577. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) could successfully obtain a parallax. He found that the comet existed at least four times farther away than the Moon. In addition, he suggested that the comet moved around the Sun on ...
NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST
... opposition are visible all night. Saturn is in opposition on June 15. In contrast, conjunction means that two objects appear in the same place in the sky as seen from Earth. Mercury is in conjunction with the Sun on June 21. Planets in conjunction with the sun are not visible. Planet Elongations, Me ...
... opposition are visible all night. Saturn is in opposition on June 15. In contrast, conjunction means that two objects appear in the same place in the sky as seen from Earth. Mercury is in conjunction with the Sun on June 21. Planets in conjunction with the sun are not visible. Planet Elongations, Me ...
Content Standards/Performance Indicators: Key Pre
... Understanding the solar system helps you understand Earth’s position in space. The Sun is the star that provides energy for life on Earth. That Earth is part of the Milky Way galaxy. ...
... Understanding the solar system helps you understand Earth’s position in space. The Sun is the star that provides energy for life on Earth. That Earth is part of the Milky Way galaxy. ...
Astronomy
... that the Sun was at an angle of 6° south of the vertical at Alexandria at the same time that, at Syrene, 800 km south of Alexandria, the sun was observed to be exactly overhead. Based on these data, the circumference of the Earth in kilometers was measured to be 37,200 km or 23,250 miles, very close ...
... that the Sun was at an angle of 6° south of the vertical at Alexandria at the same time that, at Syrene, 800 km south of Alexandria, the sun was observed to be exactly overhead. Based on these data, the circumference of the Earth in kilometers was measured to be 37,200 km or 23,250 miles, very close ...
Astronomy Midterm Review Sheet
... 48. In a reflector telescope the angle of incidence is _____ angle of reflection. 49. The point on the optical axis where the images are focused is called the ______. 50. Light gathering power in a telescope depends on what two things. 51. Know the disadvantages of reflector telescopes. 52. Who inv ...
... 48. In a reflector telescope the angle of incidence is _____ angle of reflection. 49. The point on the optical axis where the images are focused is called the ______. 50. Light gathering power in a telescope depends on what two things. 51. Know the disadvantages of reflector telescopes. 52. Who inv ...
Planets of the Solar System – Scavenger Hunt KEY Saturn, Uranus
... Which planet has the longest day? Venus Which planet has the longest year? Neptune Which planet has a day longer than its year? Venus Which planet has a runaway greenhouse effect causing extremely high temperatures? Venus Which planet is the only one to have water in all three states (solid, liquid ...
... Which planet has the longest day? Venus Which planet has the longest year? Neptune Which planet has a day longer than its year? Venus Which planet has a runaway greenhouse effect causing extremely high temperatures? Venus Which planet is the only one to have water in all three states (solid, liquid ...
ss - PAMS-Doyle
... “dry ice” CO2 exists at each pole, which covers “water” ice Low temps= -130 oC, high temps= -31oC No magnetic field ...
... “dry ice” CO2 exists at each pole, which covers “water” ice Low temps= -130 oC, high temps= -31oC No magnetic field ...
Terrestrial Planets - Empyrean Quest Publishers
... • When close to the Sun, solar radiation vaporizes some of the ice material, forming a bluish tail of gas and a white tail of dust; both tails can extend for tens of million of kilometers • Comets are thought to come from the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system extends from around the orbit of ...
... • When close to the Sun, solar radiation vaporizes some of the ice material, forming a bluish tail of gas and a white tail of dust; both tails can extend for tens of million of kilometers • Comets are thought to come from the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system extends from around the orbit of ...
Section 23.2 The Terrestrial Planets
... Describe the distinguishing characteristics of each terrestrial planet Mercury: The Innermost Planet Mercury is the innermost and second smallest planet; it is hardly larger than Earth’s moon. ...
... Describe the distinguishing characteristics of each terrestrial planet Mercury: The Innermost Planet Mercury is the innermost and second smallest planet; it is hardly larger than Earth’s moon. ...
planets
... Opportunity, landed on Mars early 2004 after traveling for more than six months. (Above) One of the first sweeping images captured by Rover Opportunity, showing unusual rock outcropping in Endurance Crater. The layered rocks are believed to be either volcanic ash deposits, or sediments laid down by ...
... Opportunity, landed on Mars early 2004 after traveling for more than six months. (Above) One of the first sweeping images captured by Rover Opportunity, showing unusual rock outcropping in Endurance Crater. The layered rocks are believed to be either volcanic ash deposits, or sediments laid down by ...
outer plants
... Uranus also has rings, but they are narrow, dark, and hard to see. They were discovered while astronomers watched Uranus come close to a star. The star began to flicker before and after Uranus passed in front of it. Astronomers realized the flickering was due to rings that partly blocked the star's ...
... Uranus also has rings, but they are narrow, dark, and hard to see. They were discovered while astronomers watched Uranus come close to a star. The star began to flicker before and after Uranus passed in front of it. Astronomers realized the flickering was due to rings that partly blocked the star's ...
Ask an Astronomer
... atoms combined. This "missing mass" has been converted into energy, which shines out into space as sunlight. Our Sun has been steadily fusing hydrogen into helium for the last 5 billion years, and astronomers predict that it will continue to do the same thing for another 5 billion years, until it ru ...
... atoms combined. This "missing mass" has been converted into energy, which shines out into space as sunlight. Our Sun has been steadily fusing hydrogen into helium for the last 5 billion years, and astronomers predict that it will continue to do the same thing for another 5 billion years, until it ru ...
Fig. 16-7, p.363
... from a disk around the Sun as it formed; such protoplanetary disks are seen around many young stars • Planets like Earth are believed therefore to form as normal byproducts of stars forming • There are two types of planets in our solar system, Earth-like and Jupiter-like, results of a process we thi ...
... from a disk around the Sun as it formed; such protoplanetary disks are seen around many young stars • Planets like Earth are believed therefore to form as normal byproducts of stars forming • There are two types of planets in our solar system, Earth-like and Jupiter-like, results of a process we thi ...
The Solar System Purpose
... Our goal is to create an approximately scale model of the solar system on the Houghton College campus. To do this, we first need to determine the scaling factor. Examine the photograph of Houghton College in Figure 1. We need to put a scale on the photograph in order to know where each planet should ...
... Our goal is to create an approximately scale model of the solar system on the Houghton College campus. To do this, we first need to determine the scaling factor. Examine the photograph of Houghton College in Figure 1. We need to put a scale on the photograph in order to know where each planet should ...
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.