A thousand years old mystery
... Regular satellites of the gas giants ● Irregular satellites of the gas giants ● Moons of Earth and Mars ● Binary planetesimals ...
... Regular satellites of the gas giants ● Irregular satellites of the gas giants ● Moons of Earth and Mars ● Binary planetesimals ...
Lesson Plan on Kepler`s Laws of Planetary Motion
... 4. Repeat Steps 1 though 3 several times. Make note of what happens in each of the following two cases. *****However, change only one of these each time. Note the effect on the size and shape of the ellipse with each of these changes in the observations section. a) First vary the distance between th ...
... 4. Repeat Steps 1 though 3 several times. Make note of what happens in each of the following two cases. *****However, change only one of these each time. Note the effect on the size and shape of the ellipse with each of these changes in the observations section. a) First vary the distance between th ...
My Space Project
... http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun_and_planets/saturn http://www.universetoday.com/33962/diameters-of-the-planets/ http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Educ http://www.greatfamilycamping.com/planets.html ...
... http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun_and_planets/saturn http://www.universetoday.com/33962/diameters-of-the-planets/ http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Educ http://www.greatfamilycamping.com/planets.html ...
Solar System Leveled Reader
... All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photoco ...
... All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photoco ...
Do extrasolar planets go bang
... as far as the orbit of Saturn, some 750 million km downstream. No wonder the jovian aurorae, powered by its magnetosphere, are so much brighter than their feebly flickering terrestrial counterparts. There are other differences, too. On Earth, the main auroral oval – roughly speaking – maps to a magn ...
... as far as the orbit of Saturn, some 750 million km downstream. No wonder the jovian aurorae, powered by its magnetosphere, are so much brighter than their feebly flickering terrestrial counterparts. There are other differences, too. On Earth, the main auroral oval – roughly speaking – maps to a magn ...
Juno Fact Sheet and Outline Script Jupiter, the third brightest object
... Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five the Juno mission launched on its mission to enter into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4th 2016. Throughout the ...
... Most recently Jupiter was used for the New Horizons mission to accelerate the probe to Pluto. Now a new mission is on its final approach to Jupiter. Launched on August 5th 2011 atop an Atlas Five the Juno mission launched on its mission to enter into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4th 2016. Throughout the ...
Jupiter Reading Comprehension Worksheet
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
Jupiter - Mestre a casa
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
... Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 49 moons. Scientists are most interested in the Galilean satellites the four largest moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Europa, may have an ocean under its frozen surface. Calisto's crater-pocked landscape may be the oldest in the solar system. Ga ...
The Case for the Investigation of the Magnetic Fields and Plasma
... Key unanswered questions: Jupiter • How is the Io torus plasma transported outwards and ultimately lost? Need more data in the magnetosphere. • Does solar wind electric field play a role in transporting plasma? Need two spacecraft (JEO and JGO) observations. • Is the torus plasma ultimately lost ma ...
... Key unanswered questions: Jupiter • How is the Io torus plasma transported outwards and ultimately lost? Need more data in the magnetosphere. • Does solar wind electric field play a role in transporting plasma? Need two spacecraft (JEO and JGO) observations. • Is the torus plasma ultimately lost ma ...
Moons
... been discovered on 1877. Phobos means fear. They are small rocks left over from the birth of the planets. Phobos is 27 km across at its widest point and has a large impact crater on one side. It flies around mars three times in one Martian day. Phobos may once have been asteroids that orbited the su ...
... been discovered on 1877. Phobos means fear. They are small rocks left over from the birth of the planets. Phobos is 27 km across at its widest point and has a large impact crater on one side. It flies around mars three times in one Martian day. Phobos may once have been asteroids that orbited the su ...
SC.5.E.5.1
... Answer: The first reason is because of Earth’s rotation on its axis. The second reason is because the Earth is revolving around the sun. The patterns of stars or constellations change with the seasons as Earth is orbiting around the sun in one year. 3. Why do patterns of stars (constellations) chang ...
... Answer: The first reason is because of Earth’s rotation on its axis. The second reason is because the Earth is revolving around the sun. The patterns of stars or constellations change with the seasons as Earth is orbiting around the sun in one year. 3. Why do patterns of stars (constellations) chang ...
Kepler`s Third Law
... Aristotle believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe and that the planets, the Sun, and the stars revolved around it. In Aristotle’s model the Universe was made up a set of 55 celestial spheres that fit around each other. Each sphere’s natural motion was rotation. The planets were carrie ...
... Aristotle believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe and that the planets, the Sun, and the stars revolved around it. In Aristotle’s model the Universe was made up a set of 55 celestial spheres that fit around each other. Each sphere’s natural motion was rotation. The planets were carrie ...
Saturn
... or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet. Each ring orbits at a different speed around the planet. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are also gas planets too and they also have rings orbiting around them, but Saturn’s are by far the largest and most spectacular. The rings are ...
... or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet. Each ring orbits at a different speed around the planet. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are also gas planets too and they also have rings orbiting around them, but Saturn’s are by far the largest and most spectacular. The rings are ...
Solar-system inventory continued…
... expansion and continues off into space, creating the Solar Wind • The Solar Wind is a plasma – the 4th state of matter (solid, liquid, and gas are the other 3) • Its existence was predicted based on observations of comet tails (the blue ion tail in the picture is directed along the solar wind) PTYS/ ...
... expansion and continues off into space, creating the Solar Wind • The Solar Wind is a plasma – the 4th state of matter (solid, liquid, and gas are the other 3) • Its existence was predicted based on observations of comet tails (the blue ion tail in the picture is directed along the solar wind) PTYS/ ...
07_Testbank
... 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Explain the new discoveries that led to this cha ...
... 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Explain the new discoveries that led to this cha ...
Inner Planets Lab
... One of the most interesting of the inner planets is Mars and will likely be the planet that humans first visit because of its friendlier environment. Mercury and Venus are simply too hot at this point for humans to consider given our current technology. ...
... One of the most interesting of the inner planets is Mars and will likely be the planet that humans first visit because of its friendlier environment. Mercury and Venus are simply too hot at this point for humans to consider given our current technology. ...
L21-OuterPlanets+Titan
... Jupiter’s Rings Silicate dust, 10,000 times more transparent than window glass. ...
... Jupiter’s Rings Silicate dust, 10,000 times more transparent than window glass. ...
Identifying Patterns in the Solar System
... Using telescopes and spacecraft, astronomers can collect information from objects too big or too far away to test and study in a lab. This is fortunate, because it turns out that sizes and distances in space are huge! Using this data, scientists analyze solar system objects like planets and moons to ...
... Using telescopes and spacecraft, astronomers can collect information from objects too big or too far away to test and study in a lab. This is fortunate, because it turns out that sizes and distances in space are huge! Using this data, scientists analyze solar system objects like planets and moons to ...
Solar System PowerPoint
... the Asteroid Belt, they are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called “Gas Giants” . They are much larger than Earth and do not have solid surfaces ...
... the Asteroid Belt, they are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called “Gas Giants” . They are much larger than Earth and do not have solid surfaces ...
Visitor`s Guide to the Planets edit done
... Mercury can be really hot or cold. It can get down to -173 degrees Celsius in the night and in the day it can get to 427 degrees Celsius. The temperature on Mercury changes from -173 degrees to 427 degrees. On one side of Mercury it looks rough and that side is facing the sun and it is almost like i ...
... Mercury can be really hot or cold. It can get down to -173 degrees Celsius in the night and in the day it can get to 427 degrees Celsius. The temperature on Mercury changes from -173 degrees to 427 degrees. On one side of Mercury it looks rough and that side is facing the sun and it is almost like i ...
PLANETS
... Earth's eccentricity is 0.017, while Jupiter's is 0.094. In our solar system, the planet with the largest eccentricity is Pluto at 0.244, and Mercury with 0.205. The planet with the lowest eccentricity is Venus with 0.007. Unless there is some gravitational tugging (such as with the Galilean Satelli ...
... Earth's eccentricity is 0.017, while Jupiter's is 0.094. In our solar system, the planet with the largest eccentricity is Pluto at 0.244, and Mercury with 0.205. The planet with the lowest eccentricity is Venus with 0.007. Unless there is some gravitational tugging (such as with the Galilean Satelli ...
The Grand Tour of Voyager An historic event occurred on August 25
... An historic event occurred on August 25, 2012, and no one was aware of what had even happened. As Voyager 1 slipped out of the Sun’s sphere of influence and into interstellar space, even the researchers studying data the probe was sending back to Earth were unsure a momentous event had occurred: The ...
... An historic event occurred on August 25, 2012, and no one was aware of what had even happened. As Voyager 1 slipped out of the Sun’s sphere of influence and into interstellar space, even the researchers studying data the probe was sending back to Earth were unsure a momentous event had occurred: The ...
Our Planetary System 7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) How does
... 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Explain the new discoveries that led to this cha ...
... 3. Most planets spin the same direction that they orbit. 4. Bigger planets are in the outer solar system. 5. Large planets have many moons. 6. Planets lie in approximately the same plane. 21) Process of Science: Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Explain the new discoveries that led to this cha ...
Nice model
The Nice model (/ˈniːs/) is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, where it was initially developed, in Nice, France. It proposes the migration of the giant planets from an initial compact configuration into their present positions, long after the dissipation of the initial protoplanetary gas disk. In this way, it differs from earlier models of the Solar System's formation. This planetary migration is used in dynamical simulations of the Solar System to explain historical events including the Late Heavy Bombardment of the inner Solar System, the formation of the Oort cloud, and the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies including the Kuiper belt, the Neptune and Jupiter Trojans, and the numerous resonant trans-Neptunian objects dominated by Neptune. Its success at reproducing many of the observed features of the Solar System means that it is widely accepted as the current most realistic model of the Solar System's early evolution, though it is not universally favoured among planetary scientists. One of its limitations is reproducing the outer-system satellites and the Kuiper belt (see below).