Chapter-27-ppt from Christy
... Oddities: has lobate scarps caused by shrinking of planet when cooled, smallest planet; rev. 88 days, rot. 59 days ...
... Oddities: has lobate scarps caused by shrinking of planet when cooled, smallest planet; rev. 88 days, rot. 59 days ...
Handout #1
... and dust grains, gravity becomes more important, accelerating the accretion. This is something of a runaway process: as the balls grow in size, their gravitational attraction increases, attracting more and more nearby material. Rapidly, the solar system fills with thousands of planetesimals, objects ...
... and dust grains, gravity becomes more important, accelerating the accretion. This is something of a runaway process: as the balls grow in size, their gravitational attraction increases, attracting more and more nearby material. Rapidly, the solar system fills with thousands of planetesimals, objects ...
The Solar System
... 60,181 days to revolve (164.8 earth years) 13 moons Rings Methane atmosphere gives it bluish color ...
... 60,181 days to revolve (164.8 earth years) 13 moons Rings Methane atmosphere gives it bluish color ...
Quiz #1 - UCLA - Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
... 1. List the planets in the Solar System (8 points + 2 points if you get them in order from closest to furthest from the Sun.) ...
... 1. List the planets in the Solar System (8 points + 2 points if you get them in order from closest to furthest from the Sun.) ...
The Solar System
... gravity. As it did so, the matter contained within this could begin moving in a giant circle. At the center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. This star grew larger and larger as it collected more and more of the dust and gas that collapsed into it. Further away from the center of t ...
... gravity. As it did so, the matter contained within this could begin moving in a giant circle. At the center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. This star grew larger and larger as it collected more and more of the dust and gas that collapsed into it. Further away from the center of t ...
Space History - Net Start Class
... • 1st to use telescope to view objects in sky • 1st to see 4 moons revolving around Jupiter • Provided evidence that everything does not revolve around Earth - Venus goes through phases • Supported Copernicus’ theory – circular orbit ...
... • 1st to use telescope to view objects in sky • 1st to see 4 moons revolving around Jupiter • Provided evidence that everything does not revolve around Earth - Venus goes through phases • Supported Copernicus’ theory – circular orbit ...
Ch 13 PP
... 40% smaller than Earth Day hot enough to melt metal 427 C Night cold as liquid nitrogen -173 C Mariner 10 flew past Mercury in 1974 Magnetic field Craters like our moon Cliffs hundreds of kilometers high and long Plains of smooth lava ...
... 40% smaller than Earth Day hot enough to melt metal 427 C Night cold as liquid nitrogen -173 C Mariner 10 flew past Mercury in 1974 Magnetic field Craters like our moon Cliffs hundreds of kilometers high and long Plains of smooth lava ...
lecture01_2014_Intro_to_SS_reduced
... Why are there planets? Why so many different types of planets? How do planets evolve? We can use physics and chemistry to ...
... Why are there planets? Why so many different types of planets? How do planets evolve? We can use physics and chemistry to ...
Astro 18-- Planets and Planetary Systems – Fall 2010 Homework 2
... 3) New Comet: A new comet is discovered and studies of its motion indicate that it orbits the Sun with a period of 100 years. a) Use Kepler's third law in its original form to find the comet's average distance from the Sun (i.e. find the semi-major axis of the comet's orbit). Be sure to include uni ...
... 3) New Comet: A new comet is discovered and studies of its motion indicate that it orbits the Sun with a period of 100 years. a) Use Kepler's third law in its original form to find the comet's average distance from the Sun (i.e. find the semi-major axis of the comet's orbit). Be sure to include uni ...
File - Leopard Pause
... system. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos which have unusual shapes. Scientists think these potato-shaped moons were once asteroids captured by Mars' gravitational pull. ...
... system. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos which have unusual shapes. Scientists think these potato-shaped moons were once asteroids captured by Mars' gravitational pull. ...
INTRODUCTION
... rock and ice ranging in size from dust grains to huge boulders. Saturn’s composition is very similar to Jupiter (rocky core, ice layer, liquid H2, gases), and its surface temperature is about –150°C. ...
... rock and ice ranging in size from dust grains to huge boulders. Saturn’s composition is very similar to Jupiter (rocky core, ice layer, liquid H2, gases), and its surface temperature is about –150°C. ...
History of Astronomy
... surface of Moon – was not perfect (like Ptolemaic model) Phases of Venus Milky Way was made up of many stars Moons of Jupiter ...
... surface of Moon – was not perfect (like Ptolemaic model) Phases of Venus Milky Way was made up of many stars Moons of Jupiter ...
File
... Mars is 1.52 AU from the Sun Revolution – 687 days (1.88 years); Rotation 24.6 hours Diameter is 0.53 times Earth’s ...
... Mars is 1.52 AU from the Sun Revolution – 687 days (1.88 years); Rotation 24.6 hours Diameter is 0.53 times Earth’s ...
The Solar System: JUPITER by - Etiwanda E
... 300 times bigger than Earth and more than twice as big as all the rest of the planets added together) • is 778,330,000 km from the sun • has 39 known satellites ...
... 300 times bigger than Earth and more than twice as big as all the rest of the planets added together) • is 778,330,000 km from the sun • has 39 known satellites ...
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).