Embedded star clusters and the formation of the Oort Cloud
... gas and stars in the cluster. FB2K reported they were able to successfully save material scattered by Jupiter and particularly Saturn, which were the main contributers to forming the IOC, since Uranus and Neptune took too long to scatter material out to large-enough distances (see DQT87). However, a ...
... gas and stars in the cluster. FB2K reported they were able to successfully save material scattered by Jupiter and particularly Saturn, which were the main contributers to forming the IOC, since Uranus and Neptune took too long to scatter material out to large-enough distances (see DQT87). However, a ...
Planetary Magnetospheres
... interstellar neutrals. The mechanism that accelerates them to high energy is not established. Some models propose that these particles are ionized and accelerated near the termination shock, but the Voyager data show no sign of a change in the energy spectrum or the intensity of the flux across the ...
... interstellar neutrals. The mechanism that accelerates them to high energy is not established. Some models propose that these particles are ionized and accelerated near the termination shock, but the Voyager data show no sign of a change in the energy spectrum or the intensity of the flux across the ...
Neptune Neptune is one of the two planets that cannot be seen
... years ago. It shares many similarities with Pluto, the best known world of the Kuiper Belt. Like our own moon, Triton is locked in synchronous rotation with Neptune - one side faces the planet at all times. But because of its unusual orbital inclination both polar regions take turns facing the Sun. ...
... years ago. It shares many similarities with Pluto, the best known world of the Kuiper Belt. Like our own moon, Triton is locked in synchronous rotation with Neptune - one side faces the planet at all times. But because of its unusual orbital inclination both polar regions take turns facing the Sun. ...
ASTR 105G Lab Manual Astronomy Department
... 30. To travel from Las Cruces to New York City by car, you would drive 3585 km. What is this distance in AU? (10 points) ...
... 30. To travel from Las Cruces to New York City by car, you would drive 3585 km. What is this distance in AU? (10 points) ...
Uranus Neptune Pluto
... south pole, similar to CO2 probably due to methane rising from below surface, forming carbon-rich deposits when ice polar cap cycles on exposed to sun light. Mars. ...
... south pole, similar to CO2 probably due to methane rising from below surface, forming carbon-rich deposits when ice polar cap cycles on exposed to sun light. Mars. ...
PDF of the Lab Manual for Astro 105 - NMSU Astronomy
... 30. To travel from Las Cruces to New York City by car, you would drive 3585 km. What is this distance in AU? (10 points) ...
... 30. To travel from Las Cruces to New York City by car, you would drive 3585 km. What is this distance in AU? (10 points) ...
Minor Bodies of the Solar System
... moon began when a large object collided with Earth more than 4 billion years ago. • The collision ejected chunks of Earth’s mantle into orbit around Earth. The debris eventually clumped together to form the moon. ...
... moon began when a large object collided with Earth more than 4 billion years ago. • The collision ejected chunks of Earth’s mantle into orbit around Earth. The debris eventually clumped together to form the moon. ...
Pluto Brochure
... • The diameter of Pluto is 2,300km. • Pluto’s atmosphere is made up of nitrogen,carbon monoxide, and Methane. • A year on Pluto is 90,553 earth days. ...
... • The diameter of Pluto is 2,300km. • Pluto’s atmosphere is made up of nitrogen,carbon monoxide, and Methane. • A year on Pluto is 90,553 earth days. ...
Geochronology and thermochronology of Cretaceous
... foldbelt and in the SAZ is thus critical to plate models for the Arctic but remained uncertain due to limited geochronologic constraints. In this paper we summarize field observations and structural data that bear on the relative timing of deformational events in the Bilibino region of the Russian A ...
... foldbelt and in the SAZ is thus critical to plate models for the Arctic but remained uncertain due to limited geochronologic constraints. In this paper we summarize field observations and structural data that bear on the relative timing of deformational events in the Bilibino region of the Russian A ...
Selective Escape of Gases
... cosmogonic puzzle as to how the excess of helium in its atmosphere may have come about (Urey 1059), in view of the excess of hydrogen in cosmic mixtures which outnumbers helium in a ratio of about 7 to I (Aller 1953). An alternative of nitrogen, instead of helium, providing the matrix of the atmosph ...
... cosmogonic puzzle as to how the excess of helium in its atmosphere may have come about (Urey 1059), in view of the excess of hydrogen in cosmic mixtures which outnumbers helium in a ratio of about 7 to I (Aller 1953). An alternative of nitrogen, instead of helium, providing the matrix of the atmosph ...
The Gaia Hypothesis - The Gaia
... to why the Earth appeared therefore to be not so much a planet adorned with diverse life forms, but a planet which had been transfigured and transformed by a self-evolving and self-regulating living system. In view of the nature of this activity, Earth seemed to qualify as a living being its own rig ...
... to why the Earth appeared therefore to be not so much a planet adorned with diverse life forms, but a planet which had been transfigured and transformed by a self-evolving and self-regulating living system. In view of the nature of this activity, Earth seemed to qualify as a living being its own rig ...
Lect10-1001-10-22-07..
... 1. They are remnants of the original nebula from which Saturn formed. They were prevented from accumulating into a single moon by the tidal forces of gravity. 2. They are the result of the tidal disruption of one or more objects that wandered into the Roche zone. If the object did not approach pp Sa ...
... 1. They are remnants of the original nebula from which Saturn formed. They were prevented from accumulating into a single moon by the tidal forces of gravity. 2. They are the result of the tidal disruption of one or more objects that wandered into the Roche zone. If the object did not approach pp Sa ...
The Pecos greenstone belt - New Mexico Geological Society
... report. It is of interest to note that these volcanic centers, although similar to volcanic areas or felsic "breccia domes" described by Goodwin (1962) in the Abitibi greenstone belt of eastern Ontario, are an order of magnitude smaller than their apparent Archean counterparts. Five centers are show ...
... report. It is of interest to note that these volcanic centers, although similar to volcanic areas or felsic "breccia domes" described by Goodwin (1962) in the Abitibi greenstone belt of eastern Ontario, are an order of magnitude smaller than their apparent Archean counterparts. Five centers are show ...
Roadmap for Solar System Science
... At the heart of the research undertaken by the communities represented by the Solar System Advisory Panel (SSAP) is a drive to understand the origin and evolution of the Solar System, and the nature of the phenomena that influence its dynamics. The remit of the SSAP covers all bodies in the Solar Sy ...
... At the heart of the research undertaken by the communities represented by the Solar System Advisory Panel (SSAP) is a drive to understand the origin and evolution of the Solar System, and the nature of the phenomena that influence its dynamics. The remit of the SSAP covers all bodies in the Solar Sy ...
Jupiter
... – 10,000°C fireballs rose 3,000 km above the clouds • Hopes for eruptions of deep atmospheric layers • Confounded by uncertainties about comet’s composition ...
... – 10,000°C fireballs rose 3,000 km above the clouds • Hopes for eruptions of deep atmospheric layers • Confounded by uncertainties about comet’s composition ...
Jupiter
... – 10,000°C fireballs rose 3,000 km above the clouds • Hopes for eruptions of deep atmospheric layers • Confounded by uncertainties about comet’s composition ...
... – 10,000°C fireballs rose 3,000 km above the clouds • Hopes for eruptions of deep atmospheric layers • Confounded by uncertainties about comet’s composition ...
Chapter 14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
... • Dwarf Planet: An object orbiting the Sun (but is not a moon) with enough mass to gravitationally pull itself into a spherical shoape, yet not enough gravity to clear out planetesimals from its sur ...
... • Dwarf Planet: An object orbiting the Sun (but is not a moon) with enough mass to gravitationally pull itself into a spherical shoape, yet not enough gravity to clear out planetesimals from its sur ...
Information extracted from Britannica 97
... present icy Saturnian satellites. Jupiter may have undergone a similar origin, but with a greater amount of gas captured. The gas was heated to high temperatures (several tens of thousands of degrees kelvin) in the course of the capture. Jupiter's present internal power can then be understood as res ...
... present icy Saturnian satellites. Jupiter may have undergone a similar origin, but with a greater amount of gas captured. The gas was heated to high temperatures (several tens of thousands of degrees kelvin) in the course of the capture. Jupiter's present internal power can then be understood as res ...
Jupiter
... Distinct interior layers, defined by increasing density inward. • Moving from the surface to the core: • temperature increases • pressure & density increases ...
... Distinct interior layers, defined by increasing density inward. • Moving from the surface to the core: • temperature increases • pressure & density increases ...
Formation and Evolution of Granite Magmas During
... greenschist-facies rocks in retrograde shear zones and the adjacent northern Abitibi subprovince to 0·045–0·085 for amphibolite-facies rocks outside the migmatite zone, to maximum values of 0·075–0·165 for rocks from the migmatite zone. Using the Spear (1981) calibration, these Ti contents suggest a ...
... greenschist-facies rocks in retrograde shear zones and the adjacent northern Abitibi subprovince to 0·045–0·085 for amphibolite-facies rocks outside the migmatite zone, to maximum values of 0·075–0·165 for rocks from the migmatite zone. Using the Spear (1981) calibration, these Ti contents suggest a ...
Unit #: - Applied Learning Dept., STEM+Computer Science
... enormous distances between objects in space and apply our knowledge of light and space travel to understand this distance. SC.8.E.5.2: Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars. SC.8.E.5.3: Distinguish the hierarchical relatio ...
... enormous distances between objects in space and apply our knowledge of light and space travel to understand this distance. SC.8.E.5.2: Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars. SC.8.E.5.3: Distinguish the hierarchical relatio ...
Earth and Our Solar System File
... • Largest planet in the Solar System (300 times bigger than Earth) • 28 moons • It is a gas planet and has no solid surface • Has a giant storm -the ‘Red Spot’ with 250 mph winds (twice the size of Earth) ...
... • Largest planet in the Solar System (300 times bigger than Earth) • 28 moons • It is a gas planet and has no solid surface • Has a giant storm -the ‘Red Spot’ with 250 mph winds (twice the size of Earth) ...
The Solar System and Beyond CHAPTER 8
... no water either. Because of these factors, the Moon has an extreme range of temperatures. In the daytime, it is hot enough to boil water. The nights are colder than any place on Earth. No wonder the Moon does not support life! ...
... no water either. Because of these factors, the Moon has an extreme range of temperatures. In the daytime, it is hot enough to boil water. The nights are colder than any place on Earth. No wonder the Moon does not support life! ...
Early Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System: Pinning Down the
... disk. Incidentally, the planet continues to interact with the disk via various resonances. Summed together, the resonant torques from a given side of the disk, somewhat counter-intuitively, push the planet away from that side. As a result, the planet positions itself at a point in the gap where all ...
... disk. Incidentally, the planet continues to interact with the disk via various resonances. Summed together, the resonant torques from a given side of the disk, somewhat counter-intuitively, push the planet away from that side. As a result, the planet positions itself at a point in the gap where all ...
Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (abbreviated LHB and also known as the lunar cataclysm) is a hypothetical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth. During this interval, a disproportionately large number of asteroids apparently collided with the early terrestrial planets in the inner Solar System, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The LHB happened after the Earth and other rocky planets had formed and accreted most of their mass, but still quite early in Earth's history.Evidence for the LHB derives from lunar samples brought back by the Apollo astronauts. Isotopic dating of Moon rocks implies that most impact melts occurred in a rather narrow interval of time. Several hypotheses are now offered to explain the apparent spike in the flux of impactors (i.e. asteroids and comets) in the inner Solar System, but no consensus yet exists. The Nice model is popular among planetary scientists; it postulates that the gas giant planets underwent orbital migration and scattered objects in the asteroid and/or Kuiper belts into eccentric orbits, and thereby into the path of the terrestrial planets. Other researchers argue that the lunar sample data do not require a cataclysmic cratering event near 3.9 Ga, and that the apparent clustering of impact melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling materials retrieved from a single large impact basin. They also note that the rate of impact cratering could be significantly different between the outer and inner zones of the Solar System.