PHYS 390 Lectures 1/2 - The Big Picture 1/2
... through parallax, the apparent motion of nearby stars caused by the motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun (first used in 1838 by Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel). Below, the Earth is shown in its orbit at two extreme positions 6 months apart, labelled by the letters A and B, and a nearby star is ...
... through parallax, the apparent motion of nearby stars caused by the motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun (first used in 1838 by Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel). Below, the Earth is shown in its orbit at two extreme positions 6 months apart, labelled by the letters A and B, and a nearby star is ...
Biodiversity through Earth history
... concentration in asteroids are much higher than on earth’s surface ...
... concentration in asteroids are much higher than on earth’s surface ...
Lesson 29
... There is much information to learn about the planets. It takes Earth one year, 365 days, to complete one orbit around the sun. The planet Mercury takes only 88 days to orbit the sun, since it is closest to the sun; but Pluto takes 248 years. Pluto and Neptune are the coldest planets with temperature ...
... There is much information to learn about the planets. It takes Earth one year, 365 days, to complete one orbit around the sun. The planet Mercury takes only 88 days to orbit the sun, since it is closest to the sun; but Pluto takes 248 years. Pluto and Neptune are the coldest planets with temperature ...
Moons of the Jovian Planets: Satellites of Ice and Rock
... • We can categorize the more than 100 known moons as small, mediumsize, or large. • Most mediumsize and large moons probably formed with their planet in the disks of gas that surrounded the young jovian planets. • Small moons are most often captured asteroids or comets. ...
... • We can categorize the more than 100 known moons as small, mediumsize, or large. • Most mediumsize and large moons probably formed with their planet in the disks of gas that surrounded the young jovian planets. • Small moons are most often captured asteroids or comets. ...
Jupiter
... Jupiter: ruler of the roman gods, also jove Historical notes Jupiter was believed by Mesopotamians to be a wandering star placed in the heavens by a god to watch over the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei used a 20x telescope to observe three "stars" around Jupiter. Over several nights he observed ...
... Jupiter: ruler of the roman gods, also jove Historical notes Jupiter was believed by Mesopotamians to be a wandering star placed in the heavens by a god to watch over the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei used a 20x telescope to observe three "stars" around Jupiter. Over several nights he observed ...
07_Testbank
... 5) All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole). Answer: TRUE 6) All the planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Answer: FALSE 7) All comets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the planets. Answer: FALSE 8) The more massive ...
... 5) All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole). Answer: TRUE 6) All the planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Answer: FALSE 7) All comets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the planets. Answer: FALSE 8) The more massive ...
Unit Plan - Boise State University
... students this age are ready to be away from their parents for a good amount of the day. Most of them are strong and can handle the difficulties life offers them. Occasionally tears will be shed when a student needs some emotional comforting. They may feel a project, book, or game is too hard for the ...
... students this age are ready to be away from their parents for a good amount of the day. Most of them are strong and can handle the difficulties life offers them. Occasionally tears will be shed when a student needs some emotional comforting. They may feel a project, book, or game is too hard for the ...
space_unit_outline
... Solar Eclipse – The moon passes in front of the Sun and its shadow falls on the Earth Lunar Eclipse – The Earth passes in front of the Sun, and its shadow falls on the moon. Moon – The ball of rock which orbits the Earth; the Earth’s only natural satellite. Gravity – A pulling force that acts betwee ...
... Solar Eclipse – The moon passes in front of the Sun and its shadow falls on the Earth Lunar Eclipse – The Earth passes in front of the Sun, and its shadow falls on the moon. Moon – The ball of rock which orbits the Earth; the Earth’s only natural satellite. Gravity – A pulling force that acts betwee ...
HomeWork #2
... j 3. he assumed that the planets move in elliptical orbits with constant speeds rather than variable k l m n speeds. 4. he placed the planets in circular orbits. ...
... j 3. he assumed that the planets move in elliptical orbits with constant speeds rather than variable k l m n speeds. 4. he placed the planets in circular orbits. ...
Ch. 2
... parallax could mean one of two things: 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small to notice with the naked eye 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe With rare exceptions such as Aristarchus, the Greeks rejected the correct explanation (1) because they did not ...
... parallax could mean one of two things: 1. Stars are so far away that stellar parallax is too small to notice with the naked eye 2. Earth does not orbit Sun; it is the center of the universe With rare exceptions such as Aristarchus, the Greeks rejected the correct explanation (1) because they did not ...
The Rocks Cry Out
... - Makes the point that two words used for "create": bara and asah. "[asah] may be employed to express a new arrangement of materials that existed before." "The object of this account was, not to state in what manner, but by whom, the world was made. As the prevailing tendency of men in those early d ...
... - Makes the point that two words used for "create": bara and asah. "[asah] may be employed to express a new arrangement of materials that existed before." "The object of this account was, not to state in what manner, but by whom, the world was made. As the prevailing tendency of men in those early d ...
Eratosthenes - Allendale School
... Earth in very reliable circles, the planets appeared to wander about the sky. Note: The planets past Saturn were unknown at this time in history.) This is because Earth in its orbit sometimes passes up the slower moving, farther planets, which also have a longer path to travel. Venus and Mercury, cl ...
... Earth in very reliable circles, the planets appeared to wander about the sky. Note: The planets past Saturn were unknown at this time in history.) This is because Earth in its orbit sometimes passes up the slower moving, farther planets, which also have a longer path to travel. Venus and Mercury, cl ...
Midterm 1 Short Answer (+1-3pts) Record the answers to these
... Sun and because of this, life was able to move from the water (which protected it from the ultra-violet radiation) to live on land. Note: Many of you got this question partially correct by mentioning that it helped to block dangerous radiation from the Sun, but I was looking for specifically what ty ...
... Sun and because of this, life was able to move from the water (which protected it from the ultra-violet radiation) to live on land. Note: Many of you got this question partially correct by mentioning that it helped to block dangerous radiation from the Sun, but I was looking for specifically what ty ...
Earth Science Bulls Eye We are all surrounded by air. We are all
... to change today. The first life forms on Earth were single celled organisms. The first life forms on Earth were not vertebrates. Fossils help scientists study Earth’s history. Fossils are the remains of preserved animals and plants. The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years ago ...
... to change today. The first life forms on Earth were single celled organisms. The first life forms on Earth were not vertebrates. Fossils help scientists study Earth’s history. Fossils are the remains of preserved animals and plants. The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years ago ...
Earth Science Bulls Eye
... to change today. The first life forms on Earth were single celled organisms. The first life forms on Earth were not vertebrates. Fossils help scientists study Earth’s history. Fossils are the remains of preserved animals and plants. The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years ago ...
... to change today. The first life forms on Earth were single celled organisms. The first life forms on Earth were not vertebrates. Fossils help scientists study Earth’s history. Fossils are the remains of preserved animals and plants. The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years ago ...
CI513 Instruction and Technology Lesson Planning Guide
... volunteer take a black marker and draw about 20 scattered dots of different sizes on the Solar System model to represent asteroids orbiting in the asteroid belt (5 minutes). 3. Using a power point presentation, explain to students and have a group discussion about the difference between a meteoroid, ...
... volunteer take a black marker and draw about 20 scattered dots of different sizes on the Solar System model to represent asteroids orbiting in the asteroid belt (5 minutes). 3. Using a power point presentation, explain to students and have a group discussion about the difference between a meteoroid, ...
EvlAp3Ec
... the satellite should have the elongate orbit with perigee distance close to radius of a geostationary orbit and the apogee distance which is coming near to distance of the perigee of the Moon orbit. Then loads from a geostationary orbit would be shifted to an Apophis-satellite in perigee and then, i ...
... the satellite should have the elongate orbit with perigee distance close to radius of a geostationary orbit and the apogee distance which is coming near to distance of the perigee of the Moon orbit. Then loads from a geostationary orbit would be shifted to an Apophis-satellite in perigee and then, i ...
Astronomy lab: Planets
... • On the FIND tab, click on the boxes to the right of each planet. • On the VIEWING OPTIONs tab shut off all objects but the planets. • Select and center the sun, zoom in until Saturn's orbit fills the screen, rotate the image until Earth is below the sun. Print it out to the printer in rm. 231, 232 ...
... • On the FIND tab, click on the boxes to the right of each planet. • On the VIEWING OPTIONs tab shut off all objects but the planets. • Select and center the sun, zoom in until Saturn's orbit fills the screen, rotate the image until Earth is below the sun. Print it out to the printer in rm. 231, 232 ...
Earth
... away from the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eterni ...
... away from the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eterni ...
Universe - Sci-Port
... Asteroid: Also called minor planet. Any of the thousands of small bodies from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Belt: The region of space between the orbits of mars and Jupiter i ...
... Asteroid: Also called minor planet. Any of the thousands of small bodies from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Belt: The region of space between the orbits of mars and Jupiter i ...
Family Space Day Overview - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... Diablo meteorite struck the ground, creating a kilometer-wide depression in Arizona. Large impacts are rare now, but were much more common during the early history of our solar system when the space debris was being swept up. The surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, and Mars are covered with impact crater ...
... Diablo meteorite struck the ground, creating a kilometer-wide depression in Arizona. Large impacts are rare now, but were much more common during the early history of our solar system when the space debris was being swept up. The surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, and Mars are covered with impact crater ...
Questions about Comets: Created by Laura Vican, 2014 Q: What are
... rocks, dust, and ice that is near the orbit of Pluto (4.5 billion miles from the Sun). Long period comets (comets that come by the Sun every 200 years or more) come from the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is a cloud filled with hundreds of millions of comets. It is a spherical cloud of rocks and ice tha ...
... rocks, dust, and ice that is near the orbit of Pluto (4.5 billion miles from the Sun). Long period comets (comets that come by the Sun every 200 years or more) come from the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is a cloud filled with hundreds of millions of comets. It is a spherical cloud of rocks and ice tha ...
Physics 201 Examples
... 12. At amusement parks, there is a popular ride where the floor of a rotating cylindrical room falls away, leaving the backs of the riders “plastered” against the wall. Suppose the radius of the room is 3.30 meters and the speed of the wall is 10.0 m/s when the floor falls away. (a) What is the sour ...
... 12. At amusement parks, there is a popular ride where the floor of a rotating cylindrical room falls away, leaving the backs of the riders “plastered” against the wall. Suppose the radius of the room is 3.30 meters and the speed of the wall is 10.0 m/s when the floor falls away. (a) What is the sour ...
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.