IAF Pres. Draft
... Phase 2 – What is Needed for Life on Earth? Phase 3 – How to Look For, Protect & Study Life? Phase 4 – Which Planets/bodies in our Solar System are Best Suited to Contain Evidence of Life? Phase 5 – What We are Doing to Learn More About Possible Life Outside our Planet? Phase 6 – Designing Your Own ...
... Phase 2 – What is Needed for Life on Earth? Phase 3 – How to Look For, Protect & Study Life? Phase 4 – Which Planets/bodies in our Solar System are Best Suited to Contain Evidence of Life? Phase 5 – What We are Doing to Learn More About Possible Life Outside our Planet? Phase 6 – Designing Your Own ...
uc6ss. - Math/Science Nucleus
... The Sun is a star. A self-luminous sphere of gas and plasma that is held together by its own gravity, and energized by nuclear reactions in its interior. The Sun has a four part structure. The outermost layer is the corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere. This is a zone of super hot (temperatures vary, ...
... The Sun is a star. A self-luminous sphere of gas and plasma that is held together by its own gravity, and energized by nuclear reactions in its interior. The Sun has a four part structure. The outermost layer is the corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere. This is a zone of super hot (temperatures vary, ...
Explain why the jovian planets are so much different
... The terrestrial planets could only have cores of rocky material, whereas the jovian planets could have cores of rock and ices making them much larger. These larger planetesimals accreted surrounding hydrogen and helium, so much so that each jovian planetesimal was in effect a miniature solar nebul ...
... The terrestrial planets could only have cores of rocky material, whereas the jovian planets could have cores of rock and ices making them much larger. These larger planetesimals accreted surrounding hydrogen and helium, so much so that each jovian planetesimal was in effect a miniature solar nebul ...
Planets Unit Plan
... goes into detail on the physical characteristics of the gas giants. This resource is perfect for introducing students to the outer planets and informing them about what the planets are like. Jumbo Book of Space This resource is an introductory book to space for kids. It goes through all of the plane ...
... goes into detail on the physical characteristics of the gas giants. This resource is perfect for introducing students to the outer planets and informing them about what the planets are like. Jumbo Book of Space This resource is an introductory book to space for kids. It goes through all of the plane ...
Moon Phases and Eclipses
... • Earth spins on its axis and orbits around the sun. • A body that orbits a larger body is called a satellite. • Smaller bodies that travel around planets are natural satellites called moons. • Gravity is the force that pulls all bodies that have mass toward other objects. • Earth’s gravitational pu ...
... • Earth spins on its axis and orbits around the sun. • A body that orbits a larger body is called a satellite. • Smaller bodies that travel around planets are natural satellites called moons. • Gravity is the force that pulls all bodies that have mass toward other objects. • Earth’s gravitational pu ...
planet formation scenarios Core accretion model
... • Random walk in semi-major axis – Mixing reduces differences between planets – So no systematic differences in chemical composition expected between the Earth-like planets. • Exceptions: Planets which are a single embryo (like Mars) can be ...
... • Random walk in semi-major axis – Mixing reduces differences between planets – So no systematic differences in chemical composition expected between the Earth-like planets. • Exceptions: Planets which are a single embryo (like Mars) can be ...
Instructional Subunit on the Solar System
... planets. Each of these areas of difficulty are briefly discussed in our text but need to be further expanded to help the students with the understanding and application of the topic. By completing this unit, the students will be given more opportunity to learn the concept, show their understanding, ...
... planets. Each of these areas of difficulty are briefly discussed in our text but need to be further expanded to help the students with the understanding and application of the topic. By completing this unit, the students will be given more opportunity to learn the concept, show their understanding, ...
A Walk through the Universe
... [Many primary school children know some planet names, but they seldom know which is which! Keep trying then show slide 4: the answers are Mercury, top left; Venus, top right (an unusual view, because it’s a Magellan radar image in false colour, not the featureless white cloud tops you get in the op ...
... [Many primary school children know some planet names, but they seldom know which is which! Keep trying then show slide 4: the answers are Mercury, top left; Venus, top right (an unusual view, because it’s a Magellan radar image in false colour, not the featureless white cloud tops you get in the op ...
ASTRONOMY 12 Problem Set 1 – Due Thursday, January 21, 2016
... collapsed from an extended cloud of gas into its present size and shape. According to the Virial theorem, what fraction of this energy was lost as radiation? (The Virial theorem explains why light energy is generated from gravitational collapse.) ...
... collapsed from an extended cloud of gas into its present size and shape. According to the Virial theorem, what fraction of this energy was lost as radiation? (The Virial theorem explains why light energy is generated from gravitational collapse.) ...
AGU Fall 2011 SH34B-08
... at the end of his life that the attempts by himself and others to 'explain' solar activity by planetary influences had really never yielded any satisfactory result. Nevertheless, the hypothesis rears it head from time to time, even today. I review several recent attempts, both proposed correlations ...
... at the end of his life that the attempts by himself and others to 'explain' solar activity by planetary influences had really never yielded any satisfactory result. Nevertheless, the hypothesis rears it head from time to time, even today. I review several recent attempts, both proposed correlations ...
Dynamical properties of the Solar System Dynamics of planetary
... – For instance, the axis tilt of Mars is believed to evolve significantly, leading to extreme inclinations in some epochs – This is not the case for the Earth, since the axist tilt of our planet is stabilized by the presence of the Moon – Therefore, the Earth’s axis experiences small oscillations ...
... – For instance, the axis tilt of Mars is believed to evolve significantly, leading to extreme inclinations in some epochs – This is not the case for the Earth, since the axist tilt of our planet is stabilized by the presence of the Moon – Therefore, the Earth’s axis experiences small oscillations ...
Europlanet07-Crida
... After the gas disk disappearance, the four giant planets were initially - on circular orbits - in a compact configuration (within 17 A.U., with J & S inside their 2:1 MMR) - surrounded by a disk of planetesimals (ancestor of the Kuiper Belt). (a) Planetesimals scattering makes Neptune, Uranus Saturn ...
... After the gas disk disappearance, the four giant planets were initially - on circular orbits - in a compact configuration (within 17 A.U., with J & S inside their 2:1 MMR) - surrounded by a disk of planetesimals (ancestor of the Kuiper Belt). (a) Planetesimals scattering makes Neptune, Uranus Saturn ...
Research Essay “On the Origin of the Solar System”
... The origin of the Solar System is one of the oldest unsolved problems in science. It was first separated as a question distinct from the Origin of the Universe in the 17th century, when Copernicus made it meaningful to use the modern phrase “Solar System” and the Sun began to be thought of as one o ...
... The origin of the Solar System is one of the oldest unsolved problems in science. It was first separated as a question distinct from the Origin of the Universe in the 17th century, when Copernicus made it meaningful to use the modern phrase “Solar System” and the Sun began to be thought of as one o ...
ASTR 101 Final Study Guide Use as a guide to the topics as you
... o The event horizon of a black hole is the point at which light cannot escape the gravitational pull of said black hole o When a black hole forms from a collapsing star, the solar matter of said star crashes together to form a disk around the black hole. Extremely hot gas is ejected in jets perpendi ...
... o The event horizon of a black hole is the point at which light cannot escape the gravitational pull of said black hole o When a black hole forms from a collapsing star, the solar matter of said star crashes together to form a disk around the black hole. Extremely hot gas is ejected in jets perpendi ...
Mercury - High Point University
... sides, meaning that their axis of rotation is nearly in the ecliptic plane). By “backwards” we mean that if from a certain view, Venus orbits counterclockwise with respect to the Sun, then it rotates clockwise about its own axis. 9. What is approximately a solar day on Venus? Use the same technique ...
... sides, meaning that their axis of rotation is nearly in the ecliptic plane). By “backwards” we mean that if from a certain view, Venus orbits counterclockwise with respect to the Sun, then it rotates clockwise about its own axis. 9. What is approximately a solar day on Venus? Use the same technique ...
Button Text
... remember that is not miles, that is light years. So take 2,538,000 times ten trillion and you get the amount of miles. This distance in space, while a number we cannot possibly fathom, is minuscule. The furthest objects in space are the objects at the farthest reaches of the known universe, some 13 ...
... remember that is not miles, that is light years. So take 2,538,000 times ten trillion and you get the amount of miles. This distance in space, while a number we cannot possibly fathom, is minuscule. The furthest objects in space are the objects at the farthest reaches of the known universe, some 13 ...
View/Open - SUNY DSpace
... accepted by the International Astronomical community. Instead they named it after the Roman God of the sea because of its dark ...
... accepted by the International Astronomical community. Instead they named it after the Roman God of the sea because of its dark ...
Earth and Space Sciences 9 - UCLA
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune b) Bodies which generate their own magnetic field must have a conducting region inside them. What is the conducting material inside the outer planets? (2 points) ...
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune b) Bodies which generate their own magnetic field must have a conducting region inside them. What is the conducting material inside the outer planets? (2 points) ...
A Third grade Module The
... Ask the class what they know about the Solar System? Who can name other planets? What else can you tell us about planets? Explain the idea of shrinking the solar system all at the same rate to fit the planets into the classroom. Which planet do you think is the biggest? Why? If time allows, have cla ...
... Ask the class what they know about the Solar System? Who can name other planets? What else can you tell us about planets? Explain the idea of shrinking the solar system all at the same rate to fit the planets into the classroom. Which planet do you think is the biggest? Why? If time allows, have cla ...
Chapter 6 Solar System Chapter Test Lesson 1 Sun Aurora borealis
... 5. The __R__ is a system of objects of, or around, the Sun. 6. _E____ used a telescope to observe the planets and saw the moons revolving around Jupiter. He proved Copernicus’ theory that the planets, including Earth, revolved around the sun. 7. __N___ used to be considered a planet, but is now cons ...
... 5. The __R__ is a system of objects of, or around, the Sun. 6. _E____ used a telescope to observe the planets and saw the moons revolving around Jupiter. He proved Copernicus’ theory that the planets, including Earth, revolved around the sun. 7. __N___ used to be considered a planet, but is now cons ...
Harmony of the Worlds
... Ptolemaic System • Planets appear to reverse motions at times. • Ptolemy explained motions in terms of orbits (epicycles) carried on a larger orbit (deferent). • Epicycle/deferent ratios were very close to modern values of planet/earth orbit ratios. System worked very well. • Contrary to popular my ...
... Ptolemaic System • Planets appear to reverse motions at times. • Ptolemy explained motions in terms of orbits (epicycles) carried on a larger orbit (deferent). • Epicycle/deferent ratios were very close to modern values of planet/earth orbit ratios. System worked very well. • Contrary to popular my ...
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.