Homework #3 Solutions
... An object that resembles a comet in size and composition is discovered orbiting in the inner solar system. Does this seem reasonable or surprising? Why? Discovering a comet within the inner solar system (say, within the orbit of Mars), would indeed be very surprising. As we’ve learned in class, come ...
... An object that resembles a comet in size and composition is discovered orbiting in the inner solar system. Does this seem reasonable or surprising? Why? Discovering a comet within the inner solar system (say, within the orbit of Mars), would indeed be very surprising. As we’ve learned in class, come ...
Camp Eberhart Astronomy Program AstroCamp Solar System Award
... Jupiter: Over 65 known moons orbit the largest planet in the Solar System! You can see the 4 largest ones with the telescopes at AstroCamp. They are known as the Galilean Moons because Galileo discovered them on 1609. Their names are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Two parallel bands and a big re ...
... Jupiter: Over 65 known moons orbit the largest planet in the Solar System! You can see the 4 largest ones with the telescopes at AstroCamp. They are known as the Galilean Moons because Galileo discovered them on 1609. Their names are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Two parallel bands and a big re ...
Orbits Explorer
... gravitational tugs on the smaller moons (and orbiting debris) in the ring, lifting this material into a more elliptical (oblong) orbit, vacating a zone. This process, resulting from a condition called RESONANCE, can occur only when the ORBITAL PERIOD (time to circle the planet once) of the larger mo ...
... gravitational tugs on the smaller moons (and orbiting debris) in the ring, lifting this material into a more elliptical (oblong) orbit, vacating a zone. This process, resulting from a condition called RESONANCE, can occur only when the ORBITAL PERIOD (time to circle the planet once) of the larger mo ...
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... completely different from that of the Earth. In particular, there is no hard surface. • These planets are relatively far from the Sun (more than 5 times the Earth-Sun distance), so heating by the Sun is not a big factor. ...
... completely different from that of the Earth. In particular, there is no hard surface. • These planets are relatively far from the Sun (more than 5 times the Earth-Sun distance), so heating by the Sun is not a big factor. ...
here
... completely different from that of the Earth. In particular, there is no hard surface. • These planets are relatively far from the Sun (more than 5 times the Earth-Sun distance), so heating by the Sun is not a big factor. ...
... completely different from that of the Earth. In particular, there is no hard surface. • These planets are relatively far from the Sun (more than 5 times the Earth-Sun distance), so heating by the Sun is not a big factor. ...
Jupiter
... Jupiter radiates, or gives, much more energy into space than it receives from the sun. Two Pioneer missions, 2 Voyager missions and 1 Galileo mission have all studied Jupiter. Galileo sent a probe to the Jupiter’s atmosphere in 1995 that sent back data on the atmosphere composition, temperature and ...
... Jupiter radiates, or gives, much more energy into space than it receives from the sun. Two Pioneer missions, 2 Voyager missions and 1 Galileo mission have all studied Jupiter. Galileo sent a probe to the Jupiter’s atmosphere in 1995 that sent back data on the atmosphere composition, temperature and ...
1 Patterns in the Solar System (Chapter 18)
... the following scale instead! Scale: 1 centimeter = 3,650 km, 10 centimeters = 36,500 km. You will be using your model to answer some of the following questions. Table 18.2 Planetary radii with scale model equivalents. Planet ...
... the following scale instead! Scale: 1 centimeter = 3,650 km, 10 centimeters = 36,500 km. You will be using your model to answer some of the following questions. Table 18.2 Planetary radii with scale model equivalents. Planet ...
AST 301—Review for Exam 3 Consult “Guide to Reading and Study
... that there are several techniques that could be used to detect extrasolar planets, but that basically only one has been so far successful (with a few recent detections using another technique). Can you explain why that is? (We also went over this in class.) Of the numerous extrasolar planets that ha ...
... that there are several techniques that could be used to detect extrasolar planets, but that basically only one has been so far successful (with a few recent detections using another technique). Can you explain why that is? (We also went over this in class.) Of the numerous extrasolar planets that ha ...
Half-life
... – Evidence of a large impact at the close of the Permian is not strongly supported, although some indirect evidence suggests an impact did occur during the Permian, although possibly not at the time of the extinction crisis. ...
... – Evidence of a large impact at the close of the Permian is not strongly supported, although some indirect evidence suggests an impact did occur during the Permian, although possibly not at the time of the extinction crisis. ...
Everything from Velocity, Seasons, Tides
... Sun, it can never appear to be far away from the Sun in the sky. We can’t see it in the day because Sunlight blocks it out, but we can see it as the Sun either sets or rises Mercury behaves the same way, but Venus is much brighter ...
... Sun, it can never appear to be far away from the Sun in the sky. We can’t see it in the day because Sunlight blocks it out, but we can see it as the Sun either sets or rises Mercury behaves the same way, but Venus is much brighter ...
The Outer Solar System
... not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto, which for many years had been considered the ninth and most distant planet in the solar system, was reclassified as a dwarf planet. ...
... not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto, which for many years had been considered the ninth and most distant planet in the solar system, was reclassified as a dwarf planet. ...
Topic 1 – Introduction to Earth`s Changing Environment
... density, small mass and relatively few to no moons. - _________________________Planets are far from the sun, gas, low density, high mass and many moons. - The asteroid belt is in between ____________________ and _____________________________ and separates the Terrestrial from the Jovian planets. - P ...
... density, small mass and relatively few to no moons. - _________________________Planets are far from the sun, gas, low density, high mass and many moons. - The asteroid belt is in between ____________________ and _____________________________ and separates the Terrestrial from the Jovian planets. - P ...
Scale Distances in the Solar System
... ** AU stands for Astronomical Unit. It represents the average distance from the Sun to the Earth. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) covered: 112.5-3.3(C); 112.6-4.3(C); 112.7-5.3(C); 112.22-6.3(C); 112.23-7.3(C); 112.24-8.3(C): Students represent the natural world using models and identify ...
... ** AU stands for Astronomical Unit. It represents the average distance from the Sun to the Earth. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) covered: 112.5-3.3(C); 112.6-4.3(C); 112.7-5.3(C); 112.22-6.3(C); 112.23-7.3(C); 112.24-8.3(C): Students represent the natural world using models and identify ...
Lecture 1: Properties of the Solar System Properties of the Solar
... Planets orbit roughly in the ecliptic plane. Planetary orbits are slightly elliptical, and very nearly circular. Planets and Sun revolve and orbit in a west-to-east direction. The planets obliquity (tilt of rotation axes to their orbits) are small. Uranus and Venus are exceptions. 4. The planets dif ...
... Planets orbit roughly in the ecliptic plane. Planetary orbits are slightly elliptical, and very nearly circular. Planets and Sun revolve and orbit in a west-to-east direction. The planets obliquity (tilt of rotation axes to their orbits) are small. Uranus and Venus are exceptions. 4. The planets dif ...
Kuiper belt objects - Rosemary`s ePortfolio
... About 2/3 of the diameter of Earth’s moon 248-year-long elliptical orbit Can travel as far as 49.3 AUs from the Sun A thin atmosphere is created around it when it gets close to the sun in its orbit because its surface ices begin to thaw It has 4 moons, but the largest is named Charon. Charon is so l ...
... About 2/3 of the diameter of Earth’s moon 248-year-long elliptical orbit Can travel as far as 49.3 AUs from the Sun A thin atmosphere is created around it when it gets close to the sun in its orbit because its surface ices begin to thaw It has 4 moons, but the largest is named Charon. Charon is so l ...
This project is now funded
... This junior school renovation project is the largest school project we have attempted with some 20 classrooms, plus outside classrooms, not to mention other offices /staffroom / library etc. This school has many problems for 1800 children and some 36 staff. Ten of these classrooms have no furniture. ...
... This junior school renovation project is the largest school project we have attempted with some 20 classrooms, plus outside classrooms, not to mention other offices /staffroom / library etc. This school has many problems for 1800 children and some 36 staff. Ten of these classrooms have no furniture. ...
The Outer Planets
... Many more have been discovered as technology improved – latest count is more than 63 The four largest are all very different from each other and are all larger than our Moon ...
... Many more have been discovered as technology improved – latest count is more than 63 The four largest are all very different from each other and are all larger than our Moon ...
Physics 2028: Great Ideas in Science II: The Changing Earth Module
... as supernovae. The shock sent out by such a supernova can excite further star formation. B. The Free-Fall Stage of the Solar System’s Birth. 1. As a portion of a GMC begins to contract, cloud complexes with masses greater than ∼ 50 M become unstable and fragment into smaller cloudlets (see Figure I ...
... as supernovae. The shock sent out by such a supernova can excite further star formation. B. The Free-Fall Stage of the Solar System’s Birth. 1. As a portion of a GMC begins to contract, cloud complexes with masses greater than ∼ 50 M become unstable and fragment into smaller cloudlets (see Figure I ...
Lecture 7 Formation of the Solar System Nebular Theory
... Flattening of the Solar Nebula • As the nebula collapses, clumps of gas collide & merge. • Their random velocities average out into the nebula’s direction of rotation. => Orderly motion • The spinning nebula assumes the shape of a disk. ...
... Flattening of the Solar Nebula • As the nebula collapses, clumps of gas collide & merge. • Their random velocities average out into the nebula’s direction of rotation. => Orderly motion • The spinning nebula assumes the shape of a disk. ...
PPT - FLYPARSONS.org
... The “harvest moon” involves the rising of the full moon in late September and early October. Due to the angular tilt of the moon’s orbital plane with that of the Earth, the bright moon appears to rise at about the same time in the early evening when the moon is full at the time of the “autumnal equi ...
... The “harvest moon” involves the rising of the full moon in late September and early October. Due to the angular tilt of the moon’s orbital plane with that of the Earth, the bright moon appears to rise at about the same time in the early evening when the moon is full at the time of the “autumnal equi ...
20.1 A Solar System is Born
... 1. The young solar nebula begins to collapse 2. The solar nebula rotates, flattens, and becomes warmer near its center 3. Planetesimals begin to form within the swirling disk. 4. As the largest planetesimals grown in size, their gravity attracts more gas and dust. 5. Smaller planetesimals collide wi ...
... 1. The young solar nebula begins to collapse 2. The solar nebula rotates, flattens, and becomes warmer near its center 3. Planetesimals begin to form within the swirling disk. 4. As the largest planetesimals grown in size, their gravity attracts more gas and dust. 5. Smaller planetesimals collide wi ...
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.