AST 105 Intro Astronomy The Solar System
... • Differences among the planets can be traced to fundamental properties such as size, location, etc. ...
... • Differences among the planets can be traced to fundamental properties such as size, location, etc. ...
Why do things move?
... • Copernicus heliocentric model assumed circular orbits – but careful observations by Tycho Brahe (the last great “naked eye” astronomer) showed not true… • Kepler (17th century, Brahe’s student) developed three laws based on empirical analysis of Brahe’s extensive data… ...
... • Copernicus heliocentric model assumed circular orbits – but careful observations by Tycho Brahe (the last great “naked eye” astronomer) showed not true… • Kepler (17th century, Brahe’s student) developed three laws based on empirical analysis of Brahe’s extensive data… ...
The Synodic and Orbit Periods of the Planets
... Calculate the percent difference between your Voyager observations and these accepted S values. Make a graph of accepted S vs. planet number (Mercury = 1, Venus = 2, etc.). Is this relationship monotonic? ___________ Is this relationship linear? _____________ Describe the curve in words. (Do not try ...
... Calculate the percent difference between your Voyager observations and these accepted S values. Make a graph of accepted S vs. planet number (Mercury = 1, Venus = 2, etc.). Is this relationship monotonic? ___________ Is this relationship linear? _____________ Describe the curve in words. (Do not try ...
1 The Synodic and Orbit Periods of the Planets
... Calculate the percent difference between your Voyager observations and these accepted S values. Make a graph of accepted S vs. planet number (Mercury = 1, Venus = 2, etc.). Is this relationship monotonic? ___________ Is this relationship linear? _____________ Describe the curve in words. (Do not try ...
... Calculate the percent difference between your Voyager observations and these accepted S values. Make a graph of accepted S vs. planet number (Mercury = 1, Venus = 2, etc.). Is this relationship monotonic? ___________ Is this relationship linear? _____________ Describe the curve in words. (Do not try ...
Solar System PPT
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
Museum of Natural History field trip - e
... The most abundant elements in Earth’s crust are three: O, Si, Al. The most abundant elements in Earth as a whole (which includes the composition of the mantle and core), and the other stony planets, are four : _____, _____, _____, ______. The most abundant elements in the giant gas planets are two: ...
... The most abundant elements in Earth’s crust are three: O, Si, Al. The most abundant elements in Earth as a whole (which includes the composition of the mantle and core), and the other stony planets, are four : _____, _____, _____, ______. The most abundant elements in the giant gas planets are two: ...
Lesson 2 - Verona Public Schools
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
- La Salle Elementary School
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
Webquest – Answer Key
... 1. List the 5 main things that make up our Solar System: a. Sun b. Eight planets c. Moons d. Asteroid belts e. Comets and meteors ...
... 1. List the 5 main things that make up our Solar System: a. Sun b. Eight planets c. Moons d. Asteroid belts e. Comets and meteors ...
Universal Gravitation
... The paths of the planets are ellipses with the sun at one focus. Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun. The square of the ratio of the periods of any two planets revolving about the sun ( TA/TB )2, is equal to the cube of the ratio of their average distances from the sun ( RA/RB)3. ...
... The paths of the planets are ellipses with the sun at one focus. Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun. The square of the ratio of the periods of any two planets revolving about the sun ( TA/TB )2, is equal to the cube of the ratio of their average distances from the sun ( RA/RB)3. ...
CS3_Ch 2 - Leon County Schools
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
... • Jupiter’s atmosphere is about 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium. • The planet itself is about 80 percent hydrogen and 20 percent helium. • Jupiter is a ball of gas swirling around a thick liquid layer that conceals a solid core. Scientists are not certain what makes up the core. ...
Georgia Performance Standard Or QCC Objective
... Chapter 16 section 4: the outer planets 1. Graphic Organizer on Inner and Outer Planets 2. Read and discuss section 4 3. Video clip of outer planets with notes. Assign workbook pages for section 4 262-265 Warm up: read section 5….oral quiz for bonus points to follow Chapter 16 section 5: Comets, m ...
... Chapter 16 section 4: the outer planets 1. Graphic Organizer on Inner and Outer Planets 2. Read and discuss section 4 3. Video clip of outer planets with notes. Assign workbook pages for section 4 262-265 Warm up: read section 5….oral quiz for bonus points to follow Chapter 16 section 5: Comets, m ...
CHP 25
... a. they are affected by the sun's gravity. b. they are affected by the solar wind. c. their orbits are altered by encounters with the planets. d. their orbits are altered by the drag of their tails in the solar wind. e. they all were originally objects ejected from the asteroid belt. One theory sugg ...
... a. they are affected by the sun's gravity. b. they are affected by the solar wind. c. their orbits are altered by encounters with the planets. d. their orbits are altered by the drag of their tails in the solar wind. e. they all were originally objects ejected from the asteroid belt. One theory sugg ...
Our Space Journey
... sun as well. Moon orbit takes 27 1/2 days but ... Because earth keeps on moving it takes two extra days, 29 1/2 to come back in to the same place. It takes the earth one year / 365 days 1/4 days to completely orbit the sun. The parts of the sun rotate at different speeds . The sun is star made up of ...
... sun as well. Moon orbit takes 27 1/2 days but ... Because earth keeps on moving it takes two extra days, 29 1/2 to come back in to the same place. It takes the earth one year / 365 days 1/4 days to completely orbit the sun. The parts of the sun rotate at different speeds . The sun is star made up of ...
this brochure - Houston Museum Of Natural Science
... while others are tiny, almost insignificant. The specific ...
... while others are tiny, almost insignificant. The specific ...
Name
... Why do storms last so long? On Earth, there is land which causes friction, and dissipates the storms. On the outer planets, there is no land, so the storms last for large amounts of time. ...
... Why do storms last so long? On Earth, there is land which causes friction, and dissipates the storms. On the outer planets, there is no land, so the storms last for large amounts of time. ...
Solar-System Bianka N
... very close to the Sun and swings them far out into space, sometimes out past Pluto. -As comets approach the Sun, radiation from the Sun evaporates the ice and gases, creating the lone tail. The closer to the Sun, the longer the tail of the comet is. The tail of the comet always faces away from the S ...
... very close to the Sun and swings them far out into space, sometimes out past Pluto. -As comets approach the Sun, radiation from the Sun evaporates the ice and gases, creating the lone tail. The closer to the Sun, the longer the tail of the comet is. The tail of the comet always faces away from the S ...
The Adventure Is Waiting
... god of love, Eros. It is a stony approximately 21 x 7 x 7 miles size, the second-largest (NEA) after 1036 Ganymed. It is a Mars-crosser asteroid and was the first asteroid that was known to come within the orbit of Mars. 944 Hidalgo (hi-DAL-goh) is an unusual asteroid, and has the longest orbital pe ...
... god of love, Eros. It is a stony approximately 21 x 7 x 7 miles size, the second-largest (NEA) after 1036 Ganymed. It is a Mars-crosser asteroid and was the first asteroid that was known to come within the orbit of Mars. 944 Hidalgo (hi-DAL-goh) is an unusual asteroid, and has the longest orbital pe ...
The Planets
... Circumference:159,354km (99,018 miles), nearly four times the size of Earth. Mass:About the same as 14.5 Earths. Volume:63 Earths could fit inside Uranus. Density:0.23 times Earth’s. Temperature:About -220°C at the top of its clouds. Rotation:Uranus takes 17 hours to complete 1 rotation on its axis. ...
... Circumference:159,354km (99,018 miles), nearly four times the size of Earth. Mass:About the same as 14.5 Earths. Volume:63 Earths could fit inside Uranus. Density:0.23 times Earth’s. Temperature:About -220°C at the top of its clouds. Rotation:Uranus takes 17 hours to complete 1 rotation on its axis. ...
The Transformation of Gas Giant Planets into Rocky Planets
... The point here is that the Earth and the Moon, both of which were once stellar objects, do indeed have solid cores. This conclusion is based on empirical evidence derived from seismological data. Since there is nothing particularly special about these two objects, it is assumed that the other planet ...
... The point here is that the Earth and the Moon, both of which were once stellar objects, do indeed have solid cores. This conclusion is based on empirical evidence derived from seismological data. Since there is nothing particularly special about these two objects, it is assumed that the other planet ...
Solar System Bead Activity
... get to Mars? (Don’t worry about the facts of having to be launched into space and the lack of gravity, just pretend that you can drive to Mars just as you can drive to Conway) ...
... get to Mars? (Don’t worry about the facts of having to be launched into space and the lack of gravity, just pretend that you can drive to Mars just as you can drive to Conway) ...
Rusty Rocket`s Last Blast
... characteristic of each object. 2. Name the four planets in our solar system known to have rings and give one example of how they are different. 3. Describe two spacecraft that have explored our solar system, what planets they visited, and at least one discovery. ...
... characteristic of each object. 2. Name the four planets in our solar system known to have rings and give one example of how they are different. 3. Describe two spacecraft that have explored our solar system, what planets they visited, and at least one discovery. ...
E8B2_CRT_CR_MSTIPS_Final
... Response addresses all parts of the question clearly and correctly. A. Asteroids and comets are similar in that both revolve around the Sun in measurable orbits. Differences are that asteroids orbit within the plane of the ecliptic and generally in the same direction of revolution, while the orbits ...
... Response addresses all parts of the question clearly and correctly. A. Asteroids and comets are similar in that both revolve around the Sun in measurable orbits. Differences are that asteroids orbit within the plane of the ecliptic and generally in the same direction of revolution, while the orbits ...
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.